The question that comes up in almost any deep and detailed discussion related to the emerging mHealth market is: how does or will medical device regulation apply? Sometimes it surprises people, especially outside of the industry, that this is even a consideration. Is a Doctor’s Blackberry really a “medical device”? The answer is a resounding: [...]
Archive for mHealth Articles
Developing Nations Lead the Way in mHealth
In many markets disruptive innovation and technologies that were once the domain of developed countries with extensive University and private research networks have been overtaken and surpassed by developments in emerging markets. If “necessity” is the mother of all invention, then there is no greater necessity than access to quality healthcare in developing nations and [...]
Healthcare To Pair Well With Bluetooth 4.0
Often when we think of mobile Health we focus on mobile as in cellular devices however there is a great deal innovation taking place in other areas of this market that will have impact beyond the iPhone. Bluetooth is one of these technologies that is a rather silent but potentially huge game changer. When most [...]
New England Journal of Medicine iPhone App
The New England Journal of Medicine has launched an iPhone app and judging by the reviews it’s been very well received thus far. As Dr. Bryan Vartabedian points out on his blog 33 Charts, “the way to a doctor’s heart is through his smartphone” (perhaps doubly so for cardiologists?) and the application’s developers have certainly [...]
Apple Files iPhone Heart Rate Patent
Apple has filed a patent that could be the first step in a larger plan to merge mobile and consumer health devices into the iPhone platform. It makes great business sense for Apple. Many people exercise with their iPhone whether it be jogging, walking, cycling or at the gym. With the device already attached to the person, [...]
Mobile Health 2010 at Stanford University
Presentations from the Mobile Health 2010 Conference at Stanford University are now available online. The decks are simply fantastic and excellent information resources on their own, however it’s a shame that there appears to be no audio or video for any of the presentations. Perhaps that’s by design as an incentive to attend next year. Attendees [...]
iAnesthesia: Building an Impressive Portfolio for the iPhone
iAnesthesia is an iPhone, iPod, and now iPad Medical App Developer founded by two Doctors that is building out an interesting portfolio of products focused on improving patient safety and quality of care. “After years of putting up with medical software that was designed without attention to the demands of a busy anesthesia provider, Drs. [...]
You Are What You Eat AND Where You Live
Where you live: It impacts your health as much as diet and genes do, but it’s not part of your medical records. At TEDMED, Bill Davenhall shows how overlooked government geo-data (from local heart-attack rates to toxic dumpsite info) can mesh with mobile GPS apps to keep doctors in the loop. Call it “geo-medicine.” Resources: [...]
Haiku: An Epic iPhone App Release
Epic Systems has quietly released an iPhone application called Haiku that will allow mobile access to Epic based EHRs (Electronic Health Records). The application is a free download for users that belong to organizations that license the core applications. “Your organization needs to license Haiku and be on Epic’s Summer 2009 version and will determine [...]
Fight Asthma with your iPhone
AsthmaMD is a new app available for the iPhone that will help patients keep track of their number and severity of Asthma attacks, medication use etc.This information can then be shared with their Doctor to provide better overall care and also to help predict and possibly prevent attacks. There is an opt in option that [...]
Mayo Clinic Going Mobile
If you are investigating a mobile health strategy, then a recommended read is mobilehealthnews’ recent interview with Scott Eising, director of product management for Mayo Clinic Internet Services. The interview outlines a number of key challenges involved in moving to the mobile world beyond simply reformating content and digs into clinician and patient requirements, design principles [...]
BeWell delivers “patient engagement” software via mobile phones
Can a common mobile phone connect patients managing chronic diseases more cost effectively and to greater clinical benefit to their care givers than any other device or strategy? BeWell Mobile Technology believes so and has developed a solution portfolio of “patient engagement software” that leverages the ubiquity of mobile phones and their associated wireless network [...]
iPhone Healthcare application round up!
There are tons of iPhone applications popping up all over the web and Healthcare is receiving more than it’s fair share of developer attention which is fantastic! Here’s three company’s whose i offerings are really worth having a look at: Modality With the tag line “Clinical knowledge in your pocket: the titles you trust on [...]
Patient safety goes mobile with Epocrates
While researching some ideas regarding mobile device usage at the point of care, I came across some great videos featuring Epocrates. Epocrates is a company that develops clinical information and decision support tools for mobile devices, some of which are even available to medical professionals free of charge. The content provided with these tools is [...]
Mobilizing devices and not germs
The introduction and use of mobile devices at the point of care presents numerous opportunities to increase clinical productivity, improve quality of care and directly impact patient safety among others; however these tools also present a significant new challenge in the control of germs and hospital-acquired infections. Physicians or nurses may contaminate mobile devices such [...]
Practice Medicine in the plam of your hand
The best programs for your handheld or The device is only as good as the software? Medical Economics has updated their list of the top ten best programs for your hand held device and added some great commentary on the rise of mobile web apps and the fall of the PDA and the rise of [...]
