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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iTriage, one of the leading mobile and Web health care
technology companies, now includes 12,444 home health providers in its
extensive database of health care providers. Read Original Content.
The mobile health industry is expected to grow from $1.7
billion in 2010 to $5.7 billion in 2015, according to estimates from
Dallas-based market research firm Parks Associates. Read Original Content.
The idea of widespread use of uninterrupted, untethered,
wireless patient monitoring devices came one step closer to reality when the
Federal Communications Commission released a final rule on Sept. 11 outlining
its plan for allocating wireless spectrum for medical body area networks. ReadOriginal Content.
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According to a recent report from iData Research, the U.S.
patient monitoring market was valued at over $3.1 billion in 2011 and will grow
to almost $4.2 billion by 2018. Read Original Content.
Smartphones and tablets and other mobile computing
information technologies have “the potential” to enhance medication care in
hospitals, according to San Diego-based health care technology consultant Mike
Wisz, MBA. Read Original Content.
The number of U.S. adults using mobile phones for
health-related activities, including looking up health information, grew from
61 million in 2011 to 75 million in 2012, according to a Manhattan Research
survey of 8,745 adults. Read Original Content.
The mobile health, or mHealth, app market in the U.S. is
expected to reach $1.3 billion in revenue this year, nearly double last year's
$718 million, according to a report by Research2guidance, a mobile technology
research firm. Read Original Content.
Mayo Medical Laboratories is introducing two mobile
applications for iPhones and iPads, allowing physicians and pathologists access
to clinical laboratory expertise from Mayo Clinic. Read Original Content.
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The number of wireless users continues to grow along with
applications available for any age group and in any industry; “the number of
people using mobile devices such as the iPhone to access health resources like
WebMD's apps grew 125 percent in 2011 from the previous year”. Read Original Content.
Nonprofit group eHealth Initiative says clinics in poor
neighborhoods can improve patients' health and cut hospitalizations by using
mobile devices, patient Web portals, and social networks to monitor and inform.
Read Original Content.
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