Talk about great press for the iPhone. A news report titled “Earthquake survivor calls iPhone a life saver” and reports how the man used the applications on his iPhone to treat himself and survive until he could be rescued.
I suspect that mobile applications for health will get a kickstart based on this type of news. However, I’ve always believed mobile health to be an increasingly important and growing area. I will write about this more when I write about my disruptive innovations for health care.