The VA has announced that it has created an initiative aimed at studying the benefits that are associated with the use of mhealth apps and tablet devices to improve and coordinate care between physicians, veterans and their families/caregivers.
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Setting policies for e-Health: researchers publish a review of the current global landscape
by: Perry W. Payne, Jr., MD/JD/MPP The Journal of Medical Internet Research recently published an article in which a team of researchers from multiple countries conducted a structured literature review to assess the scope of policy issues that individuals, institutions and governments face when implementing eHealth programs. eHealth, which broadly refers to the use of […]
mHealth downloads expected to reach 44 million by 2012, exponentially growing to 142 million by 2016
A Juniper Research report forecasts mHealth downloads to reach 44 million by next year and 142 million downloads globally by 2016.