Wednesday marks the one year anniversary since CMS set the meaningful use criteria for electronic health records. And while that has helped drive adoption, a high percentage of hospitals report they expect to continue to treat patients using paper records for up to five more years. Read More »

The Veterans Affairs Department this fall will expand a program to exchange health care information with the Pentagon and private sector providers. The department plans to start testing the program in 11 geographical regions in September, up from the current five, according to a fact sheet prepared for a July 26 industry conference. Read More »

NDItech has recently been doing a lot with a slick piece of software called FrontlineSMS. It's not new, but it's been a powerful solution for us of late, so I thought I'd share. Read More »

In the vast swaths of the world where only elites are on the internet, [FrontlineSMS] is a great way to build connections between organizations and their members, whether civil society groups, political parties, or other groups. Read More »

Clever services on cheap mobile phones make a powerful combination—especially in poor countries. Read More »

This 9-page document...describes mHealth as "the application of emerging mobile communications and network technologies for health care systems. It involves the use of mobile computing, medical sensors, and communications technologies for health care."  Read More »

Back in 2005, all Ken Banks wanted was a simple way to use his cellphone to reach the community around South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Little did he know that his brainchild would help monitor nation-wide elections in Nigeria, provide market price information to fisherman in Indonesia, and just last week, become a finalist in the Buckminster Fuller Challenge for socially responsible projects and initiatives. Read More »

Offering FrontlineSMS as a free software download has proved a successful way to help many non-profits; but it’s an approach that doesn’t come without its challenges...Therefore we decided to do our first ever user survey! Read More »

It's been rumored for some time, and today it was finally confirmed: Google Health, having failed to "catch on the way" the company "would have hoped," will see the lights go dim on Jan. 1, 2012. Read More »

Tricare and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) each detailed a new mobile health offering this week. And they fit into the VA’s increasingly wireless strategy that includes a mobile PHR announced late last month and the declaration that, come October 1, 2011, the VA will allow clinicians and other employees to use mobile devices inside its walls. Read More »