Healthcare tech swinging fast to the mobile

THE world of healthcare technology is moving fast to the mobile, graduating from pilot projects to real strategic implementations, according to Patricia Mechael, executive director of global non-profit, the mHealth Alliance.

Ms Mechael told BizIT that as mobile phones have gotten more powerful, their ability to contribute to healthcare has come to the forefront.

And in Asia, where many users are coming to the Internet by way of the mobile first, plenty of innovative use cases have grown around mobile technology.