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Can a 24/7 Medical App Save Your Life? Yes

Can a 24/7 Medical App Save Your Life? Yes | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From allthingsd.com - April 17, 2013 5:56 AM
Better wants to offer the "black card" of medical services.
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eMedToday's comment, April 17, 2013 7:20 AM
Mobile apps need to be useful and solve a problem. This app is a sound concept which save several critical problems: fast health information in an emergency and talk to a live health professional. That said the mobile app pricing appears too high.
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What Is The I Phone Moment?

What Is The I Phone Moment? | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From communities.washingtontimes.com - April 16, 2013 7:44 PM
Mobile technology is experiencing a surge of advances in relation to the medical industry. (Is #mhealth approaching its iPhone moment?
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eMedToday's comment, April 16, 2013 7:54 PM
Wireless devices are fast approaching their “ I Phone Moment” which will transform the delivery of healthcare and improve outcomes, particularly in chronic disease which is a leading cause of death in the US.
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April 15, 2013 8:36 PM
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Telecom Companies Have Big Stake in mHealth

Telecom Companies Have Big Stake in mHealth | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From www.zdnet.com - April 15, 2013 4:11 PM
Dr Peter Tippett of Verizon outlined some of the thinking Verizon is doing when it comes to providing mobile health solutions.
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eMedToday's comment, April 15, 2013 8:37 PM
Every major telecom company in the US has a Health Care Director who is overseeing the relationship between mhealth and the use of telecom services. Interesting and major trend
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April 15, 2013 6:52 AM
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The Ultra-Popular App: Doctors Give Free Advise

The Ultra-Popular App: Doctors Give Free Advise | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From www.fastcoexist.com - April 15, 2013 6:52 AM
There was a time not too long ago that doctors lived in an analog world. They only answered questions from patients that came into their office. They prescribed medicine in person. They always did some sort of physical exam before making judgments.
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eMedToday's comment, April 15, 2013 6:55 AM
Health Tap is an extremely popular app. They have convinced 35,000 doctors to answer questions via a pop question form. What this shows is that people will use simple SMS format to ask questions and that Doctors will answer those question Free. Really a impressive service.
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April 14, 2013 8:58 PM
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Clever Mobile App For Medications Tracking Will Save USD $ 300 Billion A Year

Clever Mobile App For Medications Tracking Will Save USD $ 300 Billion A Year | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From www.loop21.com - April 14, 2013 4:34 PM
By using games, Mango Health's app is designed to make managing medications and nutritional supplements easier, safer and even exciting.
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eMedToday's comment, April 14, 2013 9:00 PM
Not using medications correctly cost the US Healthcare system USD $ 300 billion a year according to the CDC. This is example of easy to use mobile app which makes taking prescription fun and easy.
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April 13, 2013 7:54 PM
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Great Mobile App: Calculating Medical Costs On Your Smart Phone

Great Mobile App: Calculating Medical Costs On Your Smart Phone | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From blogs.marketwatch.com - April 13, 2013 3:20 AM
Health-care providers take note: Patients now have a way of figuring out how much they should pay for medical services, and it's as simple as picking up a smart phone.
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eMedToday's comment, April 13, 2013 7:56 PM
Knowing hospital costs is a big deal. This mobile app tells you the cost of what your medical costs should be. Example of a mobile app which fills a true need.
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April 13, 2013 5:14 AM
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mHealth-As-A-Service: A Big Deal

mHealth-As-A-Service: A Big Deal | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From www.healthcareglobal.com - April 13, 2013 4:14 AM
  Software-as-a-service (SaaS) when it comes to cloud computing is often talked about, but what about mobile healthcare-as-a-service (mHaaS)?
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eMedToday's comment, April 13, 2013 5:14 AM
This article bring up interesting insight. Do healthcare organization do their own stand mobile app development or consider renting access and deploy a cloud based mhealth app. The costs appear to dramatically favor cloud based mhealth.
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April 11, 2013 8:08 PM
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Five Boston-Area Health Startups: Huge Trend

Five Boston-Area Health Startups: Huge Trend | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From mobihealthnews.com - April 11, 2013 7:22 AM
mobihealthnews Five Boston-area health startups from our Mobile Monday event mobihealthnews This week, MobiHealthNews co-hosted a special healthcare-themed Mobile Monday event at Ned Devine's bar here in Boston to showcase some local mobile health...
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eMedToday's comment, April 11, 2013 8:11 PM
There is an amazing range of mhealth starts around the world. The applications are novel, interesting, cool and sometime extremely effective in helping health care. This is example of just 5 starts. Thousands of these are coming up each day. The question is how do you market such devices to the public
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April 11, 2013 5:59 AM
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An Open Letter to Mobile Health App Developers: Listen To The Users

An Open Letter to Mobile Health App Developers: Listen To The Users | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From www.cfah.org - April 10, 2013 8:59 PM
RT @MightyCasey: RT @geritechblog: #digitalhealth #app developers must read GREAT post by @jessiegruman re what #patients need http://t.co/QLzeTzak4Y #s4pm
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eMedToday's comment, April 11, 2013 6:01 AM
Great focus on developing a mobile app: "We will use tools that answer our questions and solve our problems. We will avoid tools that help us do what you think we should do and we won't use tools that add to the work of caring for ourselves."
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April 9, 2013 8:46 PM
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Finding Doctors and Booking Appointments: Big Deal

Finding Doctors and Booking Appointments: Big Deal | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From gigaom.com - April 9, 2013 4:51 PM
Electronic medical records startup Practice Fusion is launching a new patient-facing website for booking appointments with doctors across the country. (RT @Paul_Sonnier: Booking a doctor online is getting competitive: @PracticeFusion vs.
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eMedToday's comment, April 9, 2013 8:47 PM
The internet has allowed companies to develop large scale exchange platforms which can connect Doctors and Patients. As most people searching for health information are on line this is an extremely important service. Hospitals need to develop a similar platform for their patients
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April 9, 2013 3:40 AM
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Low Costs Mobile Apps For Doctors

Low Costs Mobile Apps For Doctors | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From mobihealthnews.com - April 9, 2013 3:40 AM
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eMedToday's comment, April 9, 2013 3:41 AM
First example of great, low cost app approach for individual doctors
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April 8, 2013 8:52 PM
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mHealth 2.0: The SmartPhone Is The Center Of The mHealth Ecosystem

mHealth 2.0: The SmartPhone Is The Center Of The mHealth Ecosystem | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From www.gsma.com - April 8, 2013 3:52 PM
mHealth 2.0: To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before http://t.co/dZuAThhAVw #digitalhealth @folup
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eMedToday's comment, April 8, 2013 8:53 PM
The Smartphone is the link to information, diagnostics and treatment in the future
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April 8, 2013 5:37 AM
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Mobile Apps Must Answer Our Questions And Solve Our Problems

Mobile Apps Must Answer Our Questions And Solve Our Problems | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From www.kevinmd.com - April 8, 2013 5:37 AM
Dear mobile health app developers. We—patients and caregivers—need your help to reduce the demands of self care.
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eMedToday's comment, April 8, 2013 5:39 AM
You need to ask patient first before developing a mobile app
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April 16, 2013 8:02 PM
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Is Gamification The Future Of Health Care Apps?

Is Gamification The Future Of Health Care Apps? | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From ehrintelligence.com - April 16, 2013 11:33 AM
A winning recipe: mHealth highly effective when it's a game
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It's no secret that people like a bit of friendly competition. Turning a boring or onerous task into a race or a contest can pique interest and spike participation.
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eMedToday's comment, April 16, 2013 8:02 PM
Gamification of mobile health care apps can greatly change behavior and insure use of ab app. In a recent survey over 50% of 408 companies said they will incorporate gamification in their wellness sites. Only 10% of health apps downloaded are every used beyond one month so gamification is a key sticky strategy
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April 15, 2013 8:53 PM
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What IS The Right Digital Agency For Pharma

What IS The Right Digital Agency For Pharma | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From worldofdtcmarketing.com - April 9, 2013 7:10 AM
It seems that the sharks are in the water as Accenture reports that most pharma companies are planning to invest more time and money in digital marketing to lower costs and improve marketing effici...

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April 15, 2013 8:28 PM
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The future of diagnostics: consumer-driven medicine, USD $ 16 Billion Market

The future of diagnostics: consumer-driven medicine, USD $ 16 Billion Market | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From venturebeat.com - April 15, 2013 4:27 PM
What if the first step diagnosing your health was done by you, in your home, at your convenience?
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eMedToday's comment, April 15, 2013 8:31 PM
Point-of-consumer diagnostics is a huge with wireless putting the diagnostic tools directly in the hands of the patient. This trend will have a big impact on health costs.
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April 14, 2013 9:59 PM
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A Brilliant Telemedicine Idea

A Brilliant Telemedicine Idea | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From medcitynews.com - April 14, 2013 9:59 PM
With an eye toward retail stores, telemedicine kiosk maker HealthSpot has started deploying its HealthSpot Stations in hospitals like Cleveland Clinic.
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April 14, 2013 8:43 PM
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3 Example Of How Hospitals Use Mobile Apps To Save Life

3 Example Of How Hospitals Use Mobile Apps To Save Life | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From www.fiercemobilehealthcare.com - April 14, 2013 8:43 PM
Mobile technology clearly is having an impact on healthcare, but questions still remain over how significant that impact will be in the near future. For instance, how big will the U.S. and global...
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eMedToday's comment, April 14, 2013 8:46 PM
There are thousands of mobile health apps. It is always use to read examples of how mobile apps save lives. In this article they look at how a number of organizations are leveraging mhealth for monitoring patient vital signs, working with expectant mothers and using mobile apps in developing countries.
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April 13, 2013 7:48 PM
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Shock: Patients Prefer Digital Contact

Shock: Patients Prefer Digital Contact | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From mhealthwatch.com - April 13, 2013 4:42 AM
The findings of a recent survey by Cisco suggest that a growing number of patients may prefer telehealth to human contact. Although telehealth isn't poised

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eMedToday's comment, April 13, 2013 7:51 PM
76% of patients prefer use of digital contact over the need to see a doctors. So communication via video, text or mobile app is key development of channels between doctors and patients.
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April 13, 2013 4:41 AM
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Proof: You Can Change Behavior With A PDA

From blog.ginger.io - April 12, 2013 3:29 PM

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eMedToday's comment, April 13, 2013 4:45 AM
As we know, over weight is a serious health problem in the USA. In this example, a group of patients successfully changed their behavior to lose weight using a PDA. With a well design mobile app you can change people lives to make them more healthy.
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April 11, 2013 8:01 PM
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Safeguarding patient information in the mobile health: Big Deal

Safeguarding patient information in the mobile health: Big Deal | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From www.dodgecommunications.com - April 11, 2013 3:21 PM
RT @dodgecomm: Q&A on safeguarding patient information in the #mhealth era http://t.co/wIhGopLS30 @DKarabinos
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eMedToday's comment, April 11, 2013 8:01 PM
There are thousands of health apps existing. The article points out one critical fact which is: Making sure mhealth applications are architected in a way that safeguard patients information. This is a critical issue since most health apps are not secure.
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April 10, 2013 9:12 PM
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The Digital Diagnosis [Infographic]

The Digital Diagnosis [Infographic] | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From www.mdgadvertising.com - April 10, 2013 9:03 PM
The digital age is redefining healthcare and many factors are driving this medical revolution.
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eMedToday's comment, April 10, 2013 9:13 PM
Infographics are a great way to show an ecosystem, in this case the healthcare landscape. Lots of stats on digital trends
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April 9, 2013 8:41 PM
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A Simple Chart Of mHealth

A Simple Chart Of mHealth | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From www.telemedicine.im - April 9, 2013 8:34 PM
RT @Outcubed: Infographic on Digital Health and evolution of Telemedicine #telemedicine #telehealth #mhealth http://t.co/UFxfeDsMvK http://t.co/cmHbOHPeZ3
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eMedToday's comment, April 9, 2013 8:42 PM
Very simple and useful chart on who plays in the mHealth space.
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Mobile Health Around the Globe: Cloud Can Improve Patient Care

Mobile Health Around the Globe: Cloud Can Improve Patient Care | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From healthworkscollective.com - April 8, 2013 9:02 PM
But while its widespread application has yet to be seen, it’s important to consider how cloud is already making a difference at a much smaller, more personal scale — by improving the lives of patients in need.
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eMedToday's comment, April 8, 2013 9:03 PM
Good example of how mobile can extent health care globally through simple plaftforms as video conferencing
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Mobile Apps As Form of Preventive Care

Mobile Apps As Form of Preventive Care | mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement | Scoop.it
From visagemobile.com - April 7, 2013 2:01 PM
Doctors on-call may still use pagers, but an array of mobile tools are truly changing the way they work.
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eMedToday's comment, April 8, 2013 6:44 AM
Over 40 countries have developed health care guidelines in remote monitoring and patient centered strategies
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