A Kantar Media survey earlier this year among doctors practicing in the US found that as many as 84% of them were already using their smartphones for work-related purposes. 56% of the polled doctors were using tablets (the electronic kind!) and it’s fair to say many would be using both. A particularly interesting insight from…
“Wherever there is a mobile signal, there is the capability for delivering better healthcare” — Eric Topol, Professor of Genomics, Scripps Research Institute. Based on the survey conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit, 64% of healthcare executives believe that mobile health can dramatically improve the outcomes by giving people greater access to medical information. 24%…
The papers carried news recently of cardiac surgeons in Warsaw using Google Glass and an optical display mounted on the head to restore blood flow in an important artery of a patient. While the news highlighted the pioneering nature of the surgery many will agree that even this innovative use of the Glass is not…
Market research firm Chadwick Martin Bailey reported earlier this month that by the end of this year approximately 37% of Americans would have used a mobile wallet – up from less than 9% in mid 2013. Consider also that the same study also found that almost 40% of those who said they were “most likely”…
