mHealth, It's Time Has Come 06/23/2011
Mobile healthcare or mHealth was inspired by a genuine need complicated by a shortage of doctors and nurses. With much of the developing world combating diseases like malaria, HIV and Aids and the basic yet hard to solve problem of access to clean drinking water, developing and middle class nations face the classic catalyst for coming up with solutions, "the crisis". The crisis is now widespread. Factors like aging populations, collapsing economies, war, and climate change are compounding healthcare problems that until a couple of decades ago were largely seen as Third World issues. Well no longer. Poverty is rampant in Western cities. Chronic diseases like diabetes are effecting not just our grandparents but ourselves and more frighteningly our children. Heart disease, cancer, mental illness continue to plague aging populations around the world. The numbers of elderly people are now stressing the healthcare infrastructure that used to effectively meet the needs of our seniors. The silver lining? The timing and exponential rise of the knowledge economy which allows us to be more effective and efficient. Two overused buzz words but nevertheless critical factors when forced to do more with less. We need to enable doctors and nurses to diagnose patients faster without compromising the quality of the diagnosis. We need to educate people on preventative healthcare and quickly share public health information when emergencies arise. The best all-in-one tool is the mobile phone, the most functional and ubiquitous communication tool we have ever had since the invention pen and paper. At Esyngen Interactive our primary vertical industry is healthcare because that is where the greatest societal need is, developing and developed world alike. It is also where mobile technology can have the biggest impact. Through better knowledge sharing, faster and more accurate diagnostic tools, and by integrating with social media we can address many critical healthcare challenges head on. Esyngen is focused on building apps that leverage the capabilities of smartphones and the power of web services, cloud based computing and social media. Using cameras, GPS, wireless, Twitter, Facebook, SMS, email, web and mobile database access we custom design solutions that address very specific healthcare challenges. The smartphone has been compared to the Swiss Army knife. It is not one tool but a set of tools. No one tool will solve the myriad healthcare challenges we see before us but mHealth is the Swiss Army knife we have in our pocket. Time to use it. To find out how Esyngen can help design and develop a custom mHealth solution for your healthcare organization, drop us a note through our contact page and one of our solution specialists will quickly be in touch. Or drop me a line at my coordinates below. Graham Newbigging graham@esyngen.com (905) 582-6414 twitter.com/esyngen Comments Your comment will be posted after it is approved. Leave a Reply |
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