Showing posts with label mobile health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mobile health. Show all posts

Mobile Health News Weekly – Week of August 19, 2012

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to mobile health that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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According to a Verasoni study, the top 150 health-related apps have been downloaded more than 67.5 million times onto iPhones, and more than 59.1 million times onto Android devices. Read Original Content

According to a survey by Parks Associates, almost 30 percent of respondents who are mobile phone users that have serious medical conditions say they would be able to monitor and handle their issues better if a mobile app was available that would help. The research also indicates that that as many as 20 percent of all smartphone users would like some kind of mobile medicine application. Read Original Content

Both the telehealth and mobile health markets are expected to increase dramatically over the next few years, according to market researcher GlobalData. Growing applications and availability led the firm to predict that the industry will grow from a 2011 valuation of $13.2 billion to $32.5 billion by 2018. Read Original Content

Antenna Software provides a complete cloud-based enterprise mobility suite that enables both IT pros and business executives alike to create and manage mobile apps, websites and content across the entire business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Antenna Software

An analysis of the global telemedicine market indicates that it will continue to grow at around 19 percent a year through 2015. In its report, “Global Telemedicine Market 2011-2015,” Research and Markets of Dublin predicts future prospects are immense. Read Original Content

According to GlobalData in a new report, the global mHealth market was worth $1.2 billion in 2011, but will jump in value to reach $11.8 billion by 2018, climbing at an impressive Compound Annual Growth Rate of 39 percent. Read Original Content


The market for remote patient monitoring systems is expected to leap to $20.9 billion over the next four years, according to a report by InformationWeek.
The rising number of elderly patients has the U.S. health care system looking for ways to manage costs and avoid hospital overcrowding. The market for remote monitoring systems grew from $3.9 billion in 2007 to $8.9 billion in 2011. Read Original Content

Health and well being applications are estimated to make up approximately 40 percent of new smartphone apps currently being developed. This is a huge market and only set to increase as the benefits become more apparent and smartphone and tablet technology become more widespread. Read Original Content

Mobile Health News Weekly – Week of August 12, 2012

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to mobile health that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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Both the telehealth and mobile health markets are expected to increase dramatically over the next few years, according to market researcher GlobalData. The firm expects the industry to grow from a 2011 valuation of $13.2 billion to $32.5 billion by 2018. Read Original Content

The U.S. market for “advanced” wireless patient monitoring systems more than doubled in a four-year period, from $3.9 billion in 2007 to $8.9 billion in 2011 – at an annual rate of nearly 23 percent – according to a new report from Kalorama Information. Read Original Content

According to a study by Verasoni, the top 150 health-related apps have been downloaded more than 67.5 million times onto iPhones, and more than 59.1 million times onto Android devices. Among these 150 apps, the most popular are related to weight loss. Read Original Content

Antenna Software provides a complete cloud-based enterprise mobility suite that enables both IT pros and business executives alike to create and manage mobile apps, websites and content across the entire business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Antenna Software

A Vitera Healthcare survey shows that nine of ten doctors would like to be able to use an electronic health record on their mobile devices. In a survey of 240 Vitera customers, most of them office-based physicians, 72 percent said they used mobile devices in healthcare. Read Original Content. Read Original Content

Ford has integrated IMS Health's Allergy Alert app into its Sync AppLink software to allow drivers with an iPhone or iPad to track pollen counts on the road. Read Original Content


According to research by Pew, 88 percent of Americans have a cellphone and about half of those are smartphones. Only 10 percent of Americans have downloaded health-related apps on those devices, a figure that’s remained stable since 2010. Read Original Content

Health monitoring for seniors will bring 36 million wearable health monitors to market by 2017, an increase from 3 million in 2011, according to an ABI Research report. Read Original Content

Mobile Health News Weekly – Week of August 5, 2012

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to mobile health that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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The market for health related apps is poised to hit $392 million in revenue by 2015 according to Frost and Sullivan. Read Original Content

The U.S. market for advanced patient monitoring systems has grown from $3.9 billion in 2007 to $8.9 billion in 2011 and is forecast to reach $20.9 billion by 2016, according to a study by Kalorama Information. Read Original Content

According to a new research report from London-based Global Data, the global mobile health market was worth $1.2 billion in 2011 and will increase in value to $11.8 billion by 2018. Read Original Content

Antenna Software provides a complete cloud-based enterprise mobility suite that enables both IT pros and business executives alike to create and manage mobile apps, websites and content across the entire business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Antenna Software.

Vitals, the New York-based developer of online physician information and ratings resources, is launching its first mobile application to make accessing information easier for smartphone owners. Read Original Content

Both the telehealth and mobile health markets are expected to increase dramatically over the next few years, according to market researcher GlobalData. The industry will grow from a 2011 valuation of $13.2 billion to $32.5 billion by 2018. Read Original Content


A new survey by industry analyst Parks Associates has found that a full quarter of all people who use a smartphone would like to see an application that allows them to communicate better with their doctor. Read Original Content

The telemedicine market is expected to achieve "significant" growth in the next few years, from $736 million in 2011 to $2.5 billion in 2018, according to a new study by WinterGreen Research. Read Original Content

Mobile Health News Weekly – Week of July 29, 2012

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to mobile health that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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According to recent research, 80 percent of physicians currently own tablet devices and 59 percent use mobile devices to run line-of-business applications. So how can BYOD be embraced without compromising health data security? Read Original Content

A new survey by industry analyst Parks Associates has found that a full quarter of all people who use a smartphone would like to see an application that allows them to communicate better with their doctor. Read Original Content

Research from Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that while 88 percent of Americans have a cellphone and about half of those are smartphones, only 10 percent of have downloaded health-related apps on those devices, a figure that's remained stable since 2010. Read Original Content

Antenna Software provides a complete cloud-based enterprise mobility suite that enables both IT pros and business executives alike to create and manage mobile apps, websites and content across the entire business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Antenna Software.

The Medipattern Corporation, has announced that its MyTrak Mobile unit has received an order from Target Corporation for delivery of SMARTCOACH, its mobile coaching and engagement device. Read Original Content


A recent poll from Mitchell Research found that of the 78 million Baby Boomers in the U.S., 24 percent own smartphones and are turning to apps recommended by their doctors to further preventative care. Read Original Content

The burgeoning mHealth field offers healthcare a wealth of opportunities to engage with patients and provide a satisfactory return on investment. But if mobile medical apps are going to stand any chance of survival – with physicians as well as consumers – they'll have to be able to integrate. Read Original Content

Mobile Health News Weekly – Week of July 22, 2012

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to mobile health that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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Analyst forecasts estimate the potential value of the mHealth market will be $4.6 billion by 2014. Read Original Content

Azumio has acquired SkyHealth, the developer behind Fitness Buddy, the number-one ranked Health and Fitness paid app on iTunes, and Glucose Buddy, the most downloaded diabetes app in the world. Read Original Content

mHealth is taking the health care industry by storm, but "there are no rules to the game," said Joseph C. Kvedar, M.D., founder and director at the Center for Connected Health in a recent interview. Mobile health is a "game changer," he added, but there is a lot of hype because there are a lot of people developing health apps just to "get rich quick." Read Original Content

Antenna Software provides a complete cloud-based enterprise mobility suite that enables both IT pros and business executives alike to create and manage mobile apps, websites and content across the entire business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Antenna Software.

There are going to be two mobile health markets, but investors may be challenged for some time to find a route to profit from either, despite revenue in the space that should double from about $718 million this year to $1.3 billion next year, according to Research2Guidance. Read Original Content


A recent article at Healthcare Collective takes the position – in asking the question, “What’s the Matter with Mobile Health Apps Today?” - that most mobile healthcare apps aren’t used, at least not beyond an initial download and trial, after which the apps are discarded as quickly as they were downloaded. Read Original Content

Vmersion-Health has released Gluco-Share, a mobile smart device application that connects people living with diabetes with their family and friends through a private and secure social media network. The Gluco-Share app is a free download available at the Apple iTunes store. Read Original Content

Mobile Health News Weekly – Week of July 8, 2012

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to mobile health that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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Enterprise mobility is evolving so fast that I thought it prudent to conduct a mid-year enterprise mobility survey with 20 short questions and share that information with you.  For that purpose,  I would be most grateful if you would take a few minutes to answer these questions and share your insights.  I will compile the survey results into a report and share it FREE with all survey participants. Please take the survey here.


Healthcare Finance News has outlined five ways telemedicine can play an important role in decreasing overall healthcare spending. Read Original Content

Healthcare is in the middle of a mobile revolution. Doctors are adopting mobile apps that make them more effective, and patients are taking to ones that give them more control over their healthcare. Here are 11 apps that stand out from the crowd. Read Original Content

According to a recent survey conducted by Wolters Kluwer Health’s Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 71 percent of nurses are using smartphones for their job. The survey included responses from 3,900 nurses and nursing students. Read Original Content

Antenna Software provides a complete cloud-based enterprise mobility suite that enables both IT pros and business executives alike to create and manage mobile apps, websites and content across the entire business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Antenna Software.

Check out these five reasons why the Surface tablet could be first Microsoft product doctors embrace. Read Original Content


Although they make up just 1-2 percent of the entire market for mobile apps, healthcare apps are expected to grow 25 percent annually over the next five years, compared to still-impressive 23 percent growth estimated for the standard apps market. Read Original Content

A new report by a national health policy institute, NEHI, provides a glimpse of how mobile technologies are reshaping diabetes management. Read Original Content

President Obama has signed the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, The Hill's Healthwatch blog reports, shoring up the FDA's role in creating guidance for mobile medical apps. Read Original Content

Mobile Health News Weekly – Week of July 1, 2012

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to mobile health that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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Investments in companies that make health information apps rose 78 percent in 2011 to $766 million. Read Original Content

Samsung has released its first mHealth app.  The app collects information about the user in order to help create and maintain a healthier way of living. Read Original Content

According to the analyst firm Research2Guidance the world market for mHealth apps will reach over $1.2 billion this year. Read Original Content

Antenna Software provides a complete cloud-based enterprise mobility suite that enables both IT pros and business executives alike to create and manage mobile apps, websites and content across the entire business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Antenna Software.

Check out these four reasons telemedicine will benefit from the recent Supreme Court ruling to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to the American Telemedicine Association. Read Original Content

One of the challenges that mobile apps can help solve is providing specialized medical attention to vulnerable populations. In countries like Colombia, this is one of the grand challenges facing public health services. Read Original Content


Widespread adoption of mHealth is viewed as inevitable in both developed and emerging markets around the world, but the pace of adoption will likely be led by emerging markets and lag consumer demand, according to a new global study conducted for PwC Global Healthcare by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Read Original Content

Mobile Health News Weekly – Week of March 19, 2012

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to mobile health that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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Float Mobile Learning has prepared a terrific infographic showing the prospects of mHealth services. This industry is set for a rapid growth, with all parties looking to cut costs and increase efficiencies. Read Original Content

Mobihealth predicts that the U.S. market for wireless home-based healthcare applications and services will become a $4.4 billion industry in 2013. Read Original Content

Eighty percent of doctors already use smartphones, tablets and mobile apps and 40 percent believe apps can reduce office visits, but it could take longer than we thought for mHealth to revolutionize health care. Read Original Content

Webalo technology eliminates the need for traditional mobile application development tools and custom programming to provide in hours, instead of weeks or months, mobile access to the specific enterprise data and functions that smartphone and tablet users rely on to do their jobs.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Webalo, www.webalo.com.

Telemedicine is set to tackle the diabetes epidemic. Harvard's Joslin Diabetes Center is partnering with American Well to streamline diabetes referrals, improve health data sharing, and get people healthier. Read Original Content

The global telehealth market is expected to more than double from about $11.6 billion in 2011 to about $27.3 billion in 2016, representing a compound annual growth rate of 18.6 percent over the next five years, according to a report by BCC Research. Read Original Content

Apple's iPad is increasingly finding use in health and medicine, with apps ranging from giving individuals instant access to a wealth of reference, educational and personal health information, to helping hospitals streamline their operations, reduce labor costs, improve efficiency, and helping health professionals with analysis and diagnosis. Read Original Content

Mobile Health News Weekly – Week of March 12, 2012

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to mobile health that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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FORCE Therapeutics has released its next generation app, FORCE Mobile, which offers professional exercise solutions for musculo-skeletal injuries, direct to the consumer. The app intelligently recommends exercises based on sport, area and type of dysfunction. Read Original Content

A new healthcare mobility survey from iHealthBeat found that 85 percent of respondents said their organization has a BYOD policy, but the organizations vary in the amount of data they allowed personal mobile devices to access. Read Original Content

Patient-centric medical homes are touted to fix the healthcare cost crisis, but the deep pockets and extensive IT resources they require aren't available to every healthcare provider. Read Original Content

Webalo technology eliminates the need for traditional mobile application development tools and custom programming to provide in hours, instead of weeks or months, mobile access to the specific enterprise data and functions that smartphone and tablet users rely on to do their jobs.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Webalo, www.webalo.com.

Low-cost, self-service platforms for SMS alerts will soon replace manual phone calls and handwritten notes for appointment reminders and prescription refill notifications, ensuring that billable services and products are used and patients receive their scheduled care. This is just one of the reasons mHealth will go mainstream in 2012. Read Original Content


According to a report by the Boston Consulting Group and Telenor Group, a Norway-based mobile communications provider, mobile health projects could reduce maternal and perinatal mortality rates by about 30 percent; and reduce medical data collection-related costs by about 24 percent. Read Original Content

Mobile Health News Weekly – Week of February 20, 2012

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to mobile health that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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A new report by GSMA indicates that mobile tech holds the key to medical advances in mature and emerging markets. It's a market that could be worth $11.5 billion to operators, $6.6 billion to OEMs, $2.6 billion app makers and $2.4 billion to healthcare providers by 2017. Read Original Content

Mobile-health smartphone applications will take off in 2012, reaching $1.3 billion, according to a recent survey by market research and consultancy firm Research2guidance. The group estimates the current market size at $718 million. Read Original Content

A new report by Juniper Research is projecting that by 2016, 3 million patients worldwide will be using remote monitoring devices that use a smartphone as a hub to transmit information. Read Original Content

Webalo technology eliminates the need for traditional mobile application development tools and custom programming to provide in hours, instead of weeks or months, mobile access to the specific enterprise data and functions that smartphone and tablet users rely on to do their jobs.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Webalo, www.webalo.com.

HealthSpot, creator of "Care4 Station" telemedicine kiosks, has signed a technology integration deal with wireless communications giant Sprint. Telemedicine kiosks will enable video conferences, patient vital sign data and other health information to be transmitted from patients in HealthSpot's kiosks to doctors working remotely in their own offices, according to a statement from the two companies. Read Original Content


As mobile gadgets become more commonplace and doctors become more comfortable making simple diagnoses over the phone or Internet, the field of tele-medicine is expanding rapidly. Doctor-to-patient interactions are a small-but-growing slice of the $3.9 billion global tele-medicine market, which includes remote X-ray reading, apps for smartphones and in-home devices that monitor weight, blood pressure or glucose levels. Read Original Content

Mobile Health News Weekly – February 13, 2012

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to mobile health that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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The worldwide mHealth market will grow to a revenue opportunity worth $23 billion by 2017, according to a new report conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Read Original Content

The global market for mobile health applications for smartphones is expected to nearly double in 2012, rising to $1.3 billion, according to a new report. Read Original Content

AT&T has launched a beta version of the AT&T Developer Center ForHealth, a cloud-based platform designed to help mobile health app developers create integrated applications. Read Original Content

Webalo technology eliminates the need for traditional mobile application development tools and custom programming to provide in hours, instead of weeks or months, mobile access to the specific enterprise data and functions that smartphone and tablet users rely on to do their jobs.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Webalo, www.webalo.com.

Auburn Community Health Clinic is now offering a new online appointment registration feature through a partnership with iTriage, a free mobile healthcare app that lets patients access medical information online and from their smartphones. Read Original Content

Google allegedly is planning to unveil a medical category for apps in the Android Marketplace, according to iMedicalApps.com. Read Original Content

Health IT and Cloud Based Mobility Solutions

Stephen Chilton
Last week I wrote that I believe enterprise mobility will transform Healthcare more than just about any industry outside of media.  Healthcare requires access to a lot of data, the collection of a lot of data and collaboration with many others in mobile environments.  This traditional paper intensive industry is already rapidly digitizing, and now in the process of mobilizing.  However, some of the biggest challenges are figuring out how to mobilize large numbers of back-end systems and processes cost effectively.

Stephen Chilton, Director of IT for the University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) in the UK faced these challenges.   I recorded a podcast with him last year that you can listen to here.  He researched how he could use cost effective mobile solutions to assist doctors, nurses, clinical staff and executives in their every day routine jobs that did not necessarily justify huge investments, but could really benefit from mobility.

Chilton had already learned, through several previous trials, that traditional mobile platforms and mobile IDEs (integrated development environments) were both expensive and required relatively long development and deployment cycles.  That model would just never work for his environment.  He turned to a cloud based mobility vendor that offered a per user, annual subscription price, for an unlimited number of mobile applications.

The "unlimited" feature is a key point.  Once a user is subscribed,  they can use as many apps as they need for the same price.   This permits more apps to be deployed, and more customized niche solutions for small groups to be mobilized because there is no additional costs.

The unlimited number of mobile applications per user enabled Chilton to experiment and develop (often in only a few hours) very usable and cost effective mobile applications that he was able to rapidly deploy to various groups of healthcare providers.  His first few applications provided the following benefits:
  • One allows pharmacists to fulfill prescription requests by tapping their smartphones to research the 86,000 available drugs, and provide advice about suitability, availability and, if necessary, substitutions. 
  • A Neurological On-Call Referral System that lets doctors obtain real-time assistance from specialists on their mobile phones, providing details of the case, updating the records with notes and advice provided by the consultant, and saving the data in the patient’s permanent medical history.
  • A compliance monitoring application that delivers key performance indicators to administrators, smartphones, so they can monitor compliance and take corrective action, if required, on the spot.
Chilton told me in an interview that many of these applications were done in just a couple of days each using the cloud based mobile solution from Webalo.  They configured mobile solutions and back-end integrations through a simple cloud based configuration interface.  When you design, develop and deploy mobile applications in hours, it enables you to trial many different applications and prove the ROIs before major role outs are approved.

It is important to recognize there are options to long and expensive on-premise development projects for some mobile applications.  If you are interested to hear more about these options you can watch the video and/or join the webinar on February 16th.


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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Full Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

Mobile Health News Weekly - Week of January 30, 2012


The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to medical mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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The mHealth market earned revenues of $230 million in 2010 and is estimated to reach $392 million in 2015, according to a new report from research firm Frost & Sullivan. Read Original Content

Linking dermatologists to patients in remote areas through telemedicine gives patients more accurate diagnoses and better disease management than they would receive without access to a specialist, says a study in the January Archives of Dermatology. Read Original Content

Juniper Research believes that mobile healthcare and medical app downloads will increase significantly. The company predicts that there will be 44 million downloads of such apps in 2012, rising to 142 million in 2016. Read Original Content

Webalo technology eliminates the need for traditional mobile application development tools and custom programming to provide in hours, instead of weeks or months, mobile access to the specific enterprise data and functions that smartphone and tablet users rely on to do their jobs.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Webalo, www.webalo.com.

According to Research2Guidance the smartphone application market for mobile healthcare will reach $1.3 billion in 2012 up from $718 million in 2011. Read Original Content

By 2016 the number of patients monitored over mobile networks will reach 3 million, according to Juniper Research. The firm believes that increasing smartphone processing power along with new healthcare peripherals will cause an uptick in more patients using the smartphone as a home health hub. Read Original Content

New research from Frost & Sullivan predicts that remote patient monitoring will continue to play a significant role in transforming healthcare. The report says the market for remote monitoring technology, especially for home healthcare and disease management, will soar to $294.9 million by 2015. Read Original Content

ABI research projects that the market for just sports and health apps will break $400 million in revenues by 2016. Read Original Content

Leading robotics company iRobot announced today a $6 million investment in and expanded partnership with InTouch Health, a leading provider of telemedicine solutions. The relationship will provide iRobot an entry into hospitals and other medical facilities, as well as a partner that understands those markets. Read Original Content


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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict

Full Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

Mobile Health News Weekly - Week of January 9, 2012

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to medical mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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The m-Health market earned revenues of $230 million in 2010 and is estimated to reach $392 million in 2015, according to a new report from research firm Frost & Sullivan. Read Original Content

According to the latest research, the global telemedicine market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of around 19 percent during 2010 to 2015. Read Original Content

Research company Technavio predicts that the global mobile health applications market will reach $4.1 billion by 2014, up from $1.7 billion in 2010. Read Original Content

Webalo technology eliminates the need for traditional mobile application development tools and custom programming to provide in hours, instead of weeks or months, mobile access to the specific enterprise data and functions that smartphone and tablet users rely on to do their jobs.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Webalo, www.webalo.com.

WebMD, the leading source of health information has released a new WebMD Baby App for iPhone and iPod touch, a free mobile application for parents looking for medical advice for their children. Read Original Content

Mobile Health News Weekly - Week of January 2, 2012

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to medical mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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Around 76 percent of small and medium-sized medical and dentals offices plan to purchase tablets in the next year, according to research firm NPD Group’s recently published Third Quarter SMB Technology Report. Read Original Content

Consult a Doctor, a U.S. telemedicine service, has been added to guest services at Marriott Hotels, giving customers the ability to remotely communicate with doctors from hotels around the nation. Read Original Content

The popular health app iTriage announced that it has integrated with Microsoft’s HealthVault to provide users a read-only view of their personal health records. The integration makes HealthVault data viewable via an iPhone app. Read Original Content

Webalo technology eliminates the need for traditional mobile application development tools and custom programming to provide in hours, instead of weeks or months, mobile access to the specific enterprise data and functions that smartphone and tablet users rely on to do their jobs.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Webalo, www.webalo.com.

According to Hospitals and Health Networks’ Most Wired 2011 survey, 27 percent of physician offices and 42 percent of hospitals indicated they are providing telemedicine services. Read Original Content

Mobile Health News Weekly - Week of December 19, 2011


The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to medical mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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The Alaska State Medical Association is using smartphone apps to streamline healthcare throughout Alaska by allowing physicians and hospitals to share patient information, including images, through mobile devices. Read Original Content

American Medical ID has rolled out a commerce-enabled mobile site to let medical patients buy identification tags via their handsets. Read Original Content

This past week insurance company Aetna announced that it has purchased iTriage, the popular mobile health app that allows people to schedule doctor appointments, check symptoms and conduct medical shopping through smartphones. Read Original Content

Webalo technology eliminates the need for traditional mobile application development tools and custom programming to provide in hours, instead of weeks or months, mobile access to the specific enterprise data and functions that smartphone and tablet users rely on to do their jobs.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Webalo, www.webalo.com.

A new smart phone application, built from the ground up by El Camino Hospital, aims to help locals make informed medical decisions for themselves and their families.
The free app, Family Medical Officer, allows users to access personal and family health records, find doctors by location, and check emergency room wait times at both El Camino campuses. Read Original Content

Mobile Medical News Weekly - Week of December 12, 2011


The Mobile Medical News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to medical mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted a total of $30 million for 100 telemedicine projects in 34 states and one territory, according to a USDA news release. Read Original Content

Mercy Health System in Philadelphia created a highly targeted app three months ago for its bariatrics program. The app allows users to upload a photo of themselves and change their body image with a stroke of a finger to view what they might look like after weight-loss surgery. Since the app went live it has been downloaded nearly 1,300 times and used by consumers nearly 4,000 times. Read Original Content

The American Telemedicine Association projects an exponential growth in the adoption of telemedicine and mHealth technologies as a record number of consumers are entering fee-capped managed care insurance plans. Currently 73 million Americans are being monitored using telehealth solutions. Read Original Content

Webalo technology eliminates the need for traditional mobile application development tools and custom programming to provide in hours, instead of weeks or months, mobile access to the specific enterprise data and functions that smartphone and tablet users rely on to do their jobs.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Webalo, www.webalo.com.

Mobile Medical News Weekly - Week of December 5, 2011

The Mobile Medical News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to medical mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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ABI Research recently released a report which predicts that the sports and health mobile app market is on pace to hit $400 million in revenues by 2016. Read Original Content

In a bid to accommodate the aging population and the increasingly hectic lifestyles of their patients, physicians are embracing a broad spectrum of Web-based software solutions that are bringing healthcare services into the home. Read Original Content

According to a new report from Juniper Research, the number of downloads for health-related apps in 2012 will total 44 million by the end of next year. The research firm also predicts that the number of health app downloads will jump to 142 million by 2016. Read Original Content

Webalo technology eliminates the need for traditional mobile application development tools and custom programming to provide in hours, instead of weeks or months, mobile access to the specific enterprise data and functions that smartphone and tablet users rely on to do their jobs.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Webalo, www.webalo.com.

The wireless monitoring device industry in the U.S. has doubled in the past four years to a current value of $7.1 billion. It is expected to triple in the next four years, reaching $22.2 billion by 2015, according to a report by Kalorama. Read Original Content

Mobile Medical News Weekly - Week of November 28, 2011


The Mobile Medical News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to medical mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

Also read Field Mobility News Weekly
Also read M2M News Weekly
Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly
Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly
Also read Mobility News Weekly
Also read Mobility Charts Weekly

A new study from ABI Research predicts the overall mobile health app market will nearly quadruple to $400 million by the year 2016, up from $120 million in 2010. Read Original Content

Manhattan Research recently reported that three out of every four U.S. physicians own some type of Apple device. Smartphone use among physicians is forecast to reach 81 percent by the end of 2011, compared to 50 percent for U.S. consumers. Read Original Content

Equitable Life of Canada announced the launch of its EZClaim app for BlackBerry devices. The mobile app enables users to submit health and dental claims and receipts electronically from their mobile device. Read Original Content

Webalo technology eliminates the need for traditional mobile application development tools and custom programming to provide in hours, instead of weeks or months, mobile access to the specific enterprise data and functions that smartphone and tablet users rely on to do their jobs.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Webalo, www.webalo.com.

Ottawa Hospital is being praised for purchasing 3,000 iPad devices and hiring 70 app developers to create mobile applications that focus on both patient service and administrative functions. Read Original Content

Mobile Medical News Weekly - Week of November 21, 2011

The Mobile Medical News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to medical mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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London-based market research firm Datamonitor estimates the market for telehealth services in the U.S. and Europe will grow from $3 billion in 2009 to nearly $8 billion by 2012. Read Original Content

According to ABI Research by 2016 the mobile health app market will be worth $400 million. Read Original Content

The Asia Pacific region will generate more than $7 billion in revenues from mHealth services in 2017, according to a new study by the GSM Association and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Read Original Content

Webalo technology eliminates the need for traditional mobile application development tools and custom programming to provide in hours, instead of weeks or months, mobile access to the specific enterprise data and functions that smartphone and tablet users rely on to do their jobs.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Webalo, www.webalo.com.

One out of four healthcare providers are now using tablets in their practice, with another 21 percent expecting to do so in the next 12 months, and more than half are using a smartphone at work, according to CompTIA. Read Original Content

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