Chilmark Research principal John Moore reflects on last week's Connected Health Symposium: "Until the stakeholders in this industry address these two issues ["too many products, too few solutions" and "where is the value?"], we will continue to come to conferences such as this rehashing what has become an increasingly monotonous set of topics related to telehealth adoption. Frankly, I’m tiring of the conversation." Chilmark Research
Healthsense gets new board members: WiFi-enabled remote monitoring company Healthsense has added a number of seasoned healthcare executives to its board following a round of investment from Radius Ventures. Release
2G, 3G, 4G: Interesting commentary about operators views on 2G, 3G, 4G mHealth services. EMR and HIPAA
Zebra-Honeywell: Zebra Technologies inked a global alliance with Honeywell for mobile computing, scanning and printing. PDF Release
Is this the phone for global mHealth services? The $20 "cloud phone" aims to be the phone for those living on less than $1 a day. Its maker says phones won't get any cheaper so users need to share. Implications for global mHealth service providers. CNN
More on the company's SharePay service in the video below:
SMS service for drug prices: An organization in India called the Disease Management Association of India (DMAI) is offering an SMS-based service that aims to provide information the prices of various comparable brands of medications and their side effects. NDTV
From the Dubai mHealth conference earlier this year: "I think the most important lesson I have learned is to step into the other person's shoes. It is very easy to get carried away when you are the muscle power,the technology, the network, the solution and you are very powerful money-wise, to forget what it means to the doctor and to the hospital... make the other stakeholders' needs you own," Shainoor Khoja with Afghanistan mobile operator Roshan said during a video interview at the event. More from the video below:
