Is ‘mobile’ the future of healthcare technologies?

Several healthcare professionals are bidding on 'Mobile' as the future of healthcare technologies. As reported by TechCrunch, a recent survey has shown that nearly 64% of adults in America own a smartphone and it is expected to reach around 80% in the coming millennials. No wonder, mobile technologies are the new age technologies which are spreading wide-spread among many parts of the world. Keeping up with this evolution of mobile technologies, the healthcare industry is looking out ways to stay relevant and reach out to new age patients by innovating its mobile efforts.

Many healthcare professionals tend to use the term 'mobile' differently. For some mobile means an app, few professionals refer to it as digital and few will not be able to define it. They clearly lack a proper definition of what 'mobile' actually mean. Reported Bismannews.

So what exactly are healthcare technologies or healthcare solutions? Experts define it as a 'healthcare service enabled through various mobile platforms'. Federico Casalegno and William J. Mitchell, authors, connected sustainable cities, introduced Lucia, she is a 65-year-old diabetic living in San Francisco. She has a futuristic device called a 'passport'. This device 'passport' is well connected to GPS, Wi-fi, and video connection. It integrates varieties of services offered to Lucia across the city. Lucia calls this device as mHealth.

Lucia's passport is a fully functional device which helps her in many activities. For an instant, it recommends her a longer route so that she can walk more (as suggested by her doctor), it allows her to check doctor appointment while walking and enables her to answer doctor's questions.  It even reminds Lucia about the medicines times. 'mHealth' the future of healthcare technology revolution is for sure designed to streamline several functions of Healthcare and it further improves patient's healthcare experience. Reported Hitechdays

The majority of the healthcare professionals are conceptualizing a device similar of 'mHealth' that bring healthcare services closer to patients. Though mobile has certain limitations, still device like 'mHealth' will be a revolution in the field of Healthcare Technology.