All systems go for mobile health and true connectivity

In an expert view piece, Dana Shears (pictured above, right) eMDI business development director of H&T Presspart and Melissa Manice (left), chief executive and co-founder of Cohero Health, look at how advances in mobile health and connected devices are opening up unprecedented opportunities in the management of chronic diseases.

We are now seeing the potential of digital health being fulfilled when it comes to managing the burden of chronic disease in cost-constrained healthcare systems. For patients suffering from chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), technological advances in digital health are making day-to-day monitoring and tracking much easier.

The plethora of medical and fitness apps that are getting to market are impressive technology-wise. However, the really exciting potential lies in leveraging connected hardware and mobile technology to improve the management of chronic diseases – daily and around the clock – with the same high level of reliability and security that patients expect from their medication.