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3 Integration Hurdles Mobile Devices Face (And How Apple May Help)
The recent – and rather breathlessly reported - unveiling of the Apple Watch has many in the mHealth space wondering whether the final bridge is being crossed to patient engagement. Finally, a mobile healthcare platform that both the doctor and the consumer can share and appreciate...
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Crowdfunding Healthcare Innovation: Q & A With Alex Fair, CEO Of MedStartr
In this ICH Blog post, we spotlight MedStartr, a new health-related crowdfunding platform. Crowdfunding for health-related projects is an innovative idea that enables the consumer to decide what health information technology applications or devices are important and ready to come on the market. Read More »
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Self Service Healthcare is Thriving
...In other words, self care is thriving. Using a PC, laptop, or smartphone patients can now access a host of healthcare information and services online from anywhere they might be. Using any one of these devices, they have ready access to online health information about symptoms, drugs, treatment options, healthcare facilities, and much more. In addition to PHR systems, mobile apps tailored to your particular health situation or wellness objectives abound. Free open source software tools exist to help predict longevity, assess susceptibility to strokes or heart attack. In addition to health educational materials, there are now health egames that make learning more enjoyable for patients of all ages. Prescription refills can be done online and the medication will be delivered to your home. New self care, self education, self examination, and self treatment are emerging in ever greater frequency...
The Connected Consumer—She Loves Her iPad, and She'll Be Able to Connect for Health
The adoption and enchantment with these devices can enable people to not only ‘shop’ for health services, but to receive these services in real-time at a distance. Traditionally “telehealth” has been thought to be delivered in a B2B sense, between health providers — say urban centered medical experts consulting remotely with physicians in the hinterlands.
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