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API vulnerabilities in common mobile health apps leave patient information exposed
In a test of 30 popular mobile health apps, a cybersecurity analyst found that all of them had API vulnerabilities. Potential breaches would allow for unauthorized access of patient records.
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Sony launches new B-to-B mobile health platform including a wearable
While the Apple Watch and other wearables have made significant inroads in the consumer arena, Sony felt the market could use a more robust B2B approach.
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Which mobile health app business models are winning?
A new report from Research2Guidance on mobile health app developers also found that average development costs have soared over the past few years.
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Light regulatory touch called appropriate for mobile health apps
In many aspects, witnesses recognized that a light regulatory touch was called for, as the FDA, FTC and Congress itself could not keep pace with the rate of industry innovation.
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Big data, mobile health empower home care
One big question is who will pay for the technology? Agencies using programs aimed at consumers can build the cost into their home care services, charging consumers more than agencies that didn’t use the technology.
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FDA still seems reluctant to regulate mobile health apps
“It’ll be quite a few years before we have a handle on this technology and how it’s going to be regulated by the FDA, if at all,” a Washington lawyer said at a recent Food and Drug Law Institute conference.
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What separates the mobile health app “millionaires” from the rest?
Mobile health app makers that are successful are more likely to develop apps for hospitals as opposed to people with chronic conditions and tend to rely on revenues from health services delivered through their apps, according to a survey of 5,000 by research2guidance.
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Evidence remains thin for preventing heart disease via mobile health
Mobile and digital health technologies have become so popular that they are almost ubiquitous, but it is easy to forget that these are still relatively new fields in terms of clinical effectiveness, a new literature review shows.
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Mobile health called ‘powerful equalizer’ for health disparities
Aetna Foundation leaders Dr. Garth Graham, MaryLynn Ostrowski and Alyse Sabina made their case in a post on the Health Affairs blog.
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A new attempt to engage millennials with mobile health: Save The Hipsters (Video)
Millennials just want to feel understood, even when it comes to healthcare.
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This week on MedHeads: Using artificial intelligence to predict disease, and is mobile health dead?
This week on MedHeads, the FDA cleared GlaxoSmithKline’s propeller platform, University of Toronto spinout explores genomics and debates over the status of mobile health.
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Is mobile health dead? Boston gathering says no
If mobile health is dead, someone forgot to tell the organizers, presenters and attendees at mHealth + Telehealth World. At the very least, it’s a relevant subset of telehealth.