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mHealth: Boon or Bane?

mHealth is the use of mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets that enable the transmission of patient information by health care providers at the point of care. What are the legal ramifications?

8 minute read July 27, 2011 at 10:41 AM
By
Linda S. Crawford
mHealth: Boon or Bane?

What happens to the traveler in a different time zone who needs to communicate with his physician? In the past, it would have been a huge problem trying to deal with morning in one part of the world and evening in the other.

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