This project is using mobile field data collection techniques to identify gaps in health services to enable more effective and equitable delivery of scarce health resources to remote and poor regions.
A short video introducing this project can be seen here: http://healthpslp.cdu.edu.au/video/health_VIDEO.html
Cashing on the m-health trend PharmaSecure is all set to launch psConnectTM-a mobile health (mhealth) platform that enables a variety of providers to offer m-health services to targeted groups of patients. Each medicine package coded by PharmaSecure has a unique, randomly generated alphanumeric code printed directly on the package.
Electronic health tools could help improve drug adherence and reduce medication errors among elderly populations, according to a report from the Center for Technology and Ageing, as per reports. Of the three billion U.S. prescriptions issued each year, about 12% are never picked up and about 40% are taken incorrectly, according to the report.
An older article but the key finding is 2hen you hand someone a smartphone they are more likely to share, to create - to participate in, not just consume information. As Susannah Fox said in a recent speech (http://e-patients.net/archives/2012/07/health-care-hackers.html) "Imagine what that could do for health care."