iPhone Medical Apps: news, reviews, trends

iPhone Medical+Health Apps sales – ONLY 3% of all App Store sales

Source: http://blog.flurry.com (old data - july 2009, but still actual!) Health = 3% More: http://blog.flurry.com/bid/24163/Rise-of-the-New-Middle-Class-Indie-iPhone-App-Developers-Part-I

“Health care, at any level, cannot be equated in dollars and cents.”

Source: http://healthcare-economist.com Dr. Bruce Douglas’s perspective on taking money out of health care: “Health care is a ’service,’ provided by health care practitioners, that does not belong in the competitive, so-called free enterprise marketplace. Of course, doctors have to be paid, but the payment should not come directly from the patient. Reception areas in doctors’ offices should be places where patients register for care, provide their insurance information, fill out a history ...

Wireless, smartphones to make telemedicine a $3.6B market

Source: http://mobihealthnews.com/ According to a recent report from Pike & Fischer, the market for telemedicine devices and services will climb to $3.6 billion in annual revenue over the next five years largely thanks for a push from wireless technologies, data compression and smartphones. Telemedicine will be dominated by wireless technologies during that time period: More than 70 percent of telemedicine will be wireless healthcare, according to the report. The research firm predicts...

Those who need it most, aren’t interested

Source:  http://mobihealthnews.com More than three-quarters (78 percent) of the U.S. population is “interested” in wireless health services, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive, Insignia Health and CTIA that was shared at CTIA IT & E in San Diego last week. While the survey’s top line results are encouraging, the story behind the headline is far more helpful for the industry. Of that 78 percent interested in mobile health, about half were only “somewhat interested” in mob...