Solving issues of security and convenience for the transfer of confidential information is an increasingly important part of fostering more efficient patient-centred care. The UNIQUEDOC news section follows updates on new mobile healthcare solutions; from platforms, to smartphone applications, data transfer, security issues and product development.
Venture capital funding of London tech start-ups doubles
2014 Global Digital Health 100 Awards
The psychology of Slack, a habit-forming enterprise app
The 7 deadly sins on user research
Which messaging technologies are truly safe and secure?
An introduction to user research techniques
Slack is now the fastest-growing workplace software ever
10 startups show off their tech at HealthBeat’s Innovation Showcase
Hospitals’ dirty little secret: Caregivers sharing clinical data via personal phones
Box goes after health care with MedXT acquisition
Voice is the next big thing in mobile
Tox: A simple Skype replacement
Encryption at rest and encryption in transit
Talko: Fast networks mean voice is going to be the next big thing in mobile
Auth0: Identity Infrastructure, built for developers
API: Speech interface for apps and devices
Drop: an app that lets you subscribe to channels and get push notifications
Easy Apple Pay integration for businesses built on Stripe
VoxImplant: A communications cloud platform
Google Hangouts gets Google Voice integration
Big data requires hard work to find insights
Service design: Pushing us beyond the familiar
The right way to do lean research
What all UX designers should know about login and security
Six top tips for health innovators
The Bitcoin bubble and the future of currency
Lookback: See how people really use your apps
On big ideas and courageous entrepreneurs
Threadable makes group email less noisy and more actionable
Hackers steal records on 4.5 million patients from healthcare system
Medicity: Healthcare information services provider
The Dentist office software story
Why physicians are turning to startups
These are the next 5 digital health IPOs (plus one)
A manifesto for the future of ‘right to be forgotten’ debate
Medable promises an easy way to make health apps comply with health data laws
Privacy Analytics raises $3.5M for health data anonymization
Data Point: It looks like 30 is the ceiling for how many apps people use
Apple and IBM pair up to tackle enterprise mobility
Don’t let these myths disrupt your digital health strategy
Gmail’s latest move isn’t the end of email, it’s a new beginning
BYOD is about data management now, not device management
FDA regulation can’t keep pace with new mobile health apps
Unscaling the healthcare economy
Connect smart devices to the web without Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or Cellular
New iOS 8 Safari extension the most impressive yet
NHS England: The integrated digital care technology fund
Apple gives Epic and Mayo bear hug with HealthKit
Social networking and alerts technology ‘transforms’ how healthcare teams work
Wearable tech must comply with privacy laws, warns ICO
What it means to be a security company
Information to share or not share
Caldicott 2 – information: to share or not to share
NHS tries to distance itself from past data lapses
British Medical Journal Editor on a patient centred approach to publishing
Guardian Healthcare (GdnHealthcare) on Twitter
Transforming patient interaction