AppitUP received nearly 200 mobile application ideas from UPenn’s faculty, students and staff. All submissions were reviewed and rated by local investors. Investors scored the ideas on 4 criteria: potential for commercialization; marketability; innovation and fundability. Based on the strength of those ratings, the top ten mobile application ideas were presented to UPenn software development partners; six ideas were selected to advance to the finals and have the prototype built.

Plainville CT, May 04, 2014 - Siyami Apps is proud to announce the release of native iPad EMR app Doctor ON GO 1.0. The app offers Patient Visits and Records Management features for busy medical professionals such as physicians, nurses, therapists, dentists, and more. SOAP Notes can be turned into invoices or estimates with just one tap. Ability to add reminders for all tasks or to-dos differentiates the app.

The global patient monitoring devices market is estimated to reach $22.1 billion by 2018 at a CAGR of 5.5 percent, according to a report from MarketsandMarkets.

In what may be a signal of how serious legislators are about the need for health information technology (HIT) developers to advance interoperability in EHR systems at a faster pace, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a Veterans’ Affairs (VA) and Defense Department appropriations bill that holds back HIT funding until progress on EHR interoperability is demonstrated.

The changeover to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, (ICD-10) coding set has a new deadline, but after several such delays, uncertainty continues about the permanence of this deadline.

Valdosta, GA, April 24, 2014 -- Azalea Health, a leading provider of cloud-based healthcare solutions and services, successfully hosted its first annual Hackathon on April 19, 2014 at Valdosta State University. Brothers, Alan Sifuentes and Jacob Sifuentes from VSU, took first place in the competition for developing a website for a patient / doctor question and answer forum.

BOSTON--Healthcare challenges facing the U.K. aren’t that different from those facing the U.S. Rising healthcare costs, quality issues, integration failures and lack of patient voice all impede progress, and the U.K. is beginning to tackle these issues head on, said Mark Davies, MD, who recently stepped down as executive medical director of the Health & Social Care Information Centre.

BOSTON--Emergency preparedness drills meant the difference between life and death when Boston was in the throes of the marathon bombings last year.