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How the cell phone can improve health care
CNN
Editor's note: Nadim Mahmud is the co-founder and chief research officer of
Medic Mobile, a nonprofit organization that seeks to utilize innovative
mobile health tools to help communities in developing countries. Follow him
on Twitter: @nadimmahmud ...
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Mobile Mammography clinic to help thousands, official says
Greenville News
Bon Secours St. Francis Health System revealed its new Mobile Mammography
Coach on Friday, saying it will provide breast cancer screening to
thousands of women who have limited access in the Upstate. / KEN
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My Sister's Closet Boutique raises money for Mobile Health Unit at SSU
Community Common
If you are getting ready clean out your closets, please remember the
upcoming My Sister's Closet Boutique at Shawnee State University. This
annual event will be held the first week in October to benefit the Shawnee
State University Mobile Health Unit.
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India Hot on Our Heels with Mobile Phones and mHealth Use
HealthTechZone
We're used to reading about the prominence of mobile phones in healthcare
in the U.S. But in India, with close to one billion mobile phone users in
the country (almost 80 percent of the population has them), the population
is also beginning to embrace ...
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New Lubbock Health Department Building to move Monday to Depot District
LubbockOnline.com
Mobile immunization clinics provided by the Health Department will be
announced weekly. Cartwright said the mobile immunization clinics are set
to take place Mondays and Wednesdays at community centers and libraries.
The City Council in June approved ...
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Pentagon buying mobile cardiac care unit, MRI equipment for Guantanamo use
Bellingham Herald
The investment is part of a Pentagon program offering the detainees health
care that's comparable to what U.S. troops receive. The Bush administration
made the commitment to comparable care before Congress banned detainees
from U.S. soil for any ...
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Groups Nab Grants To Use Mobile Tools for Maternal, Child Health
iHealthBeat
On Tuesday, the mHealth Alliance and the United Nation's Innovation Working
Group announced the recipients of two-year "catalytic" grants to expand the
use of mobile technologies for improving maternal and child health
worldwide, MobiHealthNews ...
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A Mobile Ear for Pregnancy Problems
PRI's The World
And when visits do happen, health professionals often rely on the Pinard
horn for antenatal diagnosis. The Pinard horn is named for the 19th century
French physician who invented it, and it is still widely used around the
world. But a group of computer ...
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Lawmaker Pitches New FDA Office Of Mobile Health - Kaiser Health ...
There are already tens of thousands of mobile health applications available
for download on smart phones and tablets, allowing consumers to do anything
from ...
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FCC Hires "Health Care Director," Unleashes Mobile Health ...
The move is one of several steps designed to pave the way to making mobile
health technology an integral part of medical care within five years.
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How the cell phone can improve health care - CNN.com
Nadim Mahmud says mobile technology can radically transform the way we
deliver health care to underserved people in developing countries.
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