A reminder that mHealth, telehealth and eHealth is universal, and does not just ‘m’ or ‘e’ in English. One of our readers, Reynald Fleury (Francophone and a Master in Public Health student completing his degree at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School… Read moremSanté (mobilité & Santé)
It’s a race in mobile health…but what platform will be taking the lead? Two horses are burning up the track. Earlier this week, Nielsen confirmed that Android is now the most popular system among new smartphone buyers–53 million phones this year… Read moreHandicapping the smartphones (US)
Another Friday….another smartphone adoption study. This time it’s EPG Health Media (an interesting combination of online publisher, communications and market research) comparing US and EU physician adoption of smartphones. US beats EU 81% vs. 44%, but EU is expected to pick up to 65%… Read moreAnother Friday, another doctor smartphone forecast
According to a survey of 21 studies, just published by the Cochrane Library, various types of telehealth and telemedicine (including video conferencing and text messaging) may be helpful to patients with severe asthma. According to the researchers there was a significant reduction in hospitalizations… Read moreCombined telehealth approaches may aid with severe asthma: survey
An 11 year study of telemedicine diagnosis of pediatric echocardiograms led to earlier diagnosis and treatment of heart conditions in children. 99% of the images were judged to be complete and adequate in quality (both the early ISDN and later digital). … Read moreTelemedicine improves diagnosis of pediatric heart conditions: study
