iPLATO Healthcare, the leader in mHealth, announced today that two practices at the Dunbar Medical Centre in east Lothian recently became the first GP Surgeries in Scotland to launch iPLATO Patient Care Messaging. In response to patient preferences for mobile communication in primary care the system is expected to reduce waiting times for GP appointments [...]
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Lensless mobilephone microscope receives 3 major awards Mobile phones are accumulating a Swiss Army Knife-esqe assortment of capabilities; substituting as cameras, providing internet access, and soon operating as medical labs if Aydogan Ozcan’s plans come to fruition. This month’s cover article of the journal Lab on a Chip features the latest creation by the Ozcan [...]
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Marty Cooper, the “Father of the Mobile Phone”, did a fantastic job on his 60 Minute Interview tonight (Sunday, May 23, 2010). During that interview, Marty pointed out that one of the obvious future direction of Mobile Phone technology was in Healthcare. [mc src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybUQJr4FhPc" type="youtube"]Marty Cooper, the “Father of the Mobile Phone”[/mc] If you want [...]
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Text message plan to curb binge drinking among young adults Published Date: 13 May 2010 By Frank Urquhart SCOTTISH health professionals are turning to text messaging in a radical bid to curb binge drinking among young adults. NHS Grampian researchers have been chosen to carry out a year-long project in which people in their twenties [...]
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NHS TAYSIDE and NHS Fife have brought in a number of initiatives to drive down missed hospital appointments, which are costing the region’s health services over £2 million a year. Other schemes are also being explored in a bid to reduce the drain on NHS resources. Over 20,000 new patients last year failed to turn [...]
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mHealth = mobile Health = mobile healthcare A slide set by Jay Bernhardt – Director, National Center for Health Marketing at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. mHealth: The future of health is mobile View more presentations from Jay Bernhardt. Click the link to find our more about Health Marketing
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22nd and 23rd September 2010 Glasgow Science Centre www.glasgowsciencecentre.org Giving you advance notice that our conference this year will be the biggest and brightest yet! We are staging this event at the prestigious Glasgow Science Centre where you not only have great views over the Clyde and City but complementary entrance to the fun science [...]
MedApps and Meridian Health Launch Remote Monitoring Pilot for CHF Patients Scottsdale, Arizona – January 14, 2010 – MedApps, Inc., a leading mHealth (mobile / remote health monitoring) company, announced today that it will partner with Meridian Health, a leading comprehensive healthcare provider in New Jersey, to initiate a chronic disease management pilot focused on [...]
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