Electronic health records company PracticeFusion is making yet another move into the consumer healthcare space with new tools for helping patients manage and track health finances. Read more »
Electronic medical records startup Practice Fusion is launching a new patient-facing website for booking appointments with doctors across the country. Read more »
A time-tested tool for monitoring children’s health is getting a redesign for the digital age thanks to a Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital partnership with design firm Fjord. Read more »
This week, the Department of Health and Human Services said it made the most “sweeping changes” to the HIPAA privacy and security law. But though the industry has expected the changes, companies are all over the map when it comes to being prepared. Read more »
Athenahealth, a provider of Electronic Health Records software and other online services for doctors and hospitals, on Monday said that it plans to acquire Epocrates, a drug reference app used by about half of the country’s doctors. Read more »
Hello Health, a New York subsidiary of Quebec-based Myca Health, on Monday announced that it had raised $11.5 million from First Generation Capital to help physicians bring their patients’ information online with its electronic health records platform. Read more »
Mobile health — the use of wireless devices to manage health conditions, collect health data, monitor vital signs, provide clinical decision support and access health information — is in its relatively early stages. Nonetheless, the field has witnessed accelerating growth since 2010 in the U.S. and has become a truly global marketplace. Rising health care costs, the proliferation of mobile devices, affordable sensor technologies and regulatory issues are all factors driving this growth. This research note examines each of those in detail and provides an outlook of the mobile health space over the next five years, including services and players to watch. Companies mentioned in this report include Epocrates, GenoMed and Mobisante. For a full list of companies, and to read the full report, sign up for a free trial. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
