article thumbnail

New mothers to be offered NHS counselling by Skype to tackle post-natal depression

mHealth Insight

I wonder how long it will take the NHS to realise that these mothers can use mobile phones and that this can help tackle the geographic access problems ( like a major trauma centre has been doing with Facetime since 2012 ). mHealth & Pregnancy: From SMS to Apps & Beyond what are the opportunities?

article thumbnail

5 Digital Health Predictions for 2018 by Lloyd Price

Lloyd Price

Their solution enables patients to use the power of voice to complete interactive surveys, verify completion of care tasks and report health concerns while clinical trials investigators and coordinators can use built-in analytics to track user engagement and respond to user input. Europe, ITV & various Startups. link] [link]

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Healthcare Consolidation: Opportunities for Digital Health Technology

The Digital Health Corner

It is interesting to note that a 2012 report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on this topic concluded that hospital consolidation increases healthcare costs and that physician-hospital consolidation has neither improved quality of care or reduced costs.

article thumbnail

Review of Mobile Devices and Health by Ida Sim in the NEJM

mHealth Insight

who is a Primary Care Physician, Professor at UCSF & coFounder at Open mHealth (follow her on Twitter @IdaSim ). mHealth Insights. 40 In one survey, more than half of users of activity trackers stopped using their device, and a third did so in the first 6 months. Authored by Ida Sim, M.D., More than 40% of U.S.