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A Mobile App That Saves Lives, Literally
Written by Jolie O'Dell / April 28, 2009 2:20 PM / 2 Comments

DataDyne's EpiSurveyor program, funded by the United Nations Foundation and the Vodafone Foundation, has been implementing mobile technology to track and contain disease in developing nations since 2007. In a

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Mobile Phones to Serve as Doctors in Developing Countries
Written by Sarah Perez / February 20, 2009 7:31 AM / 11 Comments

"There are 2.2 billion mobile phones in the developing world, 305 million computers but only 11 million hospital beds," said Terry Kramer, strategy director at British operator Vodafone at the

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IBM, Google Health Aim to Blow Medical Records Wide Open
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 5, 2009 2:32 PM / 21 Comments

IBM, Google Health and a consortium of medical device makers and other companies announced today that they have created a software platform that will allow medical data from at-home devices

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Video Game Helps Patients Stick to Meds
Written by Lidija Davis / December 14, 2008 6:31 PM / 2 Comments

Two years ago, HopeLab released Re-Mission, a shoot 'em up game with a difference in an attempt to help cancer afflicted teenagers stick to their medication. This past August, clinical

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Microsoft HealthVault and Google Health - The 'Coke and Pepsi' of Online Health
Written by Richard MacManus / October 15, 2008 2:53 AM / 9 Comments

Last week we reported on an interview that health blogger Amy Tenderich carried out with Google Health's Missy Krasner. Amy has followed up with an interview with Keith Toussaint, Senior

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Google Health: Do a Search And Call Me in The Morning...
Written by Richard MacManus / October 8, 2008 1:28 AM / 9 Comments

Leading health blogger Amy Tenderich has just posted an illuminating interview with Missy Krasner, Product Marketing Manager for Google Health. When Google Health was launched to the public in May,

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Practice Fusion: 'Google Apps For Doctors' Ramps Up
Written by Richard MacManus / August 5, 2008 2:00 AM / 5 Comments

Practice Fusion is a startup making waves in the health 2.0 market. The product is a free, web-based EMR (electronic medical record) system for physicians. It runs in the browser

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After Lively, What's Next for Google?
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 9, 2008 10:32 AM / 9 Comments

Yesterday, Google released Lively, a browser based virtual world somewhat reminiscent of The Palace from the mid-90s. A lot of people have been wondering why Google would be interested in

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How The Web is Enabling Consumer-Driven Healthcare
Written by Richard MacManus / June 15, 2008 12:07 AM / 7 Comments

One of the most interesting aspects of Web 2.0 these days is how it's beginning to create change in 'the real world'. While geek-friendly apps like FriendFeed, Twitter and Google

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Google Health Launches - Cautious, Non-Innovative Entry into Health 2.0
Written by Richard MacManus / May 19, 2008 4:35 PM / 3 Comments

Today Google announced the public availability of Google Health, after initially launching as a closed beta back in February. It is described as "a safe and secure way to collect,

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