Pamela Swingley - January 20, 2010
These are still early days, but they are busy ones.
We couldn’t agree more with this last sentence in MobiHealthNews’ comprehensive report on the state of the wireless health industry. It’s also a good descriptor for the current state of RememberItNow!
When we started RememberItNow! we didn’t realize the full potential of the wireless health market, or how nimble we would need to be. Turns out it’s a challenge that we really love.
Brian Dolan and Joe Maillie co-founders of MobiHealthNews have their fingers on the pulse of this industry. They generously share a year of research in their free report. A real gift to start-ups that can’t afford to buy research from industry analysts. Thanks guys!
If you want to a glimpse of the future of healthcare you’ll find it here.
Inside you’ll discover impressive market opportunity numbers. The report includes a list of partnerships formed in 2009, venture capital investments, wireless carrier and care provider involvement, key industry associations, and much more.
It’s a great reference point for the year ahead. as well as a snapshot of an industry in its infancy.
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Pamela Swingley - December 9, 2009
A recent report conducted by the National Alliance for Caregiving and the AARP provides a comprehensive portrait of family caregivers today in the United States.
What is amazing is the number of people who act as unpaid caregivers. In the past 12 months, an estimated 65.7 million people in the U.S. have served as unpaid family caregivers to an adult or a child. The Caregiving in the U.S. 2009 report is packed with research. Here are a few of the findings:
* Eighty-six percent of caregivers provide provide care for a relative, 36% care for a parent and 14% care for their own child.
* The main reasons people need care are old age (12%), Alzheimer’s disease (10%), mental/emotional illness (7%), cancer (7%), heart disease (5%) and stroke (5%).
* On average, caregivers spend 20.4 hours per week providing care.
* 90% of caregivers say their recipient takes prescription medications.
* 68% of caregivers for an adult receive help from one other unpaid caregiver.
New technologies such as RememberItNow! offer great promise for facilitating some of the responsibilities that caregivers’ shoulder and more generally to improve the care for their recipients. Nearly half of caregivers say they are already using some type of technology to provide care. An electronic organizer/calendar is the most frequently used technology. Here’s a breakdown:
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Pamela Swingley - August 31, 2009
A new survey released today from Microsoft Corp. shows that Americans would like their health insurers and physicians to proactively use technology to help them build healthier lifestyles. The survey reveals:
* 77 percent of Americans find technology “inviting” instead of “intimidating” when it comes to helping them manage their health.
* 62 percent find personal health records (PHRs) like Microsoft’s HealthVault or Google Health valuable. RememberItNow! includes a number of PHR features.
* 55 percent feel the healthcare system is fragmented for helping people proavtively manage their health.
According to the research, the opportunity for new solutions is plentiful. Insurers and providers have an opportunity to use technology that seamlessly connects into consumers’ daily digital lifestyles to engage them in their health and begin to reverse the course of chronic disease.
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