• Wildflower Health, a San Francisco - based
mobile health software company, raised $ 8 million in funding.
• Emocha, a Baltimore, Md. - based
mobile health platform for patient engagement, raised $ 1 million in seed funding.
OK, so Apple hasn't quite announced it yet, but there are aleady some pretty telling signs that the company might be working
some mobile health technology into a forthcoming product.
On the heels of rival diabetes drug maker Novo Nordisk's announcement that it will limit branded drug price hikes to the single digits going forward, U.S. pharma giant Eli Lilly announced Tuesday that it is partnering with benefits manager Express Scripts and
a mobile health platform hosted by Blink Health to slash patients» insulin costs.
Research2Guidance calculates that the number of daily downloads of the 10 most popular
mobile health apps is already approaching five million.
Juniper Research estimates that
mobile health monitoring technologies could save the medical industry $ 36 billion over the next five years.
And this is fueling a new industry developing
mobile health technology, or mHealth.
Among the grab bag of goodies in the pharma - backed 21st Century Cures Act, which is meant to hasten FDA drug approvals, is a provision that would essentially remove the agency from
the mobile health app and electronic medical records regulatory process.
Sumit Rana, chief technology officer at Epic Systems, said the timing was right for
mobile health tech to take off.
It looks like the South Korean tech company may have a plan to outdo the competition when it comes to
mobile health tracking.
Samsung said it is working with Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital to develop
mobile health technology.
«Our study demonstrates the power of
mobile health tools to scale and accelerate clinical research so that we can derive the evidence needed to inform clinical practice and improve patient care,» she said.
Dave Willis, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Clarius
Mobile Health, a mobile ultrasound provider, shares how mobile solutions can resolve cost issues for hospitals.
Aetna's focus on
its mobile health (mHealth) app solution comes as the mHealth market prepares to take off.
A study from IMS Health reports that there are over 165,000
mobile health consumer applications, and that number is growing all the time.
The most prominent deal, perhaps, may be
mobile health company Teladoc's acquisition of Best Doctors for $ 375 million cash.
Staywell and Vitals divvy up MedHelp — In October, Yardley, Pennsylvania - based StayWell announced its acquisition of
the mobile health portion of Silicon Valley - based MedHelp, which includes several consumer - facing mobile health apps.
Once patients are familiar with the general idea of digital - service provision, organizations can begin offering more complex, high - value services, such as integrated - care companion apps or
mobile health records.
He recently led the growth and launches of the Techstars vertical accelerator programs like Sprint (
Mobile Health), R / GA (Connected Devices / IoT), Barclays (FinTech), Nike (Digital Health and Sport), Disney (Entertainment and Content) and others.
November 29, 2013 Health Care Tech Leader Joins CATA
Mobile Health Advisory Board: Tyson Roffey, CIO & CPO, CHEO
Bioacoustic Sensing; Digital Security; Smart Workspace; Connected Home; 3D Bioprinting Systems; Affective Computing; Speech - to - Speech Translation; Internet of Things; Cryptocurrencies; Wearable User Interfaces; Consumer 3D Printing; Machine - to - Machine Communication Services;
Mobile Health Monitoring; Enterprise 3D Printing; 3D Scanners; Consumer Telematics.
We expect that there will be less interest in
mobile health apps and wearables that aren't designed to connect to a patient's EMR or provide some other sort of clinical support.
Other companies include security company ForeScout and
mobile health - care platform Vida Health, which have male CEOs.
Many
mobile health apps focus on fitness.
The mobile health platform is provided by Voxiva and free messaging services are generously provided by participating wireless service providers.
As she continued her graduate work for the PhD, she practiced as a PNP for the School
Mobile Health Center at Children's Hospital of Michigan.
Prevent Child Abuse Vermont has partnered with Text4Baby, the largest
mobile health initiative in the nation, to provide critical information to pregnant women and mothers with infants under age one, along with their partners and loved ones.
According to Reza, Darzab has one hospital and seven
mobile health clinics operational, but access to the facilities is hindered due to mountainous areas blocked by snow and the presence of insurgents.
He said the proposal to offer lead screenings at community schools and
mobile health clinics would include younger siblings of any students, regardless of whether they are attending school.
SENATOR KLEIN PROVIDES LOCAL SENIORS WITH
MOBILE HEALTH SERVICES AND SCRIE SPECIALISTS Bronx, NY — Senator Jeff Klein provided various free health services, as well as the opportunity to sign up for a rent freeze program called the Senior Citizen -LSB-...]
We draw the curtains on this piece with the introduction of the Onuador
Mobile Health Vans which takes healthcare to the doorsteps of the people.
Dozens of residents mentioned other needs including more mental health care, fresh food, a burn unit, an arthritis center, primary care,
mobile health vans and aquatic therapy.
The pair rolled out the news at Maven Clinic,
a mobile health care start - up with offices in Tribeca.
«Most consumers take
mobile health app claims at face value, and think that because they're available through a trusted retailer like the iTunes Store, they must have been reviewed by the FDA, which isn't usually the case,» Cortez says.
But harnessing the self - tracking trend to promote healthier behavior is far from a sure bet, as the first generation of
mobile health researchers are discovering.
An under - regulated
mobile health industry could create «a Wild West» market, says Cortez, who has conducted extensive research into FDA regulation of
mobile health technologies.
«Booming
mobile health app market needs more FDA oversight for consumer safety, confidence.»
The researchers analyzed 37 unique studies of
mobile health interventions, looking for statistical evidence of changes in health behavior or disease control in participants 18 years old or younger.
Their joint study — published on July 25, 2017 in JAMA — tested
a mobile health intervention with the potential to positively impact attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived control — those TPB variables that affect caregivers» adherence to safe sleep practices, as shown by Colson's research.
«Given the ubiquity of mobile phones,
mobile health interventions offer promise in improving public health.»
Previous to this investigation, the only across - the - board review of
mobile health (mHealth) effectiveness centered on childhood obesity alone.
«
Mobile health interventions appear to be a viable health behavior change intervention modality for youth,» the study concludes.
Mobile health (mHealth) apps using gamified elements, like Empower by Ayogo and Fitocracy, for improving behaviors important to self - managing chronic illness are growing in popularity.
They were operating
a mobile health clinic after the disaster.
Smartphones and other
mobile health tools have the potential to improve self - management and health outcomes for patients with a wide range of chronic health conditions.
With features including mobile reminders and messaging with healthcare providers, the «iMHere» (interactive
Mobile Health & Rehabilitation) system is feasible for use by young patients with spina bifida, according to the new research by Dr. Brad E. Dicianno of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and colleagues.
«The information resulting from this study will be valuable for scientists and developers working cooperatively in
the mobile health domain as well as physicians and other practitioners who seek low - cost interventions to increase their patients» physical activity,» concluded Dr. Conroy.
Writing earlier this year in The New England Journal of Medicine, a group of three lawyers, led by Nathan G. Cortez of the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in Dallas, Texas, warned that
mobile health, or mHealth, poses a challenge for the FDA.
A combination of clinical, environmental and public health information, proliferation of associated genomic data, and increasingly complex digital information from sources such as electronic health records, social media,
mobile health and imaging,» says Veera Baladandayuthapani, Ph.D., professor of Biostatistics.
Mobile health devices and apps will provide additional lifestyle data and environmental exposures in real time.