mHealth

The mHealth Alliance, a Washington D.C.-based non-profit organization, has announced a framework that aims to use mobile health (mHealth) technologies as a way to better understand better understand gender inequity in low-and-middle-income countries. The Gender Analytical Framework, as it is being called, aims to help people better understand the nuances of gender issues, as well as gaps related to gender.

According to a new study from the Traverse City, Mich.-based Ponemon Institute, collectively, U.S. hospitals are losing $8.3 billion annually due to the use of pagers and outdated communicates technologies. These technologies, the study’s authors say decrease clinician productivity and increase patient discharge time.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently recognized the developers of an app that aims to help individuals manage their family’s health through customized prevention information for each family member. The app, created the San Carlos, Calif.-based app developer Lyfechannel, is called myfamily. It won the federal government’s healthfinder.gov “Mobile App Challenge,” which challenged developers to design a mobile app that made healthfinder.gov content customizable and easy for prevention care planning.

In part two of a four-part interview series with mobile health (mHealth) app developers, Healthcare Informatics Associate Editor Gabriel Perna speaks with Jack Olexy, co-founder and vice president of information technology of eDoc4u. The app provides evidence-based clinical analysis at the point-of-care for both patients and physicians, through the automation of health risk assessments.

As the third anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster just recently passed, a new mobile health program is launching to help address the still lingering health issues for residents of parishes affected by the spill.