Category Archives: smartphone apps

Do Physicians Love or Hate mHealth?

Posted on November 23, 2024 by

I have noticed some seemingly opposite interpretations (at first glance) about the enthusiasm for mHealth technologies by physicians. One article appearing in Informationweek.com on November 21st “Doctors Slow To Embrace Telemedicine, Cloud Computing”(http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/mobile-wireless/231903483?queryText=nicole+lewis) . Another article appearing on November … Continue reading →

Posted in education, healthcare economics, informatics, media coverage, mHealth, mobile health, psychology, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth, wireless health | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

mHealth and Globalization of Healthcare

Posted on November 17, 2024 by

The term globalization loosely refers to the increasing unification of order. It has been traditionally applied to the economic sector. As the world is progressively intertwined from financial and cultural perspectives, it is not surprising that it is occurring in … Continue reading →

Posted in healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, healthcare reform, medical devices, mHealth, mobile health, smartphone apps, technology, wireless health | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

mHealth: The True Patient Centered Medical Home?

Posted on November 15, 2024 by

The patient centered medical home (PCMH) has been defined as ‘an approach to providing comprehensive primary care for children, youth and adults. The PCMH is a health care setting that facilitates partnerships between individual patients, and their personal physicians, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Healthcare IT, healthcare reform, medical devices, mHealth, mobile health, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

What Does Ideal mHealth Look Like?

Posted on November 14, 2024 by

The ideal mHealth may many meanings from different perspectives. For the provider taking care of patients with multiple chronic diseases, it may be a platform that incorporates multiple system sensor and monitoring capabilities which transmit only actionable alerts, with minimal … Continue reading →

Posted in healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, healthcare reform, mHealth, mobile health, smartphone apps, telehealth, wireless health | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Five Reasons Hospitals Need mHealth

Posted on November 10, 2024 by

Mobile health technologies are most utilized now in the outpatient setting either for health and wellness by consumers or by providers primarily for the purpose of informational resources. The reasons for this are multiple, primarily related to marketing business models … Continue reading →

Posted in healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, healthcare reform, mHealth, mobile health, smartphone apps, technology, wireless health | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

mHealth and HealthcareIT: Who’s Your Healthcare Data’s Daddy?

Posted on November 2, 2024 by

Healtcare IT and wireless health technologies will be producing in the coming years an almost immeasurable amount of data derived from electronic health records (EHRs), smart phones, body sensors, and other ‘connected’ devices. The ownership of this type of data … Continue reading →

Posted in mHealth, Healthcare IT, technology, smartphone apps, mobile health, pharma, wireless health, malpractice law, IT security | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

mHealth and HIPAA

Posted on October 28, 2024 by

Wireless health technologies are proliferating into various transmission modalities and spectrum of wellness and healthcare. Safety and privacy of data is of paramount importance to providers and patients. HIPAA laws apply to some types of mHealth products and the implications … Continue reading →

Posted in Healthcare IT, IT security, medical devices, mHealth, mobile health, smartphone apps, technology, wireless health | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

mHealth and Healthcare IT

Posted on October 27, 2024 by

Wireless health technologies and healthcare IT (with electronic health records or EHRs as the most visible component) are both burgeoning sectors of healthcare business. They have similarities and differences which I would like to explore. The market for … Continue reading →

Posted in healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, medical devices, mHealth, mobile health, smartphone apps, technology, wireless health | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

mHealth and Emergency Medical Services

Posted on October 26, 2024 by

There was no better glaring example of the effects of a poor emergency communications system in a disaster than September 11, 2024 at the World Trade Center. Emergency personnel utilized antiquated and previously questioned technology. Wireless technology has … Continue reading →

Posted in disaster relief, emergency medicine, Healthcare IT, mHealth, mobile health, smartphone apps, technology, wireless health | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Caregiver: The Key to mHealth

Posted on October 24, 2024 by

The caregiver is an individual who attends to the needs of a child or dependent adult. There is an estimated ten million caregivers over the age of 50 caring for their parents in the USA. Caregivers attend to people who are … Continue reading →

Posted in mHealth, Healthcare IT, technology, smartphone apps, mobile health, healthcare economics, medical devices, wireless health | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment