Mobile PHR startup Cognovant shuts down, blames delay in MU2
When MobiHealthNews first reported on personal health records (PHR) startup Cognovant in May 2012, the story warned about a “graveyard” of PHR failure. Cognovant, like many others before it, saw PHRs...
View ArticleSurvey: One third of docs recommended a health app to patients
More than a third of US physicians recommended that a patient use a health app, according to the newest addition of Manhattan Research’s Taking the Pulse survey, which details physician mobile and...
View ArticleMost states with CMS-backed SHIP grants are investing in telehealth, digital...
Nineteen states intend to invest more in telehealth this year as they roll out innovative health care delivery services for their Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP populations. Twenty-five states have...
View ArticleAnalyst: Widespread provider adoption of patient engagement tools still two...
A new report from Chilmark Research shows that the state of affairs in patient engagement is best summed up by the overused paraphrase of the William Gibson quote: The future is here, it’s just not...
View ArticleWebMD CEO talks new Medscape Consult app, patient portals, international...
WebMD’s Medscape team is working on a new clinical reference app called Medscape Consult that will include an option for doctors to “crowdsource” clinical advice from their colleagues. WebMD CEO David...
View ArticleNielsen: Access to digital health lags behind patient interest
A new survey of 5,000 patients and 626 physicians conducted by Nielsen Strategic Health Perspectives found that consumer access to digital health technology is still quite low, especially compared to...
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