Publication Date: February 18, 2016Authors: Karandeep Singh, M.D. , David Bates, M.D., Kaitlin Drouin, Lisa P. Newmark, Ronen Rozenblum, Jaeho Lee, Adam Landman, Erika Pabo, Elissa V. Klinger The Commonwealth Fund, February 2016. Abstract Rising ownership of smartphones and tablets across social and demographic groups has made mobile applications, or apps, a potentially promising tool for […]
U.S. Hospitals Engaging Only 2 Percent of Patients via Mobile Apps, Putting as Much as $100 Million in Annual Revenue [Per Hospital] at Risk, Accenture Finds
CHICAGO; Jan. 6, 2016 – New research from Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has found that only 2 percent of patients in the largest U.S. hospitals are using hospital-provided mobile health apps. Accenture estimates that failure to align mobile apps to the services consumers’ demand could cost each of these hospitals, on average, more than $100 million […]