The Transformative Power of Mobile Medicine

Paul Cerrato, MA, has had over 30 years of experience working in healthcare, as a clinician, researcher, author, editor, and college lecturer. The last 7 years have been spent researching and writing about healthcare technology. He has served as Editor of Information Week Healthcare, Executive Editor of Contemporary OB/GYN, and Senior Editor of RN Magazine. Cerrato is the author of Protecting Patient Information and the co-author with John Halamka of Realizing the Promise of Precision Medicine. He has been named one of the most influential bloggers in healthcare IT by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). John Halamka, MD, serves as the International Healthcare Innovation Professor at Harvard Medical School. He is also Chief Information Officer of the Beth Israel Deaconess System and a practicing emergency physician. Dr. Halamka serves on one of the advisory committees for the Precision Medicine Initiative, which has been funded with $215 million from the U.S. government. He has devoted his career to empowering patients, providers, and payers with mobile-friendly applications exchanging data using international standards.

1. Innovations in mHealth Part 12. Innovations in mHealth, Part 23. Exploring the Strengths and Weaknesses of Mobile Apps4. Mobile Apps Critique: Heart disease and hypertension5. Mobile Apps Critique: Diabetes and asthma6. Mobile Apps Critique: Mental health/Depression7. Reinventing clinical decision support: Is there a role for mobile technology?8. Telemedicine: Opportunities and Challenges9. Patient Engagement must be our Top Priority10. Security and privacy concerns11. Designing the ideal mobile medical app