Kent takes wraps off condom finder app
A new mobile phone app has been launched in Kent which directs teenagers towards the nearest place where free condoms are given out.
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Kaiser makes personal records mobile
Kaiser Permanente has developed an Android application that allows patients to access its ‘my health manager’ electronic medical records and healthcare services.
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Is there a regulation for that?
Apps are flooding into the healthcare market. But regulators are struggling to catch up – and many people in the industry don’t want them involved. Shanna Crispin reports.
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Parkinson’s UK funds mobile apps
Researchers at the University of Portsmouth are working to develop smartphone applications to help people with Parkinson’s disease improve their speech.
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Looking to a health e-future
Health portals with connected devices are almost common these days; smart clothes and monitoring chips that become part of the body may be the future. Shanna Crispin reports.
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Health apps need new ways to make cash
Research2guidance has warned mHealth app developers that they will need to adapt their products and services if they want to generate revenue.
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Smartphone based ultrasound gets FDA go
A smartphone based ultrasound imaging system has been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration.
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Health still tops internet searches
Searching for health information is the third most common online activity among US internet users, with 80% reporting that they look for information about medical problems, treatments, hospitals, professionals and similar topics.
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Scottish NHS staff get GPS alert devices
Mobile tracking and alert devices are to be issued to staff in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to protect them from stalkers.
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O2 Health looks to centres of excellence
O2 Health has teamed up with NHS Western Isles, Berkshire East Community Health Services, and NHS Rotherham to help the company develop and trial a series of products it is due to launch over the coming years to the wider NHS.
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