Category: mHealth

Many healthcare organizations are seeking a means to develop their own healthcare or patient engagement solution, to positively impact patients’ health, and streamline clinical processes. Patients perform many of their…Read more

Amidst the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that was first reported in Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2019, people all over the world are turning to coronavirus apps to help…Read more

Know the difference between HIPAA and HIPPA and learn all about the US law that protects patients’ medical information. Whenever you’re doing an online search about HIPAA compliance, it’s easy…Read more

Approaching your healthcare application development project with the plan of developing a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is almost always recommended. One might think that the idea of developing a product…Read more

Westmed Medical Group, a client of patient engagement software vendor Bridge Patient Portal, has been recognized by eHealthcare Leadership Awards for their healthcare patient portal and mobile app in the…Read more

Patient apps still lagging in features, functionality, and usability. Mobile technologies are a greater and greater part of the everyday life of patients. They rely on healthcare mobile apps for…Read more

In Parts I, II, III and IV of this series, we evaluated the current state of health system app development and found that it is still very far behind where…Read more

After reviewing the branded mHealth apps listed in Part I of this series, we were surprised to find that, two years after Accenture released its report on Digital Health and the…Read more

In Part II of this series, Limited Functionality for mHealth App Features, we described the different types of functionalities implemented in the mHealth apps assessed and found that significant shortcomings still…Read more

Only 11% of healthcare apps offer at least 1 of the 3 functionalities patients want most. Pick up the cell phone of any of your friends or family members —…Read more