Mobile health and apps news in brief
Our first mobile health and apps news in brief of 2018 includes NHS England supporting a selection of entrepreneurs who have been given the task of designing and delivering new technological solutions and innovations in healthcare.
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Mobile and app news in brief
While mobile and wireless health apps continue to be created in abundance, this is not matched by consumer demand, finds a new report from Berlin. Almost 100,000 mHealth apps have been added since January 2015, but growth rates of mHealth app store downloads are down to 7% in 2016, from 35% last year. The report […]
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Mobile health and app news in brief
This month’s round-up of mobile and app news includes the introduction of free wi-fi at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and a mobile e-referral solution for therapists at Nottingham Hospitals.
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Mobile health and apps news in brief
This month’s round-up of apps and mobile developments includes new apps to support parents, a cookery app that measures brain function and GPS tracking for dementia patients
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Hospital app tracks patients
An iPhone app to track patients in hospital is being rolled out across University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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NHS health apps library to close
NHS Choices’ resource of reviewed health apps ends “period of testing” on 16 October.
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Health apps and mhealth news

App Round-up
Digital Health reporter Thomas Meek rounds-up what’s been happening in the world of apps, wearables and other mobile health technology.
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Call to improve mHealth data protection
Greater efforts must be made to protect patient data collected by mobile devices, according to Europe’s data guardian.
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Telecoms firms looking to mHealth
Almost half of all global telecoms firms are actively working to break into the mHealth market, according to a London analyst.
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