Mobile Health ‘Revolution’ Focus of Latest Horizons

The latest edition of AAMI’s award-winning Horizons magazine explores what it will take to harness mobile health and improve patient care.

The issue—Mobile Health: The Revolution Has Started. Are You Ready?—provides in-depth research articles on the latest practices and challenges with mobile healthcare devices, as well as advice and practical tips from manufacturers, regulators, clinicians, and wireless experts.

“How are healthcare organizations implementing and adapting to the new technologies and increased mobility? How are security of information delivery, access, and patient quality of care affected?” writes Erika Hatva, managing editor of Horizons, in the opening introduction.

This edition of Horizons has the answers and covers topics such as:

• How to connect mobile medical devices
• Clinical perspectives of mobile health in the U.S. and abroad
• New technologies and mHealth device and software design
• Security and the regulatory perspective
• The role of consumer apps in healthcare

Horizons reaches more than 10,000 medical technology professionals, including all AAMI members, as well as attendees at biomedical association meetings and industry events.

Six national healthcare organizations signed on to support this issue, including:

• ECRI Institute
• The American College of Clinical Engineering
• The Wi-Fi Alliance
• The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
• The Healthcare Information and Management System Society
• The Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security Consortium

For more information about Horizons, visit www.aami.org/publications/horizons, or contact Erika Hatva at ehatva@aami.org.

AAMI, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, is a nonprofit organization founded in 1967. It is a diverse community of nearly 7,000 healthcare technology professionals united by one important mission—supporting the healthcare community in the development, management, and use of safe and effective medical technology.