A new Telehealth program in Manila, Phillipines, has recently been launched by the Metro Pacific Investments Corp (MPIC) to serve remote area hospitals. “MPIC Hospital Group president Augusto Palisoc said it is piloting a telehealth service involving two machines located in company-owned Asian Hospital and...
With all the new developments in technology, the digital health sector is benefiting the most. Every tech company is developing devices, such as robotic legs, and apps helping keep track of cholesterol/dietary needs, all suited to the customers health benefit. Robin Raskin, founder of “Living...
Recently, the institute for health, sat down with of the country’s top Telemedicine programs’ director, Dr. Ronald S. Weinstein. Weinstein is known famously as, “The Father of Telepathology,” at the University of Arizona. The program at U of A is so well-known and unique because...
Apple is the leader of all things tech, always creating the hot new product, often to address a market nobody anticipated. Now Apple want to hit the health market, responding to growing demand for all things mHealth. What makes their entry in...
Seemingly countless numbers of fitness apps available through portable devices are becoming a huge hit to runners, cyclists, and athletes of all kinds. The goal for many of these apps on the market is to provide these athletes with a smarter workout. BSX Athletics,...
It is clear that the mHealth world helps to save lives and to cut patient/hospital costs. It is also clear that it’s growth in popularity provides opportunities to market services by healthcare providers, including doctors. So many healthcare providers are re-examining how their mHealth applications...
mHealth is the latest trend in today’s healthcare world, and is becoming increasingly popular with the ever changing and improving technology sector. However, in order to continue and keep popularizing this trend, policy makers need to recognize some issues. Investors in the mHealth market and...
Most teenagers today communicate through texting. No longer are they talking on the phone, but now texting, often in code: “k, omg, lol, etc.” Researchers in Providence, Rhode Island decided to connect a girl’s texting ability to a violence-prevention program for at-risk-teenage...
SxSw is the famous annual Texas festival home to the best film, music, and business trends in the past year, including today’s hot topic: digital health. This past Sunday, columnist, Anne Wojcicki, presented on her personal health background, providing in-depth info on her genetic company,...
FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler, recently announced some big changes that will positively impact the mHealth industry. A wireless task force, CONNECT2HEALTHFCC, has been created to “bring together the expertise of the FCC on the critical intersection of broadband, advanced technology and health.”...