Before it has even reached the masses, Google Glass has already captivated the fascination of millions after its official preview earlier this year.

A sleek technology designed for the human face, Google Glass delivers a killer augmented reality experience that will undoubtedly have profound implications on how we interact with the world around us.

Although its release won’t take place until next year, we already know that Glass makes it possible for users to record and share photos, obtain directions through voice control, participate in Google+ hangouts, view language translations, etc. But the implications of Google Glass for healthcare providers could be equally significant and beneficial.

According to Janky Patel of the iiSpere blog, the ways in which doctors could use the Google Glass technology are both myriad and profound.

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Here are some of the top stories in mobile health that we’ve been monitoring in recent days.

• Medicine Adherence Boosted by SMS for Seniors

According to an announcement from the Front Porch Center for Innovation and Wellbeing, one of Southern California’s largest not-for-profit providers of retirement living communities and affordable housing, SMS messages are helping seniors to remember to take their medication.

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By 2017, an estimated 40 million patients could be receiving improved medical care in Brazil and Mexico as a result of mHealth’s ongoing expansion across the region.

A new GSMA report, developed with PwC, shows that the implementation of mHealth services in Brazil and Mexico will help extend healthcare to 28.4 million additional patients in Brazil and 15.5 million patients in Mexico in 2017.

The peripheral benefits of mHealth’s expansion will be just as pronounced, the report suggests, with some 16 million citizens expected to see improvements in their lifestyle and general health.

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Some of the biggest and most prominent names in the health insurance industry are developing and launching mobile apps at a furious pace.

Hawaii health insurer University Health Alliance is the latest to enter the mobile app arena.

This week, the company launched a mobile application to help its 52,000 members access information more readily.

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A recent report from HealthIT.gov highlights the impressive progress observed across the health Information Technology front as of early 2013.

The findings were presented in a new infographic, which is shared below.

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In 2012, health insurance provider Discovery Health introduced to the South African market a groundbreaking electronic health-record application called HealthID.

For the time being, HealthID is available on the Apple iPad but it will soon be Android compatable.

The electronic health record is at the heart of the application and stores valuable clinical information derived from claims data and pathology laboratories.

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The California Poison Control System (CPCS) is the largest single provider of poison control services in the United States. As a result, it’s no surprise that the organization is consistently relying on mobile solutions to better inform and protect the masses when it comes to a wide variety of potentially serious if not life-threatening dangers.

On Wednesday, the CPCS launched what is being called a “groundbreaking” bilingual digital health project that puts teaching tools onto the mobile devices of farm workers and other community health professionals.

The Pesticide Safety Project provides safety information primarily through narrative videos and encourages reporting of pesticide exposures for farm workers and others who may be exposed at work or in the home.

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