Mobile Health Care Platform
Mobile Health: What is the Holdup?
Pablo Rivera Jr.
Army- Baylor Graduate Program in Health and Business Administration
August 21, 2012
Abstract
In today’s world, the era of innovation is growing at a fierce pace; without limitations information technology can prove to be as harmful as it is helpful. This is especially applicable to the healthcare industry. The idea of paperless files is the way of doing business in the future. However, papers containing life and death implications such as medical records have been a hot topic for close to a decade. Even though, the American population may be ready for it, there are multiple regulatory guidance at the federal level, which must be addressed such as security and patient confidentiality. Currently mobile (m) health is the current trend for patients to access their healthcare needs. The public and private sectors are competing for their share of the market when it comes to mHealth. This paper discusses two healthcare organizations leading in this effort, the Veterans Affairs and Sentara.
Key words: Electronic (e) Health, Mobile (m) Health, personal health record (PHR)
Mobile Health: What is the Holdup? The internet coupled with mobile technology era is pushing our demand for information to be readily available in the palm of our hands. This mentality is affecting all industries of the U.S. to include the healthcare industry. This paper will explore and evaluate innovative uses of mobile (m) Health and emerging technologies to build synergistic mediums in the healthcare industry. MHealth is a progressive topic pushing the limits on how to access healthcare going forward. There are many factors for the drive of mHealth initiative due to the affects by healthcare stakeholders. An overview of the mHealth initiative will be discussed as it applies to government policy and regulatory agencies, the healthcare network today and future demands, as well as leading hospitals in the mHealth revolution.
Pablo Rivera Jr.
Army- Baylor Graduate Program in Health and Business Administration
August 21, 2012
Abstract
In today’s world, the era of innovation is growing at a fierce pace; without limitations information technology can prove to be as harmful as it is helpful. This is especially applicable to the healthcare industry. The idea of paperless files is the way of doing business in the future. However, papers containing life and death implications such as medical records have been a hot topic for close to a decade. Even though, the American population may be ready for it, there are multiple regulatory guidance at the federal level, which must be addressed such as security and patient confidentiality. Currently mobile (m) health is the current trend for patients to access their healthcare needs. The public and private sectors are competing for their share of the market when it comes to mHealth. This paper discusses two healthcare organizations leading in this effort, the Veterans Affairs and Sentara.
Key words: Electronic (e) Health, Mobile (m) Health, personal health record (PHR)
Mobile Health: What is the Holdup? The internet coupled with mobile technology era is pushing our demand for information to be readily available in the palm of our hands. This mentality is affecting all industries of the U.S. to include the healthcare industry. This paper will explore and evaluate innovative uses of mobile (m) Health and emerging technologies to build synergistic mediums in the healthcare industry. MHealth is a progressive topic pushing the limits on how to access healthcare going forward. There are many factors for the drive of mHealth initiative due to the affects by healthcare stakeholders. An overview of the mHealth initiative will be discussed as it applies to government policy and regulatory agencies, the healthcare network today and future demands, as well as leading hospitals in the mHealth revolution.
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