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mHealth and Child Abuse

There has not been a more horrific scandal in the world of sports that I can remember than the child abuse scandal (the mainstream media calls it a sex abuse scandal) surrounding The Pennsylvania State University. Let it be said … Continue reading

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Will mHealth Change the Role of Physician?

There are many benefits of mHealth technology to physicians It will increase patient engagement, it will provide data and input from patients on a continuum of time (versus the snapshot of office encounters), it is mobile, it will … Continue reading

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Why non-Physician Providers Will Love mHealth

When I was in practice as a cardiac electrophysiologist not too long ago, I was on medical device company marketing advisory boards where executives would ask us “Do you think this is something docs would want?” Invariably some on the … Continue reading

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