Now that Sprint has built a wireless 4G network into some 48 markets and counting, dozens of federal agencies have jumped on the bandwagon, certifying Sprint 4G devices for use on the Sprint network. Read »

The second largest healthcare system in Northern California has tapped the iTriage mobile app in a move to keep local patients supplied with data about doctors and nearby hospitals. Sutter Health, which spans 24 hospitals and a network of 4,700 physicians, hopes its patients will turn to the free download to view information such as a doctor's board certification or practice specialty, hours and office addresses, languages spoken, medical training and degrees, affiliations and referral networks, whether he or she accepts new patients, and what health plans are accepted. Read »

A collaboration between Alere Health and mobile medical software developer AirStrip Technologies should go a long way towards extending the reach of AirStrip OB software. Beginning Sept. 1, the new marketing agreement calls for Alere, through its Women & Children's Health division, to begin offering AirStrip OB to its healthcare provider client base in the U.S. Read »

With 50 percent of consumers saying they want a personal monitoring device prompting them to make improvements in their health, could a marriage between mobile devices and personal health records completely change the way health care is delivered in the United States? It can and it will, according to a brief issued by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. Read »

With domestic sales of related wireless devices, mobile apps and consumer services set to hit $600 million this year--and possibly surpass the $1.3 billion mark in 2011--tech giants like Qualcomm and AT&T are looking to healthcare for their piece of the consumers-on-the-go-and-at-home action. Read »

With roughly one in three American physicians toting an iPhone around, it was just a matter of time until a mobile app emerged promising to let them contact colleagues, change their call schedules, and protect caller ID on patient calls. Read »

The maker and distributor of the MedFlash Personal Health Management System plans to kick off September with the release of the system's first mobile Web app. Called MedFlash Mobile, officials at Palm City, Fla.-based Connectyx are saying the first phase of this new enhancement will deliver emergency information to MedFlash members through the existing Web browser on their mobile phones. Read »

In a move CEO Susan Bowditch describes as her organization's first serious venture into technology solutions, Jacaranda Village is implementing the new Motion C5v Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA). The residential aged care home, which aims to go paperless within the next two years, is among the first Australian healthcare organizations to adopt this mobile device. Read »

AirWatch has expanded the delivery options for its enterprise-wide Mobile Device and WLAN Management (MDM) software with its recent introduction of the AirWatch software appliance. By offering mobile device management preloaded on a dedicated software appliance, the Atlanta-based MDM provider aims to supply customers in healthcare and other industries with three choices: software deployed behind the corporate firewall, Software as a Service (SaaS), or a software appliance. Read »

Set to become available through AT&T next Thursday (8/12), Research In Motion unveiled the 9800 Torch yesterday in Manhattan. The slick, slider smartphone boasts a touch screen and a QWERTY keyboard, will retail for $199, and promises to be the first device to run the Blackberry 6 OS. Read »