Leaders of the National Institutes of Health and its nonprofit organization Foundation for the National Institutes for Health are demonstrating their commitment to the advancement of mobile health by issuing 150 grants in 2010 for mHealth research, according to a Healthcare IT News report.
At the national mHealth Summit conference held in Washington D.C., NIH Director Francis Collins, MD, said mHealth is a "growing opportunity." One study that is already underway is taking place at Arizona State University, where researchers are using a wearable, real-time chemical sensor system to measure personal exposure to hydrocarbons.
Leaders like Scott Campbell, executive director and CEO of FNIH, say mHealth is still in its premature stages. "mHealth offers tremendous promise to change the way we deliver healthcare and perform health-related monitoring. But it's not quite ready for prime time," he said.
Read the Healthcare IT News report about NIH and FNIH's support of mHealth.
Read other coverage about mobile technology in healthcare:
- PwC Study: Major Mobile Disconnect Between Physicians and Patients
- First Mobile App Store for Medical Professionals to Launch in November
At the national mHealth Summit conference held in Washington D.C., NIH Director Francis Collins, MD, said mHealth is a "growing opportunity." One study that is already underway is taking place at Arizona State University, where researchers are using a wearable, real-time chemical sensor system to measure personal exposure to hydrocarbons.
Leaders like Scott Campbell, executive director and CEO of FNIH, say mHealth is still in its premature stages. "mHealth offers tremendous promise to change the way we deliver healthcare and perform health-related monitoring. But it's not quite ready for prime time," he said.
Read the Healthcare IT News report about NIH and FNIH's support of mHealth.
Read other coverage about mobile technology in healthcare:
- PwC Study: Major Mobile Disconnect Between Physicians and Patients
- First Mobile App Store for Medical Professionals to Launch in November