A proving ground for mHealth reimbursement: No news here really, but it's now official: CMS has launched The New Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. CMMI Website
Health smartphones for newly announced medical MVNO? Cytta says it is now a medical mobile virtual network operator that will offer "health smartphones" on its network. Release
Stroke prediction: St. Jude study shows...
The stethoscope becomes remote diagnosis device: 3M unveiled the Littmann Scope-to-Scope Tele-Auscultation System, which enables physicians to remotely listen to patients: "Using Bluetooth connectivity, the system transfers in real time audio gathered on one Littmann Model 3200 stethoscope to another anywhere in the world." MedGadget
iPhone-powered research project shows day dreaming makes people...
This is big: AT&T announced plans to offer WellDoc's FDA-approved mobile phone-based diabetes management solution to a select group of AT&T employees sometime in 2011. (AT&T's benefits program covers some 1.2 million employees, retirees and dependents so the company has a vested interest in improving employees' health while keeping costs low). AT&T potentially plans to offer...
