Sensor based wearables could make it possible for people to live healthier and safer lives. According to the results of a new research reports, the use of sensor based mhealth technology for care coordination could make it possible for seniors to be able to live lives with improved health and independence. This study was conducted by researchers from the University of Missouri who looked into the benefits of the tech. They examined forms of mhealth technology based solutions that would help to monitor and track certain health factors such as…
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Mobile health apps are opening up the doors for medical discussion
The connection these applications provide make it possible for clinical peer conversation to occur more easily. Mobile health apps and devices have been exploding in development, testing and even use over the last year and the World Health Organization has now included it within the broader category of eHealth. Just as consumers have been using gadgets and apps to track their own health and fitness, doctors see benefits, too. These mobile health platforms are now starting to open up the doors for collaborations within the medical community, including among doctors,…
Read MoreMobile health tech drops readmission numbers at hospitals
The results of a new study have shown that mhealth can help patients to adhere to their prescriptions and therapies. Recent research will have its details presented on May 7 at the 2015 Armada Specialty Pharmacy Summit, and will show that mobile health tools could help patients to be able to better stick to the use of the medications that they have been prescribed and the to the therapies that have been recommended for them. This means that mhealth tools could potentially help to correct one of the most vital…
Read MoreMobile health initiative raises funds through recycled phones
The used devices have been used to build up money to support programs in 20 countries worldwide. A nonprofit organization called Hope Phones, which operates mobile health programs in twenty countries around the world has started a cell phone recycling program that is helping the group to be able to generate funds to continue their humanitarian work. The program is designed to not only provide money for a worthy cause, but also reduce cell phone waste. The Hope Phones organization was created to help to support the mobile health efforts…
Read MoreTechnology: Gadgets that help you to maintain health
The swift growth of information technology has brought about drastic changes in all departments of life. The effects of the same can be witnessed in the health related arenas also. Very rightly one can say that this quantum jump has created safe, excellent and efficient treatment methods as far as all diseases are concerned. Of late, the concept of tele-medicine has hit the market, because of the possibility of keeping and transferring the medical records through electronic methods. Considerable growth can also be seen in the growth of technical health…
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