Mobile health apps have definitely picked up pace and are being increasingly adopted. The health app industry is one of those industries where the market size is rapidly growing.

According to Statista, the mhealth industry is projected to reach $58.8billion by 2020

Mobile Health App Industry

With health care mobility growth, the health app industry is greatly benefitting from this. It is probably the only industry that is truly exploiting every possible opportunity. The health mobile app industry is one that has and will have more and more innovation.

Here are a few facts to second the opinion above.

So what app categories are popular and enjoy the most downloads?

How about the user statistics?

Mobile Health app user statistics

Does the doctor community recommend the use of mobile health apps?

The doctors recommend them too…

The other side…

Inspite of these big numbers and promising statistics, few industry analysts feel that healthcare apps are yet to get more meaningful. It is believed that apps get meaningful when they include and connect all the relevant stakeholders of the health care industry. This could aid in pushing the app usage to a great extent. This makes us realize that the mobile health application industry has only touched the tip of the ice berg. So here are a few different perspectives based on which a mobile health application should think from…

From a payer’s perspective: For patients with chronic health conditions, mobile application support is critical to manage and improve care. The other benefit is the long-term savings and improved outcomes that are more valuable than the return on investments. Thus we could rightly term mobile health applications as strategic investments.

What can the employers do? While there are organizations that promote and encourage health and fitness programs, it can get more effective via using mobile health apps. These health apps can be doubled as a platform wherein employees can track progress and even seek advice. This data not only provides information on the participant levels but is also helpful to incentivize employees that have impressively crossed milestones and set examples. These changes in small steps help organizations cut healthcare costs and also boast of a healthier workforce that ensures productivity.

Hospitals can enhance patient engagement by rolling out health care through smartphones. With a smartphone savvy population, patient management only gets easier, simpler and direct. The consultation, tracking and monitoring services are extended via smartphones that are mutually beneficial in terms of costs, education and communication.

In a clinical set up, the mobile applications can help resource management by effectively cutting time, personnel and costs. The efforts are greatly reduced by eliminating paper works, scanning documents and making phone calls. Instead patient progress and alerts are sent on smartphones while patients can also send feedbacks.

While in some cases there may not be instant returns, it is always a viable and smart decision to instill mobility as the gains often overweigh the initial hiccups and the investments are well worth it.

We at Innomobileapps having built healthcare apps are the right choice for your unique requirements. We believe our experience and expertise will be a perfect fit to your long term goals. Call us today for a discussion and get started.

Change is something that is hard to be accepted by anyone. At times the changes are good and has to be accepted. The age of windows 7 is coming to an end with the dawn of windows 8 in 2015. Microsoft has plans to migrate their users to the new Operating System.

It is assumed that Windows 8-1 comes with excellent features and here are a few tips for you to feel free when you get your hands on it.

Sign-in screen

If you have no issues if another person access your computer, then you can bypass the sign-in screen.

Process

By  clicking the lower right hand corner or by clicking on windows+C buttons together the charms menu can be opened.  Select Search features, and then type netplwiz, and select the first result which pops up.  Choose the account in which you want access to sign in automatically in the pop-up window and then uncheck the option “User must enter username and password to use this computer”,  click OK. If you have already had a password, make sure to enter it while making the changes.

By doing so, the next  time while entering the windows it will take you straight away to the start screen. 

Start button

The start button is similar to start button in windows 7. Clicking on the start button will take you back to the start menu or your previously used app.

Process

 Doing a right click will display a menu to access the control panel, task manager and other short cuts.

Desktop mode – boot up

“Metro” user interface layout of apps will be the first thing that everyone notices in Windows 8.1 .One could return back to Windows 7 desktop by simply clicking onto the desktop tile. PC or Tablet could be automatically set up to boot to the desktop instead of going to the start screen.

Process

Select desktop-taskbar→select  properties →click on Navigation Tab (click on the check box “When I sign in or close all apps on a screen, go to the desktop instead of start”.

Customized start menu

App titles on the Start screen can be resized and organized .

Process

To unpin from start menu: right-click on a tile (click on the option that says unpin from start menu or uninstall.

To resize: choose the option to resize your tile small, medium, wide or large.

Make your group: just drag drop different apps in a particular place and by just right clicking on top of the screen one could just rename it.

Disabling hot corners

For quick access windows 8.1 uses “hot corners” and “Charms ” menu.

Process

When you bring your mouse to the top left corner of the screen, it will display all the apps that you have opened.

By bringing your cursor to the top right corner will open up your charms menu, that provides access to the search menu, Settings etc.,.

Or if you find this tedious then you could just right-click the desktop→choose Properties→open Navigation tab→under Corner Navigation heading→disable top left  and top right corners.

View all your apps

Complete list of installed programs can be viewed  by clicking down the lower-hand side fo start menu. By clicking on the top arrow will take you back to the start menu.

Changing default apps

Not everyone prefers IE, so Windows 8.1 allows to to set our default apps lie email client, video player, calendar and much more.

Process

Go to Charms menu→click on settings→select PC options→click Search &Apps→select default.

Universal wallpaper

The start screen and desktop have different wallpaper which will let you change the look, color and wallpaper of the start screen. This will let you see your current desktop as a final option in the select box and it can be used as a universal wallpaper.

Process

Start screen→Charms menu→click on settings→select Personalize.

System image creation

If you are in need of a backup of the work you have done on the system where you could restore all of the old data in case your computer crashes or if it stops working.

Process

Desktop control panel→select System and security →File History→at the bottom you would find a system Image Backup option.

Hot Bonu

Never forget about updates. Be updated with the special offers issued by Microsoft, which includes bug fixes and new features of windows.

Process

To check this got to Settings→Update and recovery→select “Check for updates”.

Our Enterprise Mobile App developers in Innomobileapps are here to keep you updated on the latest features and updates of the new technologies.

Undoubtedly, the automotive industry has some of the most advanced production systems in the modern world. Automotive industry also quickly adapts to the changing environments and technologies. Today, with mobile technology ruling the ring, the automobile industry has quickly embraced the mobile technologies to its advantage. Whether it be the manufacturing unit or it be a garage, every business in the automobile industry uses mobile apps to deliver up to the expectations of the consumers. Of late, companies, such as BMW, Honda, Toyota, and other big players have taken sides with Google and Apple in making their vehicles mobile friendly.

In fact, the automotive industry is trying to transform the vehicles into a mobile device. All of the major automobile manufacturers are into serious research to include embedded apps in their vehicles. Already, enterprise mobile app developers have come out with a number of innovative ideas of using mobile apps to the advantage of the automobile industry. Some of the enterprise level mobile apps currently in use include the mobile apps that coordinate vehicles of transportation companies, mobile apps that enable garages to coordinate their workflow, and mobile apps that empower employees to share and collaborate among others.

Google recently unveiled the concept of driverless vehicle and the story goes on. Mobile apps are used at different levels in the automotive industry. Whether it be GPS navigation or it be the work flow process or it be the employee coordination, automotive industry depends on mobile applications for all of these activities. All of the automobile manufacturers and related service providers unanimously agree that the involvement of enterprise mobile apps has greatly increased the productivity and profit in the industry.

Unfortunately a handful of enterprise mobile app developers dominate the enterprise arena, while others are naïve. Although there are thousands of android and iOS app developers in the market, they often focus on consumer centric apps as it is easy to conceptualize and develop such applications. Moreover, creatively developed consumer centric apps can instantly go viral. On the other hand, it requires knowing both the worlds when it comes to developing enterprise level mobile apps.

At Innomobileapps, our enterprise mobile app developers have developed a number of android apps and iOS applications for the automotive industry. Some of the highly popular automotive mobile apps are showcased in our portfolio page. With all the experience and expertise at hand, we are eager to extend a helping hand to automotive industries that wish to develop enterprise mobile apps for their businesses. For more details, contact us.

Introduction to changing mobile technologies

           The mobile technology has seen a rapid transformation recently. While the businesses are just beginning to utilize the mobile apps for smart mobile phones and tablets to their advantage, the arrival of wearable technology has cast a spell on the users. Many businesses are wondering if they should develop a smart phone application at all. It is true that the fast paced changes in technologies make some of the recent ones obsolete. This article analyzes the impact of wearable technology on the business mobility and on the smart mobile phone application.

Use of enterprise mobile applications

The use of enterprise mobile apps in the corporate businesses has just gained momentum. Industries have started using mobile applications to simplify complex tasks and provide instant access to vital data to the employees on the move. Early birds that acknowledged the value of business mobility did reap the benefits of using mobile apps in the production and marketing areas. Several of the businesses and organizations, such as banks, hospitals, manufacturing units, retail stores and automobiles among others are successfully utilizing enterprise level mobile applications. Many others have also jumped into the bandwagon to make use of the new technology to their advantage.

Benefits of enterprise level applications

Within a short span of its debut smart mobile phones and tablets have had a great impact on the various aspects of businesses, such as production and marketing. As of now mobile applications are being used to simplify complex business processes and to increase productivity. The ability of apps to empower employees with remote working capability has also made production very efficient. The role of mobile applications in the marketing arena is undoubtedly a prominent one. Today, mobile applications have become an inevitable business tool to reach, engage, and woo customers of all classes. Seers predict that the mobile revolution has just begun and that it would transform the businesses like never before.

BYOD and related concepts

The concept of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) has also come as boon to startup companies that wish to cut down on initial investments. It is a proven fact that empowering employees to work remotely and on the go increases production. Enterprise level apps with collaboration software and private storage space integration have proved to be very productive. Only recently there have been several improvements on security measures and Mobile Device Management (MDM) software. The newly evolved concepts of BYOD, such as Choose Your Own Device (CYOD) and Company-owned Personally-enabled (COPE) devices are being expected to bring about a drastic change in the use of mobile apps at the industrial level.  

Debut of wearable gadgets

However, the arrival of wearable gadgets, such as Google Glass has made business people raise their eyebrows. Apart from Google Glass, Apple too has been researching on its iWatch. While businesses are yet to make full use of the mobile trends in the society, the debut of wearable technology has instilled a fear in the minds of business people. Their fear is not without a reason, many of the technologies that were hyped did disappear even before they reached the zenith. For instance, the pager, which had a glorious debut didn’t last for long. However, the view of technology experts is very different from that of business people. Here are some of the reasons why smart mobile phones and tablets would continue to dominate in the forthcoming years.

Limitations of wearable devices

According to the technology experts, most of the wearable devices only come as an aid to smart phone and not as its competitor. In fact, the debut of wearable devices will only increase the smart phone usage, which is a good sign for the businesses that rely on mobile technologies to increase production and market their products and services. The fear of business people that the new wearable technology might make the existing mobile phone technology obsolete is a needless one. One other important reason cited by the technology experts is that all of the wearable devices in the contemporary market have much lesser features than that of standard mobile devices, such as smart phones and tablets. Many of them are still under development and that it would take a long time before many of the concepts become a reality. Businesses should view that advancement only as a complement to the existing technology. 

App developer’s dilemma

Even the mobile app development companies were stirred by the arrival of wearable technology. However, according to experts, the wearable technology will be an apt complement that will only increase the opportunities and efficiency of mobile app development. Mobile app developers, on the other hand, will have to update and train themselves to make the new technology work toward the benefit of their clients. Both businesses and app development companies should view wearable technology only as a positive change that will hasten their efforts in reaching out to the customers and not as a threat to the existing mobile technologies.

Benefits of wearable devices in the enterprise arena

In fact, technology experts have come out with suggestions for better usage of enterprise level mobile apps with wearable devices. The first and foremost advantage of wearable devices is that they make the job easier with hands free technology. Secondly, they are confident that all of the wearable gadgets will be able to seamlessly integrate with smart phones and tablets for better usability. They cite Samsung Galaxy’s smart watch and other similar gadgets including the proposed iWatch from Apple as complementing the existing mobile technology. In fact, experts feel that wearable devices would take the BYOD to the next level. Discussions on the new concept of Wear Your Own Device (WYOD) have already started emerging in the enterprise arena.

Conclusion

It is true that wearable devices are a complement to the existing smart phones and tablets. It is also true that they may evolve into independent gadgets with all of the features that are present in contemporary smart phones and tablets. However, it may take a long time before something substantial is achieved in the wearable devices. As far as businesses are concerned, it is wise to make use of contemporary technologies and trends to keep in pace with the competitors. Embracing new technologies has been the tradition of businesses and wearable devices are not an exception to this rule.