Two weeks ago we introduced the idea of a health tech bubble, based on news that venture capital funding for US startups had reached a 10-year high.While it’s impossible to know with certainty if a financial bubble exists, there are … Read More
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Is there a health tech bubble?
Venture capitalists poured $48.3 billion into US startups last year, investing at levels not seen since before the dot-com bubble burst of 2001. Software and biotechnology companies were the leading recipients of this venture funding, which rose 60 percent from … Read More
What does “Mobius” mean?
View image | gettyimages.com Last week I was telling a friend about Mobius Health when she interrupted me – “Ah, that makes sense!” She works as an engineer and made the connection quickly, explaining how a Möbius strip can … Read More
mHealth Facilitates Direct Primary Care
Direct primary care is an expanding model promising to achieve the holy grail of health care reform: healthier patients at lower cost. Pioneered by Dr. Garrison Bliss in the late ‘90s, the model replaces fee-for-service incentives with a flat monthly … Read More
Top mHealth Apps in 2015
We wrote about mHealth (mobile health) technologies a lot in 2014, often focusing on mHealth apps for smartphones and tablets. From opportunities for rural health care access to questions about medical record privacy, mHealth apps are changing the way medicine … Read More
IBM Watson and Its Implications for the Future of Healthcare
In January 2011, an IBM computer named Watson beat out experts on the TV quiz show Jeopardy!, marking a groundbreaking development in artificial intelligence. Four years later, Watson is at the forefront of cognitive computing with important implications for the … Read More
The Argonaut Project May Provide EHR Interoperability, At Last
View image | gettyimages.com A group of leading electronic health record (EHR) vendors and hospitals have united to address interoperability, the maddeningly rare ability to transfer records between different EHRs with ease. The EHR market consists of hundreds of companies, … Read More
Big Data from Mobile Records Offer Untapped Resource in Ebola Response
#166011829 / gettyimages.com The ongoing Ebola epidemic in West Africa has drawn attention to the potential uses of big data in public health. The term big data is loosely defined and even more loosely used, but in current usage generally … Read More
Following our recent posts about Apple’s Health app and its integration with Epic, we’ve received some questions on how our own product, Mobius Health, interacts with Apple’s products. In short, Mobius and Health complement each other well. Mobius offers secure communication services that Apple does not, combines sensor data with practice management apps for health care providers, and acquires otherwise inaccessible data using our proprietary devices.
Secure Video Calls and Messaging
While data transmitted through Apple Health is secure, the platform does not provide secure messaging, calling, or live video; Apple’s FaceTime and iMessage do not meet HIPAA security standards. The secure telemedicine features of Mobius Health allow us to fill that void. We offer messaging and video calls to connect medical professionals with their patients and colleagues. The Mobius security protocol exceeds HIPAA standards and ensures patients’ privacy.
Combining Sensors for Meaningful Use
Apple’s Health is a powerful aggregator of data, but the stock app is of limited use to clinicians.
Mobius ties data from Health to apps that help improve the daily workflow of health care providers and their staff. Our Mobius Clinic app makes the smartphone a relevant work tool by automating the patient intake process and vital sign collection and providing a shared practice task management tool.
Mobius Sensors Fill in Apple Gaps
Finally, Mobius can feed the data it gathers into Health (if desired), allowing other HealthKit apps to use that data. The Mobius smartphone accessory pulls readings from sensors that are not directly compatible with Health and makes the information accessible to your other apps. The Mobius accessory can transmit blood pressure, ECG data, temperature, blood glucose, and other critical health metrics from compatible devices. There is often a difference between consumer and clinical-grade health devices, and Mobius creates a connection with both.
We’re exploring the opportunities for integration with Apple Health and other medical information technology, and we’re excited to see what new innovations will come to the field in the next few years.