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Tapping the potential applications of mHealth

The Health Policy Exchange

Mobile health, or "mHealth" for short, describes technology that allows clinicians or public health professionals to monitor and/or deliver health-related messages to patients via cellular phones, tablets, or other wireless devices. electrocardiogram) and would pose safety risks to patients if they malfunctioned. Phillips, Jr.

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Rural-urban differences in continuity of primary care among persons with prediabetes [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Continuity of care may prevent or delay the onset of lifestyle-related diseases, like type 2 diabetes, through preventative care and early detection. This study is a retrospective cohort analysis of electronic health records of patients from Geisinger Health System. The majority of patients are female (54.5% Population Studied.