Category: apps
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mHealth brings, ‘Can you heal me now?’
Mobile devices have found their way into virtually every corner of the world, even in the most remote and least technologically developed countries. And this reality, says Joan Cornet, mHealth director at Mobile World Capital in Barcelona, has a “huge impact” on the potential of mobile health going forward. …read more
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VA mHealth pilot runs into app scheduling challenges
A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mHealth pilot has run into problems with its ability to efficiently schedule appointments. The VA Mobile Health Veteran Appointment Request Pilot is an… read more Source: VA mHealth pilot runs into app scheduling challenges
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mHealth has varying impact on gender relations
Evidence regarding the effect of mHealth interventions on gender relations is weak and rigorous research is urgently needed, according to an article in the International Journal for Equity in Health…. read more Source: mHealth has varying impact on gender relations
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Defining The Future State Of Mobile Health
Porter Research talks with Nuance’s Jonathan Dreyer about the rise of intelligent systems in healthcare, and how the cloud is poised to impact the next generation of mobile health By Jennifer Dennard, social marketing director, Porter Research …read more
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mHealth Summit 2013: Remote monitoring helps CHRISTUS Health slash patient costs
Cost of care decreased and patient satisfaction jumped in a remote monitoring pilot project conducted by CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas, according to research presented this week at the mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C. read more …read more
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Telehealth improves home management of chronic disease
A pair of separate, recently published studies indicate that telehealth is an effective tool in self-management of chronic disease, including diabetes. read more …read more
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Research Firm Sees mHealth as Top Global Healthcare Trend
Research firm Frost & Sullivan has listed mHealth as the top area of growth for the global healthcare market in 2014 as beyond, as indicated by a survey involving 1,835 executives in more than 40 countries worldwide. Research firm Frost & Sullivan has listed mHealth as the top area of growth for the global healthcare…
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mHealth Summit 2013: Patient-centered care will drive mobile adoption, use
Mobile technology may be the future of patient-centric care, but better evidence is needed to take it to the next level, according to a panel of experts speaking Tuesday morning at the mHealth summit in Washington, D.C., at FierceMobileHealthcare‘s executive breakfast panel “mHealth’s Role in Patient Engagement.” read more …read more
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mHealth forecast wows audience
There it was – the clear-as-a-bell prediction about mobile health. Call it the “wow factor.” “I will predict 85 percent of healthcare will be done in the home in the next five or six years,” Andrew Watson, MD, told an audience here at an mHealth Summit breakfast meeting Dec. 9. You could hear the hushed…
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From the mHealth Summit 12/9/13
I’m at the mHealth Summit at the Gaylord National Resort and across the Potomac River from Washington, DC on the Maryland side. It’s a 2,000-room hotel surrounded by chain restaurants and stores in one of those destination developments aimed squarely at tourists who want to travel without being exposed to anything new, or heaven forbid,…