CTIA is having panel today on mobile health (thanks dinesh!).
John Walls, Vice President of Public Affairs for CTIA, a leading wireless industry association, recently interviewed the Center for Disease Control’s Dr. Jay M. Bernhardt, who serves as the CDC’s Director of the National Center for Health Marketing.
“Mobile communications is absolutely going to revolutionize not just health communications, not just public health, but, I believe, health in general,” Bernhardt said during the interview. “We can put [health-related information] on television, on billboards, or your doctor can tell you… but one of the big problems with mass communications is that it’s hit or miss… [while] mobile technology is always within an arm’s reach.”
You can watch the video of the above interview here. No embed code was available.
I am a big believer in the potential of mobile in revolutionizing healthcare. We will soon be launching an exciting service in this area.