mHealth: Finding value in medical device mobility
July 10, 2014 by MassDevice
New health, fitness, and lifestyle applications seem to launch almost daily and the market seems to be validating the value of many of these products. But what about mobile in the medical device space?
Today, creation of mobile health applications is made easier than ever due to the evolution of critical enabling technologies: cloud data services, miniaturization of sensors and electronics, “body-area” networking with protocols like Bluetooth, and ubiquitous wireless and cellular networks to collect all that data.
New health, fitness, and lifestyle applications seem to launch almost daily and the market seems to be validating the value of many of these products. But what about mobile in the medical device space?
At the macro level healthcare industry trends are certainly aligned to leverage the advantages of mobile health applications: aging populations, chronic disease, healthcare costs, and consumer driven demand will create needs. Mobile-enabled solutions hold the promise to meet these needs and transform healthcare into a more efficient, patient-centered and value-based system.
At the next level, the question is how, specifically, can mobile capability add value? There could be any number of reasons: