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  In Pictures: 10 examples of mobile health around the world

  Health care workers in the developing world are using mobile phones to address critical health needs ranging from maternal mortality to HIV testing to clean water. Here are 10 examples of mobile health around the world.

  In Pictures: 10 examples of mobile health around the world

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News about health care

• Govt mulls blockchain, IoT and big data in future of health service

  Looks for ‘next-generation’ technology’ to power national health infrastructure

• StorageCraft seeks channel support to launch new healthcare solution

  Blends storage and disaster recovery on new platform

• With MacPractise, every doctor can get a Mac

  Powerful and reliable practise management solution makes Macs an even better fit for medical pros.

• IBM's new US$1B acquisition will help Watson 'see'

  The addition of Merge's imaging data could advance personalized medicine, IBM says

• IBM aims Watson's cognitive computer power at CVS customers

  The partnership will have the super computer compiling customer data in order to detect the potential onset of chronic illness early on.

• Using Watson, IBM and CVS aim to predict when your health is about to decline

  New effort focuses on chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart disease and asthma

Features about health care

• Wearables for workplace wellness face federal scrutiny

  Federal regulators are weighing reforms to widespread workplace wellness programs.

• How Samsung and Apple stack up in the race to dominate digital health

  Samsung is way ahead of Apple when it comes to fitness wearables, but each company is pushing health tools for developers and users as well

• Top tech stories of 2013: Big Brother, wearables, and the struggles of aging tech giants

  Bitcoin and tech IPOs were also hot stories this year

• HealthCare.gov's problems: What we know so far

  While U.S. officials haven't talked in detail, a number of factors contributed to the malfunctioning website

• What's Wrong With Healthcare.gov's Price Estimator

• Health-IT early adopters well-poised for big-data advances in clinical medicine

  But the majority of US health providers are in smaller practices that have been slow to embrace electronic medical records