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WebMD Health Corp. is set to launch of WebMD Health Exchange, a health social networking platform. The new platform will allow consumers to connect with health experts and other WebMD members to exchange  experiences, discuss personal challenges, and receive direct answers and support, according to WebMD.

Machine-to-machine wireless communications developer RF Monolithics (RFM) has secured a multi-year agreement with a major medical equipment manufacturer for its ultra-low power short-range radio, the Virtual Wire transceiver.

The National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) is creating "NHIN University," a program designed to engage healthcare IT stakeholders in efforts to develop the Nationwide Health Information Network.

Researchers at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science and UC Irvine plan to monitor the day-to-day health of low-birth-weight babies and their parents as part of a project designed to combat chronic illnesses associated with low-weight births.

Thomson Reuters has launched its new Pharmacy Intervention solution for hospitals. Part of the Clinical Xpert suite, the software combines real-time clinical surveillance, mobile access to patient data, and Micromedex reference information. It is designed to help hospital pharmacists identify, perform, and document interventions at the point of care, prevent adverse drug events, and reduce medication costs.

It wasn't just the keynote address by Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse that highlighted the growing role of wireless technology in healthcare at HIMSS10. It was the proliferation of booths and seminars covering all aspects of the integration of mobile technology and medicine that really set last week's show apart.

A new study published in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association states that doctors who use file sharing software could be putting their patients' medical information at risk.

The Federal Communications Commission has announced $145 million in grants to 16 telehealth projects for engineering, constructing and implementing regional high-speed broadband networks in 17 states.

Five research teams will receive $2.4 million in grants to study how patient-recorded observations of daily life can be used to treat chronic conditions. According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the projects involve mobile phone applications, remote patient monitoring tools and personal health record systems.