'm-health needs greater spectrum'

Thu, Mar 1st, 2012 12:18 am BdST



Barcelona, Feb 29 (bdnews24.com) - Wider spectrum allocation is a must for mobile phone-based health services, Telenor CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas has said.

"Mobile health or 'm-health' is now growing across the world and governments should come forward to allocate wider spectrum to ensure such services to the masses," he told a press meet at Telenor Pavilion at GSMA Mobile World Congress in…

http://ehealth.eletsonline.com/2011/12/mobile-health-market-likely-to-exceed-400m-by-2016/

The market for mobile health technology is expected to exceed $400 million by 2016, according to a new study by ABI Research.

In 2010, the mobile health market was valued at $120 million. For the study, researchers examined factors that are contributing to the adoption of…

Recently, I came across two reports on mobile health, that has two different and interesting perspectives. One is talking about how mobile health market is capturing the World and the other one is about potential distractions as doctors are increasingly using mobile and other devices for health care services. The first one is from eHealth Magazine and the other one is the New York Times. …

Amanda Glassman & Vicky Hausman deconstructs the myths and realities of mHealth and provides suggestions for moving forward in the field.

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