SOURCE October 24 If your healthcare organization isn’t considering mHealth in its efforts to improve treatment outcomes, promote patient engagement and increase profitability, chances are you’re falling behind the times. Mobile health isn’t just the future of healthcare anymore – it’s here now, patients are increasingly asking for it, and the big players in the industry have taken note. With the success of health and fitness trackers like Fitbit and diet and exercise apps like MyFitnessPal, it’s obvious that consumer priorities are shifting. Patients want to be more active participants in their health and they’re looking for ways to do so by leveraging mHealth technologies – not surprising, considering 79 percent of smartphone users have their phone on or near them for most of the waking day. It’s because of this that companies like Apple, Samsung and Google (not typically considered authorities in healthcare) are investing heavily in mHealth technologies and toolkits for

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