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Mobile health tech drops readmission numbers at hospitals

04/21/201504/18/2015 John Montgallo

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…

Mobile health devices in exam rooms don’t bother patients

04/03/201504/01/2015 Stephanie Beck

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Doctors had been concerned that using these gadgets would bring about fears for personal privacy. For some time now, doctors have had their worries about using technology in order to keep electronic medical records, but it appears as though patents do not feel that same barrier about using mobile health devices and techniques in exam rooms. A new survey conducted by Nuance has revealed that patients welcome the use of mobile gadgets. Among the reasons that the voice recognition tech company behind the survey found that patients found mobile health…

Mhealth technology could improve concussion detection

02/16/201502/14/2015 Julie Campbell

Emerging mobile health tech could also assist in the management of this medical condition following head trauma. Concussion detection and treatment, in addition to its prevention in the first place, is becoming a new medical specialty field, and mhealth technologies are working to help to support the goals of improving overall diagnosis and treatment capabilities. This condition brings together everything from sports medicine to neurology and tech advances have been moving quickly. As much as mhealth and other medical technologies have been moving forward at leaps and bounds, there remains…

Augmented reality may have a future in medicine

01/08/201401/06/2014 Sam Lambert

AR continues to gain attention as a practical medical tool Augmented reality is well on its way to establishing itself as a premier medical tool. The technology has long been considered little more than a gimmick used to entice consumers and provide entertaining digital content to people with smartphones and tablets. AR has recently been seeing more practical uses, however, especially when it comes to the medical field. Doctors are beginning to take AR more seriously and utilize the technology in surgeries and in providing patients with more detailed information…

mHealth is a top focus at CES 2014

01/07/201401/06/2014 Stephanie Beck

This year, the Consumer Electronics Show has a considerable focus on mobile health apps and tech. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has now started and it has already become clear that there has been a considerable shift in the focus of technology trends, particularly when it comes to mobile, as there are a number a new growth markets being introduced to the mainstream, such as mhealth, medical technology, and mobile health applications. Much of this has to do with wearable gadgets that consumers can use for fitness, among other purposes.…