Mobile health revolution could save lives The focus is shifting from ‘sick care’ to care monitored around the clock, with apps to meet the need.

1. Mobile health revolution could save lives
Mobile health revolution could save lives
The focus is shifting from ‘sick care’ to care monitored around the
clock, with apps to meet the need.
By Ann Tracy Mueller | Posted: October 10, 2011
Health care isn't just about being sick any more. Now mobile
technology is making it 24/7.
Mobile Beat calls it the "brave new world of health care," as they share
information about wellness, chronic diseases, and the elderly, and look
at obstacles they see to this mobile health revolution.
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2. Mobile health revolution could save lives
Want to stay well?
Mobile health (mHealth) apps for wellness include apps for fitness, nutrition and
general well-being. They can be preventive tools for diseases such as heart
disease, diabetes, and cancer.
Here are some intriguing mHealth wellness items:
Endomondo: An app, which uses GPS to track distances covered in
sports like running and cycling. Allows users to share the results.
Hidalgo: Makes wearable sensors to track vital signs like heart rate
and send data back to a central server. Used for firefighters to avoid
heat stress and by the US Marine Corps for soldiers in Iraq.
Anti-sleep pilot: An iPhone app to help prevent fatigue-related driving
accidents.
Have a chronic disease?
More than three-quarters of health care spending is on chronic diseases
such as diabetes and heart disease. Mobile Beat says health alliance
Continua reports remote monitoring can reduce mortality by 35 to 56
percent and hospitalization by as much as 47 percent.
For diabetes, there's mobile-based phone system, Welldoc, to measure,
monitor, and manage chronic diseases. It allows for continuous
communication between patients and care providers using data logged
through a patient's mobile phone.
Other monitoring devices, such as glucose meters, blood pressure monitors
and mobile ultrasound continue to get smaller and more sophisticated.
There's even a smartphone with a built-in electrocardiogram (ECG).
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3. Mobile health revolution could save lives
Need to look after the elderly?
You wouldn't believe all the things that are out there to help you take
care or stay connected with the elderly.
Independa is a system that combines sensors, tablets, and mobile
technology so caregivers can monitor the well-being of elderly family
members. Indpenda also provides access to services they need.
It includes:
Angela: An Android tablet with one-touch access to email,
Facebook, video chat, and more. It's also a hub for data gathered
by health, environment, and activity sensors.
Health sensors: From scales and pulse oximeters to blood
pressure monitors.
Environment and activity monitors: To track things such as air
temperature, whether the person tracked got out of bed or
whether a door is open. They can even alert you if your relative is
in his or her house but hasn't opened the refrigerator.
What's the hold-up?
One of the biggest obstacles to the mHealth revolution is low awareness
among both patients and health care practitioners. And, though consumers
are ready to make the investment in wellness apps, it's still an uphill battle
convincing insurers and employers that mHealth can reduce medical costs.
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4. Mobile health revolution could save lives
“People can take care of themselves to the extent of 90%, if they are served with the right information
at the right time.” Says Dr. Chitalia of Acroseas Global Solutions. With the rapid growth in the
development and commercialization of smart phone applications the information is not only circulated
well, but also circulated effectively. The ‘willingness to act is an individual’s call, but accuracy and easy
accessibility of information becomes primordial when it comes to healthcare issues and medical
treatments.
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