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Posted on January 15, 2013 by Miki Peer

A recent survey of over 3,000 individuals in the U.S. found that 85% of adult Americans currently own a cellular phone1, and similar rates have been reported in Canada (in 2010 78% of Canadian household owned a cellular phone)2. Originally, mobile phones were used only for calls and text messaging however the advent of the ‘smartphone’ (a mobile phone with greater computing capability and connectivity than the original ‘feature phone’) has changed all that – internet usage is now mobile.

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Miki Peer

In previous blog entries we discussed ways that the internet and cell phones can improve health, topics that fall under the broad terms of ‘eHealth’ (electronic health) and ‘mHealth’(mobile health) respectively. We covered these topics for two major reasons: 1) they are important and rapidly- growing industries and 2) they are central to MEMOTEXT’s delivery of medication and treatment compliance interventions. Although the exact definition of the terms are often disputed, eHealth tends to refer to healthcare practice and delivery supported by electronic processes while mHealth is defined as “the delivery of healthcare services via mobile communication devices”1. Examples of eHealth include electronic patient records, telemedicine and, of course, mHealth.

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Elisha Zavier

A recent article coauthored by none other than our very own President Amos Adler, and our Project Coordinator Elisha Zavier found it’s way on HealthTechZone.com: What mHealth Professionals Keep Asking- Don’t Patients Want to Get Better?

When former Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop, M.D. said, “Drugs don’t work in patients who don’t take them,” he could never have imagined the crisis in medication compliance would reach multi-billion dollar proportions – but it has.

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Miki Peer

Text Messaging or SMS for Improved Health

In a recent blog we introduced the concept of mobile health or mHealth (“the delivery of healthcare services via mobile communication devices”). mHealth interventions can be divided into two types, depending on the user of the intervention: doctors or patients. mHealth programs directed at doctors are used as aids in data collection or to support decision-making, while patient-directed mHealth programs are aimed at facilitating and supporting behavior change and disease management1.

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Amos Adler

As I prepare my presentation for the @mobiquityinc Wireless Innovation Council in a couple of days, I’ve been thinking about the evolution of how our company went from Product-to-Methodology.

I’ve been asked to look at my discussion in terms of problem, methodology, outcomes and the lessons we’ve learned.