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5 mHealth Innovations Using Mobile Phone Extensions and Wearables
August 4, 2015 Editor 0
When we interviewed Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammad Yunus, at the 2013 mHealth Summit, he said that mobile phones are the “Aladdin’s lamp for healthcare”, a statement that still rings true today. Two years after that interview, we take a look at how digital health is beginning to expand beyond mobile phones. Mobile phones – […]
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Telemedicine, Telehealth, and Mobile Health Applications That Work: Opportunities and Barriers.
February 5, 2014 Editor 0
Telemedicine, Telehealth, and Mobile Health Applications That Work: Opportunities and Barriers. Am J Med. 2013 Oct 29; Authors: Weinstein RS, Lopez AM, Joseph BA, Erps KA, Holcomb M, Barker GP, Krupinski EA Abstract There has been a spike in interest and use of telehealth, catalyzed recently by the anticipated implementation of the Affordable Care Act, […]
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Mobile health targets women, yet many don’t have mobile phones
November 2, 2013 Editor 0
The use of mobile technology in recent years has revolutionized the way we deliver healthcare globally. With nearly 6 billion cell phone subscribers, tools like mobile apps, remote monitoring, text messaging, and portable sensors can provide a plethora of healthcare resources–even to the most remote regions of the world. But most women don’t have mobile […]
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mHealth for HIV Treatment & Prevention: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
October 22, 2013 Editor 0
mHealth for HIV Treatment & Prevention: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Open AIDS J. 2013;7:17-41 Authors: Catalani C, Philbrick W, Fraser H, Mechael P, Israelski DM Abstract This systematic review assesses the published literature to describe the landscape of mobile health technology (mHealth) for HIV/AIDS and the evidence supporting the use of these tools […]
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Connected and Healthy: Using ICTs to Improve People’s Health
October 15, 2013 Editor 0
Information and communication technologies (ICTs), including mobile phones, are increasingly seen as critical tools to improve public health and health outcomes in Africa. Several experiments, including some launched almost ten years ago, are starting to show progress: In Rwanda, an mHealth system dubbed TRACnet monitors epidemic diseases. TRACnet has been financed since 2004 by the Center […]
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3 Factors Required for Success with Mobile Technologies for Development
October 12, 2013 Editor 0
Innovation and Best Practice in Mobile Technologies for Development is a review of innovation in the ICT entrepreneurship/mobile internet/mobile related applications space by Silvia Masiero, London School of Economics and Political Science. The paper aims to identify best practice in stimulating innovation in developing countries. We sought to identify best practice in stimulating innovation in […]
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