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Obamacare Poll Shows Confusion, Misinformation

(NBC Health) On the eve of major health reform in America, Twenty-nine percent of Americans polled said they were angry about the Affordable Care Act, compared to just 24 percent who described themselves as enthusiastic. A Kaiser Family Foundation/NBC survey … Continue reading

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High-End Health Plans Scale Back to Avoid ‘Cadillac Tax’

Say goodbye to that $500 deductible insurance plan and the $20 co-payment for a doctor’s office visit. They are likely to become luxuries of the past. Get ready to enroll in a program to manage your diabetes. Or prepare for … Continue reading

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New Smartwatch from Apple Uses Biometric Sensors

The rumor mill over at Apple is kicking into high gear a year ahead of the projected release of its smart watch dubbed iWatch.  In typical Apple style, analysts last week leaked juicy tidbits about the development of the new … Continue reading

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Cycling: mHealth Grand Tour Tests Mobile Health Solutions for Diabetes

Join the mHealth Grand Tour and cycle all four stages through Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, France and Spain, all while road testing a new “ecosystem” of mobile health solutions for diabetes through an innovative partnership arranged by GSMA. Cycling 2,100km and … Continue reading

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Give mHealth this Mother’s Day

If you want to do something thoughtful for your aging mother this mother’s day, give her an mHealth plan.  You want to be there for Mom, but when you can’t, you and she can rest easy knowing that an emergency-trained … Continue reading

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GetMedCallAssist™ Expanding Immediate Care Mobile Health Service Nationwide

First Call Access to Emergency Trained Physicians SOUTHFIELD, MI –  GetMedCallAssist™, the only mobile health service that accepts emergency and non-emergency mobile calls without members having to schedule an appointment or wait for a physician call back, is expanding its … Continue reading

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Removing Doctor-Patient Barriers with Mobile Health – Infographic

With all the different benefits that mobile health can bring to health care, one can imagine it being difficult seeing the forest for the trees.  So here is a useful infographic illustrating how mHealth can remove all the barriers between … Continue reading

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Mobile Health Firm GetMedCallAssist Appoints Technology, Finance Veteran Blaise Dietz as CEO

Telemedicine Firm Recruiting Talented Leadership for Expansion Plans PRLog (Press Release) – Apr. 15, 2013 – SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — SOUTHFIELD, MI — GetMedCallAssist™, the only telemedicine service that accepts emergency and non-emergency calls without members having to schedule an appointment … Continue reading

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Bill to License Health Insurance Navigators Moves Forward

Legislation paving the way for a new kind of healthcare worker passed the Georgia legislature in March. The health insurance navigator would be a licensed and regulated profession in health care, helping residents learn about the Affordable Care Act as … Continue reading

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App Market for mHealth services to reach $26 billion by 2017

Between now and 2017 the mobile healthcare services market will start ramping up into a commercial phase, expected to reach $26 billion worldwide as smartphone apps enable the mHealth industry to monetize these services, according to an announcement about a new … Continue reading

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