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Mobile at a Glance 56 % of U.S. adults own a smartphone. 51 % of Internet time is spent on mobile devices. 84 % of mobile searches result in follow-up actions. Happtique provides mHealth solutions for the entire continuum of care.Learn how we can help you. For Healthcare Providers Improve patient engagement and efficiencies by […]

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2010

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Dec 13, 2013	First health app store runs into major hurdle: security flaws	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Happtique is on a mission to build a professional...
Dec 13, 2013	First health app store runs into major hurdle: security flaws	Happtique is on a mission to build a professional app store for health care. But independent developers spotted security flaws just days after the company authorized its first set of medical apps. The company has responded to these concerns...
Dec 12, 2013	Happtique suspends mhealth app certification program after software developer exposes security shortcomings	Data security is part of the criteria for the certification program. Among the other criteria the apps are supposed to meet are: that the app operates as intended, protects user privacy and contains credible content. Happtique posted a stat...
Sep 23, 2013	FDA removes roadblocks to medical app innovation	The United States Food and Drug Administration has finally released guidelines on how it plans to regulate thousands of new health-related smartphone applications. After months of delaying its decision, the agency has determined that the va...
May 5, 2013	10 telehealth insiders to follow on Twitter	Clint Phillips (@ClintGPhillips) is the CEO and founder of 2nd.MD, a second opinion service that connects users to specialists by phone or by Web. Ben Green (@BenGreenMD) is the medical director for Carena Medical Providers and Care Simple ...
Apr 30, 2013	Entrepreneurs say the FDA is killing medical innovation	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Chandra Duggirala, maker of an experimental devic...
Apr 30, 2013	Entrepreneurs say the FDA is killing medical innovation	Chandra Duggirala, maker of an experimental device for type two diabetes, is on the verge of giving up. Duggirala’s company, Novobionics, raised a small amount of funding for a noninvasive technology that mimics the effects of gastric bypas...
Mar 20, 2013	The specter of D.C. overregulation haunts health entrepreneurs	A lack of clarity from government is stifling innovation in the health IT sector. As we reported yesterday, the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is under pressure to decide how to regulate thousands of new mobile medical applications....
Mar 20, 2013	The specter of D.C. overregulation haunts health entrepreneurs	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! A lack of clarity from government is stifling inn...
Mar 19, 2013	Health app makers to feds: Dithering on regulation is stifling innovation	Congress is conducting a three-day series of hearings to decide how to regulate the explosion of health apps on smartphone and tablet devices. Lawmakers from the House Energy and Commerce committee have been holed up to discuss how to balan...
Mar 19, 2013	Health app makers to feds: Dithering on regulation is stifling innovation	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Congress is conducting a three-day series of hearings to decide how to regulate the explosion of health apps on smartphone and tablet d...
Mar 6, 2013	Safety and Efficacy in mHealth	Haptique just released their long awaited released its final standards for testing and certifying mobile health apps. While it represents a good start I was disappointed that it doesn’t do more. Haptique wants to help “healthcare providers ...
Dec 21, 2012	The best and worst bets for healthcare investing in 2013	Best Diagnostics As we inch toward personalized medicine, sensitive and precise diagnostic tools become increasingly valuable. And if Q4 2012 is any indication of how 2013 is going to go, diagnostics is going to be hot. This quarter has bro...
Nov 20, 2012	Five Disruptive Telehealth Startups to Watch	Five disruptive telehealth startups to watch highlighting how telehealth is changing the face of healthcare delivery and the innovative startups behind it. Haven’t heard the rumblings of the telehealth movement yet? Chances are, you will. T...
Sep 19, 2012	What do wellness apps and chronic condition apps have in common? These 5 success factors	Health, fitness, and medical apps are everywhere. There are many obvious differences between those directed to consumers and apps developed as tools of healthcare providers, targeted at disease-specific conditions and patients. Business mod...
Sep 14, 2012	As mobile health firm recruits for pilot prescription program, it prepares for certification program launch	With the maturing world of mobile health apps, the healthcare industry is advancing closer to the launch of its first certification program. Happtique is preparing to release findings from its open comment period held to gather insights fro...
Jun 22, 2012	Startup working toward apps via RX, smartphones covered by insurance	App certification criteria It formed a certification board earlier this year of clinicians, nurses and patient advocate Dave deBronkart, also known as e-Patient Dave, and is on the cusp of submitting a draft of the certification process for...
May 14, 2012	mHealth Kickstarter: Funding Healthcare Innovation in the Age of Start-Ups, Incubators and Crowdfunding	Event: mHealth Kickstarter: Funding Healthcare Innovation in the age of Start-Ups, Incubators and Crowdfunding Location: Fordham Lincoln Center, New York, NY 10023 Date:Thursday, May 24, 2012 from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM (ET) In conjunction wit...
Feb 26, 2012	What Pharma Can Learn From the Railroads and IBM	Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Dave Chase, the CEO of Avado.com, a patient portal & relationship management company that was a TechCrunch Disrupt finalist. Previously he was a management consultant for Accenture’s healthc...
Dec 7, 2011	Happtique Brings Secure, Branded App Stores To Hospitals And Healthcare	Just as consumers are adopting smartphones (to the tune of 84 million in the U.S.) and tablets at a breakneck pace, an increasing number of clinicians, healthcare administrators and staff are using mobile devices to manage patient care, com...
	Safety and Efficacy in mHealth	Haptique just released their long awaited released its final standards for testing and certifying mobile health apps. While it represents a good start I was disappointed that it doesn’t do more. Haptique wants to help “healthcare providers ...
	As mobile health firm recruits for pilot prescription program, it prepares for certification program launch	With the maturing world of mobile health apps, the healthcare industry is advancing closer to the launch of its first certification program. Happtique is preparing to release findings from its open comment period held to gather insights fro...
	What do wellness apps and chronic condition apps have in common? These 5 success factors	Health, fitness, and medical apps are everywhere. There are many obvious differences between those directed to consumers and apps developed as tools of healthcare providers, targeted at disease-specific conditions and patients. Business mod...
	Startup working toward apps via RX, smartphones covered by insurance	Will physicians prescribe apps in the not-too-distant future? Would payers subsidize or cover smartphones in the future to encourage patients to use mobile health tools? What should the criteria be for a mobile health app certification prog...
	Happtique suspends mhealth app certification program after software developer exposes security shortcomings	Updated Less than two weeks after Happtique approved the first set of mobile health apps as part of its certification program, it has suspended the program. The announcement posted on its website follows a blog post by Harold Smith III, the...
	10 telehealth insiders to follow on Twitter	As the American Telemedicine Association’s 2013 conference gets underway in Austin this weekend, the event’s attendees reflect the variety of solutions providers are testing and implementing across primary care, dermatology, pediatrics and ...
	The best and worst bets for healthcare investing in 2013	Now that it’s Dec. 21 and the world hasn’t ended, let’s talk about 2013. Venture capital investors have expressed confidence in the coming year for healthcare IT markets, while listing biotech among the sectors they’re least confident about...

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