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Using a Smartphone to Manage Diabetes

Worcester (Mass.) Polytechnic Institute will develop a smartphone app to aid patients with diabetes and foot ulcers to manage their disease.
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New mobile devices offer opportunities and headaches for health care CIOs.
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Survey: Health Data Not Better Protected Than a Year Ago

The second year of a benchmark survey to track progress in securing protected health information finds improved policies and staff training, but also increased frequency of breaches, rising incidents of identity theft, poor control over mobile devices, and two-thirds of organizations don't provide protection services for breach victims.
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VA Getting Ready to Embrace Mobile Devices

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a national "mobile device management" system to enable secure connections by up to 100,000 mobile computing devices to its enterprise network.
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HHS Embracing Text Messaging

The Department of Health and Human Services will use its massive stores of health information to develop wellness and prevention campaigns using text messaging to target specific populations.
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Federal Grants Target Web, Mobile Behavioral Services

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has awarded grants totaling $25 million over three years to use health information technology to increase access to behavioral health services.
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Study: Web, Mobile Tools Help Control Glucose Levels

Diabetic patients using Web and mobile computing tools lowered their blood glucose levels more during a one-year study than patients in a control group receiving usual care.
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Kaiser Targets Mobile Devices

Kaiser Permanente has launched its first mobile app, called KP Locator, which enables the accessing of its online facility directory via an iPhone.
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Mobile App Aids in PTSD Treatment

The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are jointly developing a series of smartphone applications to assist in mental health treatment.
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