mobile health application Archives

Mhealth tools can help patients to locate the best doctors

05/08/201405/06/2014 Jorge Gonzalez

Locating the right physician or specialist can be challenging, but improve search tools are available on smartphones. A new mhealth service has now been launched that is designed to help patients to be able to more quickly and easily search for the right doctors for their unique needs, expectations, conditions and locations. This is meant to help patients to overcome one of the largest struggles in obtaining proper health care. The problem of locating the right doctor is hard enough for the average person, but patients who have complex or…

Mhealth app for bipolar individuals wins award

07/10/201307/10/2013 Jorge Gonzalez

The mobile health challenge chose the MoodRhythm application as its top prize winner. A mobile health app designed to assist people who have bipolar disorder to gain a more thorough understanding of their personal rhythms has now won the Heritage Open mHealth Challenge, which comes with a prize of $100,000. The challenge was created to help to enhance the multichannel approach to health and care. It was co-sponsored by Heritage Provider Network, the University of California, Los Angeles, and Open mHealth. The challenge was designed to help to spawn an…

Mhealth app in Taipei provides data and mobile payments

03/04/201303/02/2013 Sam Lambert

A hospital in Taiwan has embraced the use of smartphones and tablets to bring convenience to patients. Patients of the National Taiwan University Hospital can now take advantage of a new mhealth smartphone app that was developed in conjunction with Taiwan Broadband communications, which can help them to obtain information and pay their medical bills. Medical registration fees can now be processed through mobile payments by users of the app. Patients can also use the mhealth application to search for more information about certain types of medical issues, such as…

The power of mhealth technology for improving patient care

06/24/201206/25/2012 Stephanie Beck

Bringing mobile technology and medical science together in an intelligent way. A number of mhealth tools are starting to slowly work their way into mainstream use for patients, such as a blood pressure cuff that connects to a smartphone, a blood glucose meter for iPod touch of iPhone devices, and an app that alerts people when it is time to take their next dose of their medications. The medical community is reminding patients to look for mobile tools that are supported by solid clinical research. It is, after all, one…