UPDATE 6 June: The Compendium has now been edited to refer to reminder services in general (page 30). New download link.

Just as a minister’s speech is not the place to endorse a particular company by name, neither is an official Department of Health publication. Yet that is just what the Long Term Conditions Team has done in its third edition of the Long Term Conditions Compendium of Information. (PDF download. Link now defunct) published 30th May. What the heck were they thinking?…

It sure looks like it. S.3187, proposed by Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, holds up health IT and mobile medical guidance by wrapping it up into a reauthorization of the user fee programs that fund the FDA’s reviews of prescription… Read moreMore delay on FDA guidance on mobile medical apps? (US)

In yet another example of how nothing in the US Capital moves swiftly, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just voted to approve wireless spectrum for MBANs–mobile body area networks–which will help free patients in hospitals from the inconvenience of hard-wired… Read moreFCC votes to approve MBAN channel (US)

The overall conclusion of IMS Research’s latest forecast on telehealth is that the demand for self-monitoring one’s own health via telehealth devices will far outstrip the demand or placement via managed programs, even though the latter will demonstrate decent growth…. Read moreTelehealth self-monitoring to far outpace managed: report

Last week at the 7th Annual Wireless-Life Sciences (WLSA) Wireless Health Convergence Summit in San Diego, three winners were announced for the 2012 Triple Tree iAwards. Based on category, they were: Operational Innovation: HomeCare HomeBase (operational software for homecare agencies)… Read more'iAwards' announces winners