Archive for 'Mobile Health' Category
Remote Monitoring – how to make it work?
Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) is not a new concept but it has received plenty of (negative) attention lately following a cardiac patient study that revealed no benefits. Experts say the study was flawed in its data analysis and thus should not be used as evidence of remote monitoring failure. It seems obvious that getting individuals [...]
Will Smart Phones disrupt the telehealth market?
At latest count there were almost 6000 health apps for smart phones, with the iPhone leading the pack but Android based phones quickly catching up. An increasing number of physicians are now using smart phones to access medical information. The newly launched iPad has gained significant following and has even made it into hospitals as [...]
Wireless health – Part 1: How do we transmit all the data?
Please excuse me for introducing another term, ‘Wireless’, to the plethora of Mobile Health, Connected Health, Telehealth, etc. Paul explained in an earlier post here a while ago. But I’d like to focus on the mobility aspect of all the health applications, the reason why we want to make these applications wireless: Patients are rarely [...]
The Continua Health Alliance – where next?
Progress in telehealth and telemedicine has been limited by the lack of coordination and standardisation between device manufacturers. To address this, in 2006 the Continua Health Alliance was formed with the aim of promoting an ecosystem of interoperable health devices. The Continua Health Alliance is a not for profit alliance of medical device manufacturers, technology [...]
Telehealth, Mobile Health, Connected Health, and now ECare – is there a difference?
Telehealth, telecare, telemedicine, connecetd health, mobile health, ehealth and now ecare. Is there a difference? The truth is I struggle with these terms myself. When creating the content for Cambridge Consultants Wireless Medical web pages I can never be sure which of the terms will be relevant to our customers. While there may be some subtle [...]
iPhone and iPad applications for mobile health solved by OS 4.0?
iPhone and iPad Bluetooth wireless hardware accessories present an opportunity to enable health services, but will the release of iPhone OS 4.0 enable the applications to be built? iPhone OS 3.0 generated a lot of interest in medical applications. At the launch J&J Lifescan demonstrated a glucose meter sending data via Bluetooth to a diabetes [...]
Successful Business models for mobile healthcare
Is mobile health just another name for Telemedicine or Telehealth.Mobile phones take a central role in all our communications today, and there is no reason to think that this will be different for healthcare. What is the role of Mobile phone manufacturers and cell phone network operators in the future of health services. Where mobile device manufacturers and network operators can generate revenue from health services? Traditional telehealth business offers limited direct revenue for the handset manufacturer or the network operator. So why get involved? and how might they drive business?
Read on for my analysis of the oportunities….
