Medscape’s Physician Compensation Report is widely known as the go-to source for salary information and other factors affecting US doctors’ income. But tucked among the statistics about which specialties feel fairly compensated, you’ll find numbers that also tell a story … Read More
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Your smartphone is now a medical device
The idea of using smartphones in a medical context is now pretty common, but the range of applications remains small. Patients might use their phone to track steps or set medication reminders, while clinicians use their devices for general communication … Read More
Provider Profiles: Mark Casillas, M.D.
For Provider Profiles, we talk to physicians who use Mobius Clinic every day in their practice. Here’s how one orthopedic surgeon uses a digital health app to streamline their clinical workflow. Provider: Mark Casillas, M.D. Occupation: Orthopedic Surgeon Location: San … Read More
Provider Profiles: Nayyara Dawood, M.D.
For Provider Profiles, we talk to physicians who use Mobius Clinic every day in their practice. Here’s how one pediatrician uses a digital health app to streamline their clinical workflow. Provider: Nayarra Dawood, M.D. Occupation: Pediatrician Location: San Jose, CA … Read More
Even the FDA is going mobile
Mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are transforming healthcare for patients and providers. Mobile medical apps allow patients to take a more active role in their care by supporting education, health tracking, wearables and reminders. Apps also streamline a huge … Read More
Smartphone photos are usually sufficient to diagnose skin conditions
Our ability to take and share high quality smartphone photos may improve access to health care, according to a recent teledermatology study. The findings add to a list of health conditions that can often be diagnosed remotely with a photo. … Read More
What is the economic evidence for mHealth?
We know anecdotally that mobile health solutions can be cost effective and cost saving. Physicians that use our Mobius Clinic app tell us all the time, and a quick review of the explosion of mHealth apps shows how mobility is creating … Read More
What is mobile health?
Just as mobile technology has become a seamless part of everyday American life, it is now indispensable to many parts of health care. Consider the enormous popularity of health wearables, or how tablets have untethered physicians from their desks? Or … Read More
How mHealth is making life better for diabetes patients
Life recently got easier for the 29 million Americans living with diabetes. In September 2017, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first continuous glucose monitoring system (CGM) for adults that doesn’t require blood sample calibration. The approval marks the … Read More