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Today's post comes from the Cancer InCytes Magazine Blog; you can find the original post by Uduak Thomas, M.A., here. 
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Scoop.it!
Report: mHealth has been invaluable in real-time monitoring of diseases FierceMobileHealthcare (press release) The pharmaceutical industry and healthcare providers are successfully leveraging mHealth technologies to improve healthcare services and...
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key summary:
"The developing world lacks such resources and is thus more receptive to a patient-centric model," states a GBI Research "Communication is vital for the healthcare system to function effectively, and mHealth technologies can collate, transfer and analyze medical information, with web-based platforms and mobile apps providing channels of communication between physicians and patients."
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The facts
"One statistic from the International Telecommunication Union puts the number of wireless subscribers at around 5 billion with over 70 percent living in low and middle income countries.
The international healthcare community is finding ways to use these technologies to its benefit. According to the WHO, in a survey completed by 114 member states, 83 percent of respondents offered at least one type of mHealth service with many offering between four to six programs".