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Mechael Explains Where mHealth Will Be Most Disruptive

Diana Manos | Government Health IT | January 18, 2013

Some fear mobile healthcare could replace the need for doctors, in some cases, but according to Patricia Mechael, executive director of the mHealth Alliance, mHealth will only help doctors make better decisions. It won't replace them. Read More »

Medical Device Interoperability Could Save $30B A Year, Says WHI

Mike Miliard | Healthcare IT News | March 21, 2013

Improvements in the ability of medical devices and health IT systems to communicate and exchange data could lead to more than $30 billion a year in savings, according to a new report from the West Health Institute...

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Medical Mobile Services Will Open Up Access By Masses In India

Nitin Puri | ZDNet | November 1, 2013

In a country where universal healthcare is a daily challenge to meet because of difficult geographic constraints, one leading hospital group in India has turned to mobile to increase its accessibility and coverage. Read More »

Medical Services Through Phone On Anvil

Himanshi Dhawan | The Times of India | October 28, 2013

Can cellphones save lives? Marking a significant shift, Indian healthcare providers are now looking at extending medical services through mobile telephony. This means a cancer patient in a Tamil Nadu district hospital can have the option of consulting a specialist in Kolkata or a heart patient in Meerut can receive treatment from a cardiologist in Bangalore. Read More »

MfarmerSMS Service Links Farmers To Better Markets In Nakaseke- Uganda

Peter Balaba | FrontlineSMS | March 14, 2013

The MFarmer SMS service [...] helps farmers in rural areas to connect with better markets. It encourages two-way feedback with farmers, buyers and agro-processors, and other service providers. The project is designed to help farmers access agricultural market price information and weather information through their mobile phones. Read More »

mHealth And The Closing Window For Patient Engagement

Matt Mattox | Axial Exchange | January 7, 2013

80% of physicians are using mobile technology to provide patient care. Meanwhile, more than 25% of commercially-insured patients use mobile apps to manage their health. mHealth adoption is also being fueled by the 30 million wearable health devices that were shipped last year, a 37% increase over 2011. [...] Read More »

mHealth Rapidly Becoming A Global Movement

Eric Wicklund | mHealth News | December 6, 2013

While mHealth technology may be saving lives in places like Africa and the Caribbean, in Europe, Asia and Australia the results aren't so dramatic. Healthcare is already an established industry there, and the adoption of mHealth tools and services is following a more gradual path. [...] Read More »

mHealth Summit 2012

Keith W. Boone | Government Health IT | December 5, 2012

I'm in DC for IHE meetings Tuesday and Wednesday, and giving a session at the 2012 mHealthSummit Wednesday afternoon on Trends on Mobile Interoperability and Standards. I scheduled my travel to attend the IHE educational session held on Monday, but decided to take advantage of by mHealthSummit badge to take look at the conference instead. Read More »

mHealth Tools Projected To Save $500 Billion In Productivity By 2021

Jennifer Bresnick | EHR Intelligence | January 8, 2013

The constantly changing and quickly evolving mobile health industry is often considered the Wild West of healthcare, with new technologies and innovative services shifting the practice of preventative medicine from the doctor’s office to the patient’s pocket. Read More »

mHMtaani: US-Supported Program Empowers Community Health Workers Through Mobile Technology

Jonathan Rucks | Frontline Health Workers Coalition | August 8, 2013

In places like the Deep Sea Slum of Nairobi, Kenya, the dangers associated with pregnancy and child birth are not to be taken lightly. Read More »

Microsoft And Nokia's Plan To Shake Down Android Device Manufacturers

Matt Asay | ReadWrite | September 3, 2013

Microsoft shrewdly opted not to buy Nokia's mobile patents, thereby enabling another massive patent troll to prey on Android. Read More »

Mobile Apps to Support Community Health Workers: Adapting Trusted Content to New Mediums

Lily Walkover and Robin Young | IntraHealth | July 10, 2012

[In] the emerging field of mHealth—the use of mobile phones to support health—the focus has veered significantly toward data collection. At Hesperian Health Guides (publisher of Where There Is No Doctor), we’ve been part of a conversation to expand that focus and include using mobile phones to deliver health information to community health workers and the people they support. Read More »

Mobile Data: How Phones Help Keep The Water Flowing

Zarah Rahman | National Geographic | February 13, 2013

We often don’t associate the problem of water scarcity with mobile phones but, as Zarah Rahman of the Aquaya Institute explains, water is about much more than turning on a tap. [...] Read More »

Mobile Devices Linked To Better Health

Staff Writer | Bioscience Technology | February 19, 2013

More than 6 billion people worldwide (including almost 400 million in the United States) now carry mobile phones, which could be used to enhance mental and physical health, a Cornell researcher proposed. Read More »

Mobile Devices, Apps Open For Attacks

Erin McCann | Healthcare It News | July 30, 2014

In many ways, mobile device security is an oxymoron in its current state. In fact, if you're using an Internet of Things-type device, chances are it has an average of 25 hidden vulnerabilities, according to new research, making it a ripe target for hackers...