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Asthma apps proliferate for the right reasons 150 150 Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI)

Asthma apps proliferate for the right reasons

Asthmapolis. Asthma Journal. AsthmaMD. GlaxoSmithKline’s MyAsthma. AsthmaSense and AirSonea, both from iSonea. T-Haler. CitiSense. WeatherMD. iBiomed. Healthanywhere. SMS-based Asthma Signals. Those are just the asthma-related mobile apps and wireless devices…

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AT&T develops sensor to warn asthma patients of triggers 150 150 Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI)

AT&T develops sensor to warn asthma patients of triggers

Rather than partner with an existing sensor maker, AT&T has created its own device to measure pollutants that could set off asthma attacks and warn people with asthma that it…

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Basis commercially launches wrist-worn, healthy habits device 150 150 Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI)

Basis commercially launches wrist-worn, healthy habits device

After at least two years of development, Basis Science has officially launched its wrist-worn fitness and health tracker, Basis, for $199, which includes a free, supporting web-based health behavior change…

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Mergers and acquisitions may be hazardous to health IT 150 150 Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI)

Mergers and acquisitions may be hazardous to health IT

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can be hazardous to a company’s health, industry experts often warn. In the realm of health IT, this maxim is no less true. Robert W. Holthausen,…

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Evidence builds for SMS smoking cessation 150 150 Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI)

Evidence builds for SMS smoking cessation

This week, the Cochrane Library published a review of mobile messaging-based smoking cessation interventions. The report found that, based on five studies, with a total of more than 9,000 participants,…

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