Global health leaders predict mobile health could have a transformative effect on patient outcomes and lower the costs of hospital care Read more>> http://bit.ly/1vp3uPB

1. Patients, healthcare workers and their partners
in other industries stand to benefit from mobile
health—and, in many cases, are already benefitting.
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HEALTHCARE ON THE MOVE:
Changing outcomes
and lives
With more than 40,000
mobile health apps in use
worldwide, individuals
are already accessing
data and services
anytime, anywhere.
In Kenya, mobile
apps enable clinicians
to access a wealth of
patient data and tackle
conditions such as HIV
and diabetes, serving
more than one million
people since 2008.
Advances in mobile
allow health workers to
reach underserved and
remote populations.
In Arizona, USA, mobile
technologies that track
weight, blood pressure
and heart rate help
health workers treat
people in rural
communities, saving
$90,000 per patient in
reduced hospital stays.
Mobile also has clinical
and research uses.
• Sensors and apps can help doctors
detect ailments
• Labs can send test results directly to
patients’ phones.
• Combined with big data, mobile
technologies could enable scientists to
better understand and treat disease, giving
researchers greater insight into patterns
across populations.
Mobile health isevolving.
79%
50%
In a New Zealand
study, text reminders
doubled the rate of
smokers who quit.
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