The Transformative Power of Mobile Medicine: Leveraging Innovation, Seizing Opportunities and Overcoming Obstacles of mHealth

The Transformative Power of Mobile Medicine addresses the rapid advances taking place in mHealth and their impact on clinicians and patients. It provides guidance to help choose reliable mobile health apps that are based on sound scientific evidence while offering advice on how to stay clear of junk science. The book explores the latest developments in mobile health, including the value of blockchain, the emerging growth of remote sensors in chronic patient care, the potential use of Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant as patient bedside assistants, the use of Amazon's IoT button in a hospital or nursing home setting, the latest mobile apps being developed in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and elsewhere, machine learning, and much more. These innovations and opportunities, however, also need to be put into the context of clinical medicine as it is currently practiced, which poses challenges in terms of validation and implementation. With these concerns in mind, it addresses criticisms and scepticism in the medical community and takes a critical look at the published literature on mobile apps in diabetes, heart disease, asthma, mental health and other common disorders. This book enables physicians and nurses to gain a deep understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of mobile health and helps them choose evidence-based mobile medicine tools to improve patient care. Provides clinicians and technologists with an update on the latest mobile health initiatives and tools, including the work done at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School Encompasses case studies with real world examples to turn abstract concepts into flesh and blood examples of how mHealth benefits the public Presents drawings, graphics and flow charts to help readers visualize the functionality and value of mobile medicine

• | Author: PAUL. HALAMKA CERRATO (JOHN.), John Halamka
• | Publisher: Academic Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 24, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 232 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 012814923X
• | ISBN-13: 9780128149232