Round-up of mHealth and related stories from the past week:

AMA inks HealthVault deal: Last week at Microsoft's Connected Health Conference the company announced an agreement with the American Medical Association and portal developer, Covisint, to offer its physician members their own online portal to exchange health data with patients. Once a patient gives a physician access, physicians will be able to review self reported patient health information. In turn, patients can access vital information logged by the physicians during office visits, the company said. More

CNN features EpiSurveyor: CNN's Edge of Discovery site just published a feature on smartphone-based public health information gathering tool EpiSurveyor and its role in helping developing nations prepare for swine flu, measles outbreaks and/or the increased spread of HIV. EpiSurveyor is one of the earliest and most successful examples of mHealth's impact on public health. More

UN considers mHealth for swine flu pandemic: The 3G Doctor blog reports that after the declaration of the first influenza pandemic in more than 40 years, the United Nations hosted a summit on "Advancing global health in the face of crisis." One wireless carrier CEO, Michael Joseph of Safaricom, presented on the mHealth opportunity. More