This week, a Massachusetts law went into effect requiring health insurers to make realtime cost information publicly available, an unprecedented move. As WBUR reported recently, the initiative has already started to shine light on some galling price discrepancies for procedures like MRIs, surgeries, and lab tests (for instance, an MRI in Boston ranges from $614 to $1,800 with no discernible...
The Mobile Health Initiative (mHI) event in Washington D.C. this morning began with two keynotes from the mHI's founders Peter Waegemann and Claudia Tessier, who built on their previous presentation of the mHI's 12 clusters for mHealth and overall vision for mHealth's opportunity.
While it may not be too surprising given the mHI's previous focus on EMRs as the Medical Records Institute, the...
