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Digital health in Africa: hype or hope?

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: Digital health in Africa is a rapidly growing field, with the potential to improve access to healthcare and quality of care across the continent. Cost: Digital health technologies can be expensive, which can make them inaccessible to low-income populations.

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Quarterly Thought Conference: mHealth Apps in Pregnancy

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Join Nathaniel DeNicola, MD, MSPH, FACOG, a board-certified Ob/Gyn and Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at The George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC, as he leads a discussion for health care professionals on mHealth Apps in Pregnancy. What to look for when choosing an app. App reviews.

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mHealth: The diagnostic capabilities of our mobile tech

Waracle

But aside from streamlining our financial planning and getting us ready for the beach, how can mobile technology play a role in the thing that really matters – our health? Read on as we dive into mHealth advancements and the mobile diagnostics potential of our handheld devices. . A New Paradigm. What impact will this have?

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mHealth in Times of Crisis: the Coronavirus

mHealth Insight

The “mHealth in Times of Crisis: the Coronavirus” event will be live streamed and made available to watch/share free of charge and we intend for it to provide a best practice resource that can help prevent and manage future emerging viral pandemics. 9:30am “A review of the mHealth decade”.

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Digital Inclusion As Upstream Health Investment

Health Populi

The authors lay out several dimensions of digital literacy and access, including: Skills. Training the tech support. The first illustration, from the paper, illustrates the “super social” impacts that digital literacy and access bolster for SDoH. Connectivity. Applications.

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Opioid Drug Addiction: How Digital Health Technologies Can Help

The Digital Health Corner

After a hiatus I am returning to my beloved Digital Health Corner. In a previous post I discussed important public health issues that digital technology can address. The NIDA of the NIH has a group of evidence-based screening tools for adolescents and adults to be used by health professionals.

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David Maman and Divya Chander to Keynote CharmHealth Third Annual Innovation Challenge & Showcase

Digital Health Global

Dr. Divya Chander is a physician, neuroscientist and futurist who trained at Harvard, UCSF, UCSD and the Salk Institute. FACEP, FAMIA, vice president of innovation at Vituity and Inflect Health ; Aman Rajpal , M.D., chief of endocrinology at Alameda Health System; Uli Chettipally , M.D.,

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