Fierce Mobile Healthcare February 7, 2015
Five years ago, it was too early for mobile healthcare technology to take root and ignite healthcare industry change, according to Samsung Electronics President and Chief Strategy Officer Young Sohn, quoted for a new report published byThe Economist Intelligence Unit.
Five years from now, he says, it will be too late.
The report, which surveyed 144 healthcare leaders working in public and private healthcare, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and medical devices, predicts that consumers will drive mHealth efforts forward. Interested parties, it maintains–from users to providers to payers to technology innovators–must start to move forward and fast.
“These technologies promise to improve outcomes and cut costs, while also improving the efficiency of the healthcare industry,” states the report, which notes mHealth devices,...