Medtronic seeks wireless health partners Medtronic group president for diabetes and other device franchises Christopher O’Connell sees “potential” in partnering with other companies for wireless health and is already in discussions with a number of undisclosed firms.
White House hints at Text4Baby launch next week U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra told attendees at the Health 2.0 event in San Francisco that next week the White House will announce a mobile health initiative it’s been working on.
81% of physicians will use smartphones by 2012 The percentage of U.S. physicians using smartphones will increase to from 64 percent to 81 percent by 2012, according to a Manhattan Research report.
Google Health inks deals with two insurers Google Health inked deals with two more health insurers: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and American Postal Workers Union Health Plan. That brings the count up to three insurers since Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts signed on last year.
Brian Dolan is editor of MobiHealthNews, the emerging wireless health industry’s daily monitor.