The term “mHealth” is pretty broad in nature. There are at least two distinct branches stemming from the core concept of mobile health: connected devices and digital applications. Of these two branches, here is a list of subcategories of digital health applications: Digital mHealth web The original mHealth application is a web site that allows [...]

I talk with people a lot about data collection. After all, when you break Mood 24/7 down to its core, you find a data collection service. When pitching the benefits of tracking a single daily health data point, I’ve found the general response to be quite telling of American culture… Nine times out of ten [...]

That’s what this MIT report would have you believe, if you believe it. I don’t for two reasons: Boomers are fourth among age groups owning Smartphones and third from last when it comes to texting by age group… at least according to the charts below from 2010. I understand that boomers are the “aging population” [...]

America’s hot new question and answer site, Quora, just compelled me to answer a question that I’ve been chewing on for some time now: Which mobile apps really improve health behavior? I love this question because it’s about health outcomes, a hot topic during last November’s mHealth Summit… but one that you’d be hard pressed [...]

The 2010 mHealth Summit hit Washington DC this week, and if you missed it then you missed out. There was definitely more of a buttoned up feel to this particular conference… with lots of suits being worn and a regulatory vibe buzzing through the massive Walter E. Washington Convention Center. But in the end I [...]

I’m a tech/gadget nerd, I work for a health media company, and I’m pumped. Why? Because it’s 4Q 2010 and tablet manufacturers from around the world are finally set to flood the market with their creations. Juxtapose that with the recent CompTia survey showing that 1 in 4 Physicians and Dentists plan to purchase a [...]

Here on the product team at HealthCentral, we’re in continuous deep discussions about the growth and value of mobile health apps.  Last year, we launched Mood 24/7,  creating a new platform for patients to track their well-being in close communication with their physicians — and with data and technology guru Chris Hall now steering the [...]

We entered Mood 24/7 into the Practice Fusion Patient Driven Data Challenge, because data portability is where health is headed. Especially as bio-sensors become more a part of our daily lives. It just makes sense for people who have decided to engage in their health by recording activity data to be able to have all [...]

Are you excited about mHealth, but don’t really have concrete facts to back up your enthusiasm? I was in your shoes once, but don’t fret… There has been a ton of research conducted on the mobile industry and mobile users in particular, and the best part is that the high points all seem to have [...]

After reading and reading, it seems that the mHealth phenomenon can really be broken down into two parts: data collection and data distribution. Put plainly, any value derived from mHealth lies in the data being collected from patients and distributed throughout the health care system. You may not believe me, but let’s suppose that we [...]

I was recently invited to speak at the mHealth Networking Conference in Washington DC about the role mobile phones can play in disease management. It was clear from the two days of presentations that mobile for health is an area of challenge and opportunity.  Most of us are easily excited by novel health iPhone apps [...]