8 Examples of How mHealth is Increasing Access to Healthcare Around the World
mHealth is one of the most rapidly expanding fields of digital health, largely due to the increased access it offers to both consumers and healthcare professionals.
mHealth is one of the most rapidly expanding fields of digital health, largely due to the increased access it offers to both consumers and healthcare professionals.
The ubiquity, cost effectiveness and personalisation of mobile devices are providing unforeseen opportunities to deliver health-related services quickly, cheaply and efficiently.
There are many factors the digital health technology industry needs to get right to create the change it is dreaming of creating and boost the technology adoption.
It’s an mHealth company’s dream – a region filled with healthcare needs, and some of the highest numbers of smartphone users in the world.
By tracking ingestions of each and every dose of medications, networked wellness systems will ensure high medication compliance in chronic care management resulting in better health outcomes.
Healthcare organisations are increasingly leveraging on the use of social media in healthcare to engage consumers and build communities.
Cancer Research UK’s mobile medical app ‘Play to Cure: Genes in Space’ intelligently uses gamification to analyse and translate genetic data to advance research on life saving cancer treatments.
GCC governments are creating new initiatives for telemedicine and eHealth, recruiting private partners to join them, and spending the money to make it happen.
Gamification through mobile health applications, simulations and augmented reality has far reaching applications in digital health.
Using big data tools, large amounts of clinical and genomic data can be analysed to improve personalised care and significantly reduce healthcare costs.