eHealthInsturance goes mobile: Mountain View, California-based eHealthInsurance launched their mobile site late last week: www.ehealth.com. The public company is offering Individual, Family and Short-term health insurance products through its new mobile site. While shoppers for the Individual and Family plans can look up coverage details, create and account and start an application, they still need to call the company's call center to compete the process. Shoppers for Short-term coverage can complete the whole process from their mobile phones. More
Evernote needs HIPAA certification? One doctor believes that the Evernote iPhone app, which is an organizational tool, is the "near-perfect" application for doctors. A lack of HIPAA certification is one of the app's drawbacks, however. The app developer said: "At this time we do not plan to pursue HIPAA certification for our (consumer) Evernote service." More
Wireless health banks on 4G? Richard Nespola, CEO of TMNG Global believes that "thanks to the technological advancements in wireless broadband - so-called '4G' standards such as WiMax and Long Term Evolution (LTE), patient care is as easy as a few taps on a smartphone." Whether or not you consider WiMAX a 4G technology, clearly wireless healthcare does not require a 4G network. That's part of the thesis in Nespola's recent column for CNN Money, however. More