Emerging Healthcare Trends

The emerging role of mobile technology in healthcare is growing rapidly. There are increasingly more innovations that are harnessing the power of mobile phones, applications, SMS and even social media to redefine and improve doctor patient relations and our overall healthcare system. Our healthcare expert group has their hands on the pulse of the latest upcoming technology trends that empower users to manage their health and adopt healthier behavior. Here are a few remarkable innovations in healthcare that are changing the system as we know it.

EPI Life: a revolutionary mobile phone device that allows you to take an  ECG reading of your heart rhythm at home, at work or even in the subway

Pediatric design turns scary MRI's into fun adventures for children

Social media could be the greatest change to healthcare in the UK since the inception of the NHS

Our Bodies, Our Cars: The link between urban design and public health

Prevention and Consumer Self-management

Visualizing Data to Drive Social Change

How Apps, Texting Can Improve Your Health: BJ Fogg explains the many ways mobile technologies can help us with our health goals

Walgreens Customers get Real-Time Convenience with Prescription Text Alerts

Man Goes Home with Total Artificial Heart

Chip Pioneer, Genetech Vet Brings High-Tech Sensibility to Medicine

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