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Market for mobile health increased seven fold in 2011, claims research2guidance
The smartphone application market for mobile healthcare increased by a factor of 7 to reach $US 718 million in 2011, according to mobile phone reasearch company research2guidance. Nevertheless, the mHealth market is still in an embryonic state. Theoretically the market potential is enormous given the overall worldwide healthcare market size of US$ 6 trillion (WHO estimate) and the potential use cases and benefits for mobile patient healthcare support. Within the last year, the growth in the mobile … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Phone Apps, Research
Will the Macaw app be your ultimate mobile health hub?
From sleep managers to diet trackers, more and more people are becoming increasingly interested in monitoring their personal health on a daily basis, using their mobile phones and a range of other fancy gadgets. Last week during the 2011 mHealth Summit, an app called Macaw was introduced, which is set to make waves in the mobile health market as it acts as the ultimate personal health hub for users who want to keep track of every … Read entire article »
Filed under: Apps, Latest News, Mobile Phone Apps
Will the iPad become your doctor’s favourite gadget?
Gone are the days of the iPad being solely reserved for business meetings and pretentious guys in the corners of our coffee shops. Recently they’ve started to pop up in more and more unusual places, they’re in our schools, our supermarkets and our aeroplanes, which is actually no surprise given how compact, slick and intuitive they are. But increasingly they’re also being used in our hospitals, GP surgeries and dental surgeries, and over the past few years have … Read entire article »
Filed under: Features, iPad/tablet PC apps
APP SPOTLIGHT: Happtique is world’s first health app superstore
Mobile health (also known as mHealth or telehealth) is a really wide term and can be anything from a doctor keeping track of your illness on an iPad, a new surveillance program to improve pregnancy care in developing countries or just a text message reminder to take your contraceptive pill in the morning from your local clinic. As most GPs and hospitals aren’t readily introducing this kind of mobile technology into our visits (just think … Read entire article »
Filed under: Apps, Features, Mobile Phone Apps
Cool new mobile health ideas help doctors in developing countries
Mobile technology has moved far beyond sending text messages, making calls and playing Snake, now various tech companies are pioneering new ways to use our mobile phones to improve the world around us. We’ve recently come across a number of exciting and groundbreaking schemes, which aim to improve healthcare in developing countries by using the mobile technology we all take for granted. This week, the mHealth Alliance announced the winners of its Top 11 in 2011 Innovators … Read entire article »
Filed under: Latest News, Mobile Phone Apps, Research
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