Mayo Clinic’s study of 205 participants over 60 (mean 80.3 years) with multiple conditions, to determine telehealth monitoring efficacy in lowering emergency room (ED) and rehospitalization, was unfortunately equivocal. “No significant group differences in hospitalizations and ED visits were found… Read moreAnother equivocal study on telehealth

In the US, one of the major problems in the healthcare system has been a growing shortage of generally low-paid primary care physicians (PCPs) and the broken economics of practice in a fee-for-service (and liability avoidance-driven) system. The theory behind… Read moreIs primary care due for a revival–and is there a place for eHealth? (US)

Partners HealthCare’s Center for Connected Health is hosting a shark-tank-like session called the Red Team Review. It’s set up as a two-hour intensive for start-up organizations developing innovative and disruptive technical solutions for use in connected health. “You, alone or… Read moreCenter for Connected Health hosts startup workshop

Four University of Melbourne students won Microsoft Australia’s Imagine Cup with a combination of stethoscope and app called StethoCloud. The plug-in mic captures breathing and the app uploads the recording onto cloud servers. Breathing patterns are analyzed and matched against… Read morePneumonia detection app wins Microsoft Australia student competition

Announced at end of last week were Happtique’s draft guidelines for certification of health apps. With tens of thousands in release and more every day, ‘trusted sourcing’ of apps and some certification mechanism that an app is secure, free from… Read moreHapptique releases app certification guidelines (US)