“The use of mobile technology in healthcare is on the increase, there is a steady shift towards acceptance of health care applications targeted to mobiles. Currently healthcare systems around the globe are experiencing a multitude of challenges, in addition the obvious problem of cost of providing healthcare, there are also other challenges such as prevalence of life-style related conditions, identifying tools for empowering patients with information for better decision making, providing tools for self-care, and creating applications for managing health conditions”.

An interesting article on the mHealth opportunity from Dr Phillip Olla of MoCom 2020 – a non-profit open think tank for the global mobile media and communication industry.