How big data will transform healthcare

Big data has the potential to transform healthcare.
Sensors, public health records, electronic medical records, genomic data and mobile health apps offer detailed information that could lead to new insights into disease prevention and treatment.

The biggest challenge is building innovative technology solutions to pull all the data together.

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Social media for mHealth marketing: understanding the true costs

Social media platforms are free, but there are hidden costs involved to using them as effective mHealth marketing tools.

This interesting article goes into more detail: http://bit.ly/1jC2WPA

Mobile health and EHRs likely to decrease visits to the doctor

Researchers at Johns Hopkins analyzed recent trends in digital health care, concluding that mobile health and EHRs will help reduce in-person doc visits and resolve future physician shortages.

Read all the details here: http://cnet.co/1aaHFVQ

EHRs at risk of becoming irrelevant and obsolete

The ability to communicate and capture data in real time through mobile devices and wearable sensors has made typical EHRs obsolete.
EHR vendors will need to find a way to modify their products to focus on data that the patient and his care team want, or they'll become irrelevant.

Link to full article: http://bit.ly/1dJSVfP

Mobile health market to grow by billions in years ahead

Thanks to the upswing in smartphone and tablet adoption, the mobile health apps market is expected to experience a compound annual growth rate of 25.5 percent, from $6.6 billion in 2013 to $20.7 billion in 2018.

Chronic disease management will play a leading role, with the highest growth being witnessed by the diabetes management devices market.

Read the full article at: http://bit.ly/19wf2BY.