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		<title>Numera acquires mobile-enabled PERS device maker</title>
		<link>http://mobihealthnews.com/17101/numera-acquires-mobile-enabled-pers-device-maker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Dolan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[activity monitoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATT healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BlueLibris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fall detection device]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week Numera announced that it had acquired BlueLibris, maker of a wearable, cellular-enabled personal emergency response device. Numera plans to integrate the device, called the Libri, into its own suite of telehealth products and services, but it also intends to expand the device&#8217;s capabilities by adding new sensors.
The BlueLibris device enables two-way, hands-free voice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GreatCall launches subscription-based LiveNurse iPhone app</title>
		<link>http://mobihealthnews.com/16849/greatcall-launches-subscription-based-livenurse-iphone-app/</link>
		<comments>http://mobihealthnews.com/16849/greatcall-launches-subscription-based-livenurse-iphone-app/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Dolan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[5Star iPhone app]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GreatCall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone medical apps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone nurse app]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jitterbug Service Store]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LiveNurse iPhone app]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MedCoach iPhone app]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPERS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few iPhone health apps available today are specifically designed to connect patients with care providers in real-time. GreatCall, which offers the Jitterbug mobile phone service, launched such an iPhone app this week: LiveNurse offers unlimited access to a registered nurse 24 hours a day and seven days a week along with a medical library and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile PERS provider buys diabetes monitor startup</title>
		<link>http://mobihealthnews.com/16665/mobile-pers-provider-buys-diabetes-monitor-startup/</link>
		<comments>http://mobihealthnews.com/16665/mobile-pers-provider-buys-diabetes-monitor-startup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Dolan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ActiveCare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ActiveOne PAL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bluetooth mobile health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diabetes mobile health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mHealth mergers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile health acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile personal emergency response system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPERS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remote patient monitoring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week Salt Lake City-based mobile personal emergency response (MPERS) provider ActiveCare inked a deal to acquire 4G Biometrics, a company that offers near real time blood glucose monitoring to insurers and self-insured employers. According to an SEC filing, the pricetag on the all-stockdeal will be equivalent to 6.6 times a six month sales period [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellcore officially unveils NewYu fitness device</title>
		<link>http://mobihealthnews.com/12478/wellcore-officially-unveils-newyu-fitness-device/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Dolan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fall detection device]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile personal emergency response]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in 2010, a new startup named Wellcore launched a fall detection system for aging in place. This week Wellcore officially announced the launch of a new product called NewYu, a fitness monitor that can identify specific body movements and track fitness progress via an Android app. The device weighs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jitterbug users now have mPERS option</title>
		<link>http://mobihealthnews.com/10886/jitterbug-users-now-have-mpers-option/</link>
		<comments>http://mobihealthnews.com/10886/jitterbug-users-now-have-mpers-option/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 18:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Dolan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GreatCall Jitterbug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jitterbug FiveStar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LifeComm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MobiWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPERS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philips LifeLine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week, GreatCall announced the nationwide availability of its mobile personal emergency response system (mPERS), called 5Star. GreatCall subscribers who use a Jitterbug J phone can add the 24/7 emergency service to their rate plan for an additional $14.99 per month. GreatCall acquired mPERS startup MobiWatch in November 2009, the all-stock deal for MobiWatch was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jitterbug offers reminders, Rx refills, check-in calls</title>
		<link>http://mobihealthnews.com/8710/jitterbug-offers-reminders-rx-refills-check-in-calls/</link>
		<comments>http://mobihealthnews.com/8710/jitterbug-offers-reminders-rx-refills-check-in-calls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Dolan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jitterbug Check-in Call service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jitterbug Medication Reminder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medication adherence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meridian Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[GreatCall, which offers the easy-to-use Jitterbug mobile phone service has added two more mobile health offerings to its Services Store: Medication Reminder and Check in Call.
Jitterbug subscribers who sign up for the new $10-a-month medication reminder service will receive an automated phone call that reminds them to take a particular medication at a given time. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Qualcomm&#8217;s Lifecomm: Reborn as mPERS service</title>
		<link>http://mobihealthnews.com/7635/qualcomms-lifecomm-reborn-as-mobile-pers-service/</link>
		<comments>http://mobihealthnews.com/7635/qualcomms-lifecomm-reborn-as-mobile-pers-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 08:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Dolan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Medical Alert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hughes Telematics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LifeComm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile personal emergency response system]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Qualcomm&#8217;s Lifecomm is back and it has taken the form of a mobile personal emergency response offering.
Hughes Telematics, Qualcomm, and American Medical Alert announced a joint venture to deliver mobile health services called Lifecomm. Lifecomm, an entity formed with cash and in-kind contributions by the parties, will operate as a majority-owned subsidiary of HTI and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When phones swallow dedicated devices</title>
		<link>http://mobihealthnews.com/5299/when-phones-swallow-dedicated-devices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Dolan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dedicated devices]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jitterbug&#8217;s acquisition of mobile personal emergency response system (M-PERS) start-up MobiWatch this week was demonstrative of a business model and device strategy that doesn&#8217;t seem to work in today&#8217;s wireless health market. MobiWatch&#8217;s planned offering, MobiFob, was a key-chain with a button that connected via Bluetooth to the user&#8217;s cell phone. When the MobiFob&#8217;s button [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jitterbug scoops up M-PERS start-up, MobiWatch</title>
		<link>http://mobihealthnews.com/5294/jitterbug-scoops-up-m-pers-start-up-mobiwatch/</link>
		<comments>http://mobihealthnews.com/5294/jitterbug-scoops-up-m-pers-start-up-mobiwatch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Dolan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GreatCall]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[medical apps]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[GreatCall, parent company to Jitterbug, the easy-to-use mobile phone service for seniors and others looking for simple phone service, has acquired mobile personal emergency response services company MobiWatch for an undisclosed sum.
Waltham, MA-based MobiWatch offered a keychain device that included an emergency button, which activated a Bluetooth connection with their cell phone which then connected [...]]]></description>
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