mHealth News Summary

mHealth: The mass customization of healthcare

tapiar22 — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:56:23 +0000

Interesting note:

http://mobihealthnews.com/7221/mhealth-the-mass-customization-of-healthcare/

Carriers won’t go D2C with mHealth

tapiar22 — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:13:04 +0000

http://mobihealthnews.com/7130/carriers-wont-go-d2c-with-mhealth/

Over 7% of Mexicans are depressed

tapiar22 — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:57:00 +0000

“7.4% of the population in Mexico suffers from depression, an actual disease that derives from a neurochemical unbalance in the brain. It causes a reduction in their labor performance in a 40% and impacts in job absentees of 14 days a year. “

Full text:
http://www.elsemanario.com.mx/blackberry/index.php?story_id=35450&display=1

FCC to CMS: Reimburse for mHealth

tapiar22 — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:41:02 +0000

FCC suggests reimbursing mHealth solutions.

Full text:
http://mobihealthnews.com/6985/fcc-offers-cms-advice-on-mhealth-reimbursement/

Mobile healthcare: when a phone becomes a life-saver

tapiar22 — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:51:16 +0000

“While the potential for all these applications looks tremendous, experts stress that without the development of universal platforms and interoperability, many benefits will not be realised.”

http://m.ft.com/cms/s/0/6f4e0cc2-1fc3-11df-8975-00144feab49a.html

Sneak peek: West Wireless Health’s 2010 plans

tapiar22 — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:26:55 +0000

WWHI’s new CEO talks about their plans.

http://mobihealthnews.com/6962/sneak-peek-west-wireless-healths-2010-plans/

Sprint to offer patients wireless lifelines

tapiar22 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:53:39 +0000

Interview with Sprint’s VP on their mHealth strategy.

http://mobihealthnews.com/6967/sprint-to-offer-patients-wireless-lifelines/

Text4Baby now has more than 22,000 users

tapiar22 — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:54:50 +0000

Text4Baby now has more than 22,000 users. Has sent more half a million messages to new and expectant moms.

http://mobihealthnews.com/6957/text4baby-now-has-more-than-22000-users/

mHealth: Same old claims, same old problems?

tapiar22 — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:32:38 +0000

Interesting assessment of mHealth’s challenges.

Full text: http://mobihealthnews.com/6930/mhealth-same-old-claims-same-old-problems/

The Fun Theory (change behavior with fun side of things)

tapiar22 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:39:17 +0000

”Take the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator and feel better” is something we often hear or read in the Sunday papers. Few people actually follow that advice. Can we get more people to take the stairs over the escalator by making it fun to do?

See the results here: Piano Staircase | The Fun Theory.