Mobile

Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb named nine groups from tech, device manufacturers for the program at the AdvaMed MedTech Conference on Tuesday.

The cardiovascular membership organization is boosting the medical mobile software company’s platform.

Company’s PatientTouch platform brings together clinical communications with critical workflows in a single application.

Apps can help certain patients but there are considerations doctors and hospitals should understand from the onset, research suggests.

Network of more than half million physicians and clinicians can also access their patients’ records through iOS devices.

Doctella gives hospitals, practices and insurers templates to create customized apps that might otherwise cost more than $500,000 and require teams of developers.

Older devices are often most at-risk because some were not originally designed to be connected devices.

MGMA CEO Halee Fischer-Wright offers a healthy dose of skepticism about patient access to data, digital and remote health services and wearables. And then she cautions about the two things the industry must not forget to do.

The EHR vendor is enabling patients to consult with physicians either over the web or through a mobile app.

Sutter seeks to solve access issues with the ride-hailing service. And patients do not need the app or even a smartphone.