Our Take on Recent News
Apple Does it AgainAn amazing quarter for Apple, selling over 37M iPhones and 15M iPads. Simply amazing.
mHealth Summit: Continuing the JourneyThe mHealth Summit starts this morning, and it is exciting to be part of it. We will be exploring the myriad of companies and approaches that are shaping the future of mHealth.
Innovation ChallengeThe Department of Health and Human Services recently launched a competition in which up to $1 billion dollars will be awarded to innovative projects that test creative ways to delivery high quality medical care to reduce costs and improve outcomes.
Top Health Industry Issues of 2012A new PWC report highlights the main issues in health in the coming year. Topics include how health industry organizations will connect in new ways with each other and their consumers as they wade through economic, regulatory, and political uncertainty. According to the report, trends will shift value from theory to reality, investments will ramp up in informatics, insurers will gear up to compete in a new insurance exchange marketplace, pharmaceutical companies will slim down, and healthcare will increase its social media presence.
Health IT and safetyA new report by the Institute of Medicine highlights how advances in technology can benefit patient safety. Sharing information, providing it in a timely manner, and point of care tools are merely some that are mentioned — all very applicable and relevant to mobile health.
