mHealth could improve healthcare, reduce medical costs<a href="http://ehealth.eletsonline.com/2012/05/mhealth-could-improve-healthcare-are-reduce-medical-costs/"> Mobile devices offer an opportunity to improve care and reduce medical costs, according to a new re-port by the Brookings Institution. The Washington Post report — titled, “How Mobile Devices Are Transforming Healthcare” — outlines some recent findings about the mobile health market. The report noted that Brookings economist Robert Litan has found that the use of mobile health moni-toring devices could reduce U.S. health care costs by about $197 billion over the next 25 years. Darrell West — author of the report, vice president and director of governance studies for Brookings and founding director of its Center for Technology Innovation — said devices like “Gluco Phones” — which monitors blood sugar levels — could help patients take control of their care and decrease the bur-den on health care providers.

mHealth could improve healthcare, reduce medical costs<a href="http://ehealth.eletsonline.com/2012/05/mhealth-could-improve-healthcare-are-reduce-medical-costs/"> Mobile devices offer an opportunity to improve care and reduce medical costs, according to a new re-port by the Brookings Institution. The Washington Post report — titled, “How Mobile Devices Are Transforming Healthcare” — outlines some recent findings about the mobile health market. The report noted that Brookings economist Robert Litan has found that the use of mobile health moni-toring devices could reduce U.S. health care costs by about $197 billion over the next 25 years. Darrell West — author of the report, vice president and director of governance studies for Brookings and founding director of its Center for Technology Innovation — said devices like “Gluco Phones” — which monitors blood sugar levels — could help patients take control of their care and decrease the bur-den on health care providers.