In foreign countries, mobile health business is developing rapidly. Europe, the United States, Japan, Taiwan and other countries and regions have entered the stage of refined services. Focusing on the collection of information through the induction system and many Internet of Things technologies, and then through smart phones, ipads and other mobile terminals to display, analyze and transfer information, and this aspect of the service is applied to emergency medical care and chronic disease control. For example, portable sensing terminals that measure parameters such as cardiac electricity, blood sugar and blood pressure provide convenient services for medical treatment.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have jointly launched the "mHealth" program, which aims to use cell phone text messaging and cell phone application technology to encourage governments and relevant agencies to use cell phone technology to publicize the possible harms of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) caused by tobacco use, alcohol abuse, unhealthy diets, and lack of physical activity, and to assist in the promotion of these unhealthy lifestyles. We encourage Governments and relevant organizations to make use of mobile phone technology to publicize the harm that these unhealthy lifestyles may cause and to help countries to combat non-communicable diseases.
In the U.S., the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS) recently recognized the outstanding contribution made by Apple's iPhone and iPad in the healthcare field, especially in the use of electronic health record management is highly regarded. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has clearly emphasized the use of mobile devices such as iPhone and iPad into the EHR electronic health record management system. At the same time, the agency is gradually clarifying the security needs of mobile device use in healthcare.
The official report released by DHSS will have a gradual impact over the next two years, with mobile devices contributing more to the EHR's electronic case and health information exchange system, such that doctors will book lab work or diagnose at least 30 percent of their patients through the digital system.
There are more and more examples from doctors, nurses, hospitals, and patients of mobile devices such as iPhones and iPads being used as healthcare-assisted apps, and on the developer side there are quite a few healthcare apps being developed.