Solo physicians and small practices will soon have a new low-cost electronic health records (EHR) solution option available to them from a brand they may know very well: Epocrates. The popular point-of-care mobile application provider will soon launch its own "mobile and Web-based" EHR (notice they put "mobile" first.)
“This was a logical next step for Epocrates,” Rose Crane, CEO of Epocrates...
TripleTree recently announced the availability of its latest research report: Wireless and Mobile Health Report, a follow-up to its classic Telemedicine 2.0 report from 2007, which we still reference because of its helpful categorization of the wireless health market. TripleTree's latest report is likely to be even more useful (and it's free -- register for a copy here.)
While previous reports...
In order to get a better sense of which mobile health applications are gaining consistent traction, we'll be publishing iPhone app "pulse checks" regularly since Apple makes the popularity of their apps public and updates it in real-time. This week, we compiled a snapshot of the top ten most popular paid apps in the Health & Fitness category. Applications in this category typically skew to...
By Jim Lefevere
"Pioneers get the arrows," as the saying goes. I much prefer: "Pioneers get arrows in their back." Being early in a market is great -- if the market is ready for you.
I have been in and around Internet and healthcare for nearly 15 years. I almost regret to say that that for many reasons, but mostly because I have been waiting that long for technology to revolutionize healthcare....
There is little benefit to be gained from deciphering the ever-moving target of teen speak, which at the present time is greatly influenced by abbreviations used when text messaging. "IDK my BFF Jill," as the popular Cingular wireless commercial once taught us. For the healthcare industry, though, some wireless industry semantics are worth exploring at the risk of remaining known as the industry...
