Category Archives: mHealth

mHealth, also known as mobile health, is a form of telemedicine using wireless devices and cell phone technologies

Pan Arab Telemedicine Conference – 2019

Telemedicine is a revolutionary bridge to equalize the mismatched Physician Density between urban and rural areas.  It enables implementation of WHO recommended the ratio of 1 doctor to 1000 patients.  The countries with a growing population and large geographic perimeter are finding Telemedicine as a first-choice solution to improve access to care, make healthcare affordable, lower volume and capacity issues while enhancing the quality of healthcare service in general.

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AMA chair: Digital health has great potential, but it’s often not living up to it

The American Medical Association has always had an interesting relationship with digital health, vacillating between gadfly and cheerleader as it seeks to fulfill its role as the voice of physicians in industry conversations.

At the Cleveland Clinic Patient Experience: Empathy and Innovation Summit, an event held in Cleveland this week and organized in conjunction with HIMSS, AMA Board Chair Dr. Jack Resneck Jr. laid out the AMA’s perspective on the tremendous potential of digital health technology — as well as the many ways that potential is not being fulfilled.

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Scripps Wired for Health study results show no clinical or economic benefit from digital health monitoring

The results are in for the Scripps Translational Science Institute’s Wired For Health study, and there’s no sugar-coating it: they’re disappointing for those working in digital health. The six-month randomized control trial found no short-term benefit in health costs or outcomes for patients monitoring their health with connected devices.

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