Mobile Apps

With the dizzying growth in mobile health apps, get ahead of the curve, by listening to these 4 different perspectives from hospitals and pharma.The speakers all have a worldview, while being based respectively in Israel, the US, Canada and France.

Introduction :

Yossi Bahagon :

Meet Dr Yossi Bahagon, recognized Israeli eHealth expert, entrepreneur, physician. This video focuses on how to use mobile applications to move from chronic disease management (CDM) to patient relationship management (PRM), and outcomes. Yossi provides concrete examples concerning pharma and hospital related projects.

Rafael Grossmann :

Meet Dr Rafael Grossmann, trauma surgeon in the state of Maine and a digital health pioneer. His hospital system covers a huge area, so Rafael became an early adopter of telemedicine using various consumer mobile devices for professional purposes. Rafael is a very engaging speaker. You'll enjoy meeting him in person in June 2014, when he returns as a Google Glass Explorer.

Jennifer Stinson :

Learn about the amazing SickKids Hospital mobile app and meet Jennifer Stinson, a scientist in Child Health Evaluative Sciences, a Nurse Practitioner in the Chronic Pain Program at the Hospital for Sick Children of Toronto, Ontario, and Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Toronto. Jennifer received awards for her research on using e-health and m-health to promote chronic disease self-management in youth with painful chronic and life-threatening health conditions.

Marie-Claire Farris :

In her talk at Doctors 2.0 & You 2013, Marie-Claire Farris explains how technology could improve the daily lives of type 1 or type 2 patients treated with insulin. Intelligent mobile apps, in clinical development, can calculate insulin dosages in real time, offering personalized care. Data are then transmitted to a secure server, allowing for automatic telemonitoring by the healthcare team. Learn more about this innovative project presented by Marie-Claire Farris.