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Person-Centered App Helps Women with Breast Cancer

The face-to-face meetings between the patient and the care provider might be successfully complemented with person-centered e-support. A preliminary evaluation of breast cancer patients shows that a newly developed app can assist women undergoing treatment for breast cancer in handling symptoms and side effects and provide support.

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Patients and Medical Staff Value UMANICK Identity for Health

Patients and medical staff of the Arrixaca Hospital Onco-Hematological Day Hospital have valued very positively the implementation of UMANICK Identity for Health. This is confirmed by the results of the survey conducted by UMANICK during the project carried out in this hospital.

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New App Advises and Reminds Pregnant Women about Vaccinations

The Maternal Immunations (MatImms) app is aimed at pregnant women to guide them about infections that could be harmful to them and their baby, such as flu and whooping cough, and which could be prevented by getting vaccinated in pregnancy.

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Philips Partners with Heart Hospital Tampere to Collaborate on a Finnish Center of Excellence for Cardiac Care

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Heart Hospital in Tampere, Finland, to jointly innovate in cardiac care and further reinforce Heart Hospital as a European center of excellence for heart treatment.

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Wolters Kluwer's "UpToDate Talk" Quickly Becomes a Must-Listen Podcast for Clinicians around the World

Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, announced that clinicians worldwide are quickly adopting the innovative new clinical podcast, "UpToDate Talk" as a convenient way to keep up with new developments in medical research.

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Can Telehealth Fill Gap in Autism Services?

Parents struggling to find and afford therapy for their child with autism may eventually be able to provide that therapy themselves with the help of telehealth training. Findings from a federally funded pilot study on telehealth training at Michigan State University show the online program successfully helped parents of children with autism improve their child's social communication using research-based intervention techniques.

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Does this Ankle Need an X-ray? There's an App for That

The Ottawa Rules, a set of rules used around the world to help health professionals decide when to order x-rays and CT scans, are now available as a free mobile health app. Developed by emergency department physicians at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa, the Ottawa Rules are evidence-based decision trees that help physicians determine whether a scan is needed for injured bones, cutting down on unnecessary radiation and wait times.

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Philips and Medical University of South Carolina Health Announce an 8-year, USD 36 Million Strategic Partnership to Transform Patient Monitoring

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) and Medical University of South Carolina Health (MUSC Health), the clinical enterprise of Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), announced an 8-year, USD 36 million strategic partnership to transform and improve patient monitoring for more than one million patients a year.

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FICHe Digital Health Startup Portfolio

Future Internet CHallenge eHealth (FICHe) project has challenged European startups to develop innovative applications in the eHealth market building upon the FIWARE technology. Open call for startups was opened in September 2014, and 80 out of 300+ applicants were selected to enter FICHe.

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Serious Video Games may Help Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake

Few US children meet daily recommended amounts of fruit and vegetables, making fruit and vegetable consumption an important issue for researchers. Eating adequate amounts of these foods is not only ideal for a healthy lifestyle, but has also been shown to reduce the risk of some chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease and certain cancers.

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