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Docs soon to be able to prescribe mobile apps if Happtique has anything to do with it
For our US readers, the days of leaving your local hospital or surgery with a prescription for medication in your hand may soon be about to change… mHealth mobile app store Happtique today announced plans for the launch of a new programme that will enable physicians to prescribe mHealth apps to patients. With a trial period first, Happtique will see if its mRx mobile tool will encourage doctors to prescribe health applications and be effective enough to convince … Read entire article »
Filed under: Apps, CHS news, Latest News, Mobile Phone Apps, Professional healthcare products
Doctors believe health apps will reduce visits [infographic]
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The emerging field of Mobile Health (mHealth) has enabled people to use smartphones to keep track of their health and answer health-related questions with a quick tap on the screen and now many doctors believe using apps will help cut down on doctor visits, a new infographic suggests. According to the data revealed by Float Mobile Learning, 40% of US doctors believe that using mobile health technologies like apps to track your calorie intake and monitor … Read entire article »
Filed under: Apps, Health Gadgets
O2 announce plans to launch mobile telecare service
O2 have announced plans to launch the UK’s “first telecare service built around mobile technology”. The operator’s Help at Hand service will enable the remote monitoring of patients with chronic conditions. Scheduled to launch in April by O2 Health, the new scheme will be managed by the operator’s business unit focused on the mobile health market. O2 says the new service will increase support for those with long-term conditions to outside the home and their immediate … Read entire article »
Filed under: CHS news, Health Gadgets, Latest News
AirStrip Patient Monitoring could mean no more bedside visits from doctors
A new kind of technology, which delivers important patient monitoring information directly to iPad and iPhone devices, could soon be coming to hospitals in the US, meaning doctors would no longer have to visit their patients to make important decisions about their healthcare. Although that may seem like a pretty informal and clinical way to deal with real people, it would provide doctors with more time to treat other patients too, which can only be … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Phone Apps
Striiv reckons gamification is key to mobile health gadgets success
It’s fair to say that mobile health gadgets have well and truly taken off over the past year. Just last week, the GSMA announced that by 2017, m-health will be worth a predicted $23 BILLION dollars. At CHS, we’re seeing health gadgets and apps coming thick and fast from the likes of Adidas, Nike, Motorola, Jawbone and others. The big question many will be asking is if users are engaged and sticking with them for the … Read entire article »
Filed under: CHS news, Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets
NHS to start prescribing mobile health apps to patients
There are so many different mobile health apps and tools on the market at the moment that it’s hard to tell which are useful, which can be trusted and which are good value for money. There’s been talk for some time in both the US and the UK that there should soon be some kind of certification programme or rating scheme to give people more advice about which apps to download, and this week it … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Phone Apps
Will apps that help patients battle anxiety disorders be effective?
According to a recent article on The New York Times, scientists are currently working on developing apps that could help those battling serious anxiety disorders and mental health problems. But can a simple smartphone app really help to change our behaviour and confront serious disorders? We’ve all seen plenty of health and fitness apps recently; to track weight loss; understand the way our muscles work; and keep an eye on our caffeine and alcohol intake, but it … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Phone Apps
Scottish Government takes new app-roach to drinking problem among women
Ever wondered if those couple of pints in the local each night after work actually made much of a difference to your youthful looks? Well, the Scottish Government has decided to make it possible for us to see just what effects alcohol can have on the ageing process. Titled the “Drinking Time Machine“, the app for the iPhone shows how alcohol can speed up the ageing process with a ‘Fat Booth’ style interface in the hope … Read entire article »
Filed under: Apps, Latest News, Mobile Phone Apps
Happtique plans to introduce mobile health app certification
We love discovering new health apps and services here at Connected Health, but one of our big concerns at the moment is that there are so many apps out there that aren’t being monitored and, as we’ve written in the past, no one can guarantee that the advice and lifestyle they’re suggesting to users is accurate or based on enough knowledge and experience. Well, to try and address this problem, the app superstore website Happtique is looking … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Phone Apps
How happy are you? Apps Mappiness and MoodPanda can tell you
Do you ever stop during the day to think about how you feel about everything? Is life good, bad or just exhausting? Are there times of the day when you feel top of the world, but other times when you are in the dumps? There are now several iPhone apps which can help you track your mood and give some information about when and where you are happiest. Mappiness has been around for quite a while now. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Apps, Mental Health
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