HHS mHealth

ONC pilot uses tablets for HIE meaningful consent

By Brian Dolan 03:00 am March 20, 2012

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to launch a pilot in September to determine whether patients can "meaningfully consent" to their data being shared with other health care providers using an application on a tablet in the waiting room. The pilot will take place at a hospital and three clinics in western New York that are all a part of the HEALTHeLINK health information...

Four ways to improve mobile health for Latinos

By Brian Dolan 03:45 pm January 26, 2011

Late last year MobiHealthNews interviewed mHealth analyst Jody Ranck who pointed out that there are very few mobile health apps and services available for Spanish speakers in the US -- the exceptions being Text4Baby and TuDiabetes. This week, Miguel Tirado, PhD, Professor of Health and Human services at California State University penned a must-read analysis of mobile health services for Latinos...