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Global Online Freedom Act (passed by a US Senate committee, but currently floating in legislative limbo), could actually become law.

"I will want to be reassured that the money has been distributed on the basis of clear clinical need rather than on a first come, first served basis."

Telemedicine allows patients to attend one hospital and receive diagnoses in another through the use of technology.

Quality of service can't be left to chance for any healthcare provider developing mobile applications.  However, this is especially true when the health insurance company is part of the largest single health carrier in the United States, providing health care services to more than 25 million consumers with a network of approximately 590,000 physicians and care professionals nationwide. For an organization of this size, they often select technology partners such as DeviceAnywhere, who share their company's commitment to excellence and innovation.

Not surprisingly, security and reliability resonate as two of the top priorities for Sensei Inc. as well.  As a provider of innovative mobile and Web-based solutions that prompt consumers at point-of-decision moments to make healthier eating, medical and lifestyle choices, Sensei relies on DeviceAnywhere to ensure that their consumers receive their personalized nutrition and health counseling on a consistent and confidential basis. After all, when customers count on Sensei mobile programs for critical reminders to take their medications or make on-the-spot decisions related to healthy eating choices, there is no room for error in downtime or compatibility issues between users' devices and networks.

The explosion of mobile technology presents a great opportunity to scale up the AIDS response in poor countries.

hrough mobile technology, the millions of people in developing countries who had been left behind by the digital divide are now able to access health information and healthcare services at their fingertips. Mobile phones are being used as low-cost tools for HIV testing, data collection, epidemic tracking, and training of health workers, HIV prevention and treatment support.

George Whitesides, a Harvard University chemist who coauthored a paper in the journal Analytical Chemistry this month in which the simple camera phone turns diagnostic tool. "The problem, particularly in the developing world and at rural clinics in the United States, is you don't have enough people - you can't have a trained doctor travel 200 miles to do a simple test."