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Bill backs Office of Wireless Health
06/19/2013
A California congressman has reintroduced legislation that would create an Office of Wireless Health in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., reintroduced H.R. 2363, known as the Healthcare Innovation and Marketplace Technologies Act, last week. The bill had been introduced last year, but didn't advance beyond the committee stage.
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Americans want more mHealth options
06/19/2013
More and more Americans are keen on the idea of using mobile devices to better monitor their health, according to new survey findings released Tuesday.The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive and HealthDay, revealed that one-third of Internet-using adults expressed interest in using smartphones or tablets to make doctors appointments, receive medical test results of communicate with their doctors.Big data:None More Healthcare IT NewsHealtheway names founding members
06/19/2013
Healtheway, the nonprofit, public-private partnership that operationally supports the eHealth Exchange (formerly known as the Nationwide Health Information Network Exchange) today announced its nine founding organizations. The organizations will supplement the involvement of the federal government around the eHealth Exchange, Healtheway officials said in a news release.
The nine founding members are:
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