{"id":855,"date":"2015-02-19T02:23:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T02:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=855"},"modified":"2015-02-19T02:32:48","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T02:32:48","slug":"mobile-technologies-giving-power-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/mobile-technologies-giving-power-patient\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Mobile technologies empower patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/SLMC_Screen-Grab_21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-856\" src=\"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/SLMC_Screen-Grab_21-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"SLMC_Screen Grab_2\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/SLMC_Screen-Grab_21-232x300.jpg 232w, http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/SLMC_Screen-Grab_21-793x1024.jpg 793w, http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/SLMC_Screen-Grab_21.jpg 1491w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a>A report published by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) shows the transformative potential of mobile health on the healthcare industry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Power to the Patient: How Mobile Technology is Transforming Healthcare,&#8221; sponsored by SAP, explores the role of mobile devices across the healthcare industry, from personal fitness and smoking cessation to applications in clinical and pharmaceutical settings.<\/p>\n<p>These technologies can improve care for people living in the developed or developing world\u2014in the US, for instance, reaching underserved communities in rural Arizona; or in Kenya facilitating better, closer monitoring of patients with HIV.<\/p>\n<p>In a survey for the report, 79% of healthcare executives say that mobile technologies are providing education and information. In five years, 50% predict that mobile health will enable patients to proactively participate in their own care, and lower costs.<\/p>\n<p>Mobile health also poses opportunities for industry. The report found that leading global companies including Google, Apple, AT&amp;T, Verizon, Intel, Facebook and Microsoft are all exploring mobile health as a high priority area for business growth.<\/p>\n<p>Privacy, however, remains one of the key concerns of implementing this new technology. Nearly half (49%) of EIU survey respondents think consumer wariness about privacy violations could be a stumbling block for adoption, while just over half (51%) say data privacy risks are their biggest concern. Meanwhile 53% of executives fear that people may misinterpret their data and make poor decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a time when health systems around the world are struggling to meet demand, mobile technologies have enormous potential,&#8221; Frieda Klotz, said the report\u2019s editor. &#8220;Not only can they enable health workers to reach marginal communities; they also provide individuals with more data about, and control over, their health. But with healthcare in particular, privacy concerns are an important part of the equation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report published by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) shows the transformative potential of mobile health on the healthcare industry. &#8220;Power to the Patient: How Mobile Technology is Transforming Healthcare,&#8221; sponsored by SAP, explores the role of mobile devices across the healthcare industry, from personal fitness and smoking cessation to applications in clinical and pharmaceutical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[511,252],"class_list":["post-855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsmakers","tag-mobile-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":863,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions\/863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}