On Tuesday the mHealth Summit (Washington, D.C., 8-10 November) announced their sponsor roster. One wouldn’t be surprised at Verizon and Qualcomm as sponsors, but one eyebrow was raised seeing two big pharma companies–Abbott and Pfizer (the latter dipping a toe into… Read moreSkype tiptoes into mobile health?
Last Friday, just as we in the US were moving off to our July 4th holiday weekend, a $795 million government program was announced to develop rural broadband access, matched by $200 million in private funding. Public funding will come from ARRA (Recovery… Read moreUS rural broadband funded, will support telehealth
United Healthcare and Centura Health, Colorado’s largest provider, announced a joint program, Connected Care, to connect specialists at hospitals in Denver, Pueblo and Littleton to four rural clinics in Colorado. Both hospitals and clinics use audio, video and telehealth technologies such… Read moreUnited Healthcare, Centura Health team for telemedicine in rural Colorado
