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they need to be hospitalised," said Chief
Clinical Transformation Officer Dr.
Richard Milani.
Sumit Rana, chief technology officer at
Epic Systems, said the timing was right
for mobile health tech to take off.
"We didn't have smartphones ten years
ago; or an explosion of new sensors and
devices," Rana said.
Many of the hospitals questioned suggested that they were also eager to try
pilots of the Google Fit service, since
Google's Android software powers such
a large proportion of the smartphone
and tablet market. Google said it has several developer partners on board for Fit,
which connects to apps and devices, but
did not comment for this research on its
outreach to hospitals.
Samsung said it is working with Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital
to develop mobile health technology.
The firm also has a relationship with the
University of California's San Francisco
Medical Center.
Apple's move into mobile health tech
comes as the Affordable Care Act and
other healthcare reform efforts aim to
provide incentives for doctors to keep
patients healthy. The aim is to move
away from the "fee for service" model,

which has tended to reward doctors
for pricey procedures rather than for
outcomes.

the 250,000 patients in his system had data
from sources such as Jawbone's Up activity
tracker and wirelessly connected scales.

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