Half of Consumers Want a Personal Health Monitoring Device

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News Although only 10% of adults in the United States currently use a personal health record (PHR), about 50% of consumers surveyed said they would like a mobile personal health monitoring device to alert them to health issues and help them make lifestyle or other change to improve their health. About 57% of consumers want access to an on-line mobile PHR connected to their physician’s office. Compared to consumers over the age of 50, younger consumers were twice as interested in having mobile device access to their PHRs. These were . . .