How Healthcare Apps Will Revolutionize the Medical Industry
App developers have solved a lot of problems in the last five years. Transportation? Uber. Travel? AirBnB. Banking? The list is too long to even start. One problem that the tech industry has been slow to tackle, however, is the healthcare industry. Fitness wearables are on the rise, and some on-demand house call services for […]
Startup Leverages Mobile App Tech to Save Lives
The best mobile apps solve problems and simplify life for their users. Unfortunately, not all iPhone app developers live up to their potential, and sometimes it seems like the headlines are dominated by news about Angry Birds or the Kim Kardashian emoji app. That’s why stories like the founding of FastEvac come like a breath […]
Apple Line of Smartwatches Unveiled, Apple Watch Coming in 2015
Invitees greeted Apple’s long-awaited unveiling of its smartwatch line with a standing ovation at an industry event in Cupertino, California on September 9. At a press conference, CEO Tim Cook went on to say, “Apple Watch is the most personal device we ever created. It works seamlessly with iPhone and is also a comprehensive health […]
Mobile Health Apps to Save Billions in Costly Hospital Visits
As predicted, the telemedicine industry is starting to show signs of the explosive growth it’s long promised, and a new app called HealthTap Prime is one of the major reasons why. HealthTap Prime allows users to place video calls to registered physicians at any time of day or night so they can receive medical advice […]
Messaging Apps Fuel Massive Growth in Mobile Industry
2013 was another record-breaking year for the mobile app industry — one which saw year-over-year growth of 115 percent. While many different app categories contributed to the impressive growth rate, messaging and social media apps led the charge. The messaging apps category, which includes social media and photo sharing software, grew by 203 percent in […]
How App Developers are Changing the Future of Healthcare
The healthcare system has generated a massive amount of data in the past half-decade. According to statistics compiled by PubMed, a major medical publications organization, the past five years have seen an incredible number of research studies and papers, including: 132,241 studies on hospital morbidity 39,230 studies on medication interactions and side effects 9,745 papers […]