Bluetooth technology is booming in the realm of modern health and fitness, according to a new report from ON World, a global market research firm.

A new report from the organization projects that the adoption of mobile sensing health and fitness products will increase by 500 percent over the next five years.

“Smartphones with Bluetooth Smart onboard provides mobile sensing developers with iOS and Android libraries, app stores, cloud connected mobile gateways and hundreds of millions of users to target their creations to,” asserts Mareca Hatler, ON World’s research director.

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Physicians Interactive confirmed on Tuesday the company’s new partnership with docwise, a social magazine featuring medical content for healthcare professionals.

Physicians Interactive, a well-known provider of online and mobile clinical resources and solutions for healthcare professionals, says the partnership will “unleash the power of the most customized digital content for medical professionals available today through the Omnio iPad app.”

Omnio is billed as a versatile app that optimizes the way medical professionals access information on the iPad. It will integrate docwise’s aggregated reader platform for serving personalized curated content to clinicians, beginning this summer.

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By 2017, there will be 1.4 billion mobile sensing health and fitness app downloads.

According to a new report from ON World, a global research firm, mobile sensing technologies are revolutionizing healthcare by providing low-cost patient-centered solutions with real-time patient to doctor monitoring.

“Advances in low power wireless communications, MEMS and multi-sensor arrays have resulted in viable body area network applications for clinical patient monitoring, assisted care, at-home chronic disease management and general wellness,” explains Mareca Hatler, ON World’s research director. “At the same time, there has been enormous growth for mobile sensing apps for smartphones and tablets.”

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This week, Novation – a hospital and health care supply chain expertise, analytics and contracting company – released its 2013 Diagnostic Imaging Watch report, which points to an interesting and emerging reality in the healthcare industry.

It’s no secret that new diagnostic imaging equipment can be a costly investment for health care organizations given the rapid advancements in technology.  Fortunately, an encouraging trend could mitigate these financial burdens while still ensuring quality, cutting-edge care.

As it turns out, portable tablets and their corresponding mobile applications are hot commodities in the field of radiology today.

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According to a new report from CDW, a leading provider of technology products and services for business, government and education, even as the Baby Boomers enter their 60s and 70s, “there’s no slowing down this demographic” when it comes to adopting and embracing technology.

In fact, CDW reports that seniors are susprisingly still keeping up with today’s modern technologies.

From mobile phones to social networking sites, boomers are also utilizing technology to play a more active role in their own healthcare. With such a large demographic influencing our world, who knows what technologies will be in demand in the near future!

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On Wednesday, Frost & Sullivan indicated in a new report that telehealth opportunities in Asia-Pacific are on the rise.

The APAC market for real-time telemedicine generated revenue worth $44.6 million in 2012 while remote patient monitoring equipment generated $773.5 million.

For the full year, however, the report shows that mhealth was the largest revenue contributor in 2012, with an estimated $7.9 billion generated through voice, text and mobile services in healthcare.

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At the mHealth Summit last week, in Washington DC, we had the opportunity in a break-out session to hear Brian Gardner, Executive Director of the Mobility Center of Excellence of Kaiser Permanente.  The KP mantra is “Your health happens anywhere.”  So by innovating mobile communication with its Members and employees, Kaiser Permanente is able to help manage their health, beyond the walls of their hospitals and clinics.   They have proven that communicating to their Members within the mobile channel not only personalizes their relationship with them, but also it improves their health.

Their mobile channel reach is expending to include virtual mobile in their Member’s home.  Brian stressed the User Experience, and how important it is for the Member to have access and immediacy to their healthcare solutions.  KP sees the future of mHealth in the Personalized Digital Health space via mobile .  With digital connected care Members have the ability to monitor their own health.

Kaiser Permanente‘s goal is to  enrich the Member experience, by allowing the  Member to set  their preferences for contact  in a personalized and optimized fashion.  Brian was sharing how there is now a “new normal” happening in our world today.    He shared that personally he has not set foot into his bank for the past year.   All his banking needs are transacted via the web or his mobile device. This is a new normal for banking transactions. The same can be said for the healthcare space.  When polled, he stated that 90% of consumers desire to use digital technology to manage their health.  Addressing this high need, Kaiser Permanente launched 3 consumer based apps in 2012 addressing exercise, competition in a team environment, and diet/nutrition.  They are wrapping up 3 more apps by years end for the Kaiser Member, addressing preventative care.

Being innovators in the healthcare space is just one of many areas in which Kaiser Permanente excels.