The Mobile Healthcare Industry Summit congratulates news from The European mHealth Alliance (EuMHA), who on Friday announced Intel as a foundation member. Intel have agreed to Chair the Innovation Workstream of EuMHA and will join the International Leadership Panel, which advises the Board of EuMHA on Strategy.

David McCarron, EMEA Healthcare Manager of Intel said "We are delighted to be part of EuMHA which is providing leadership in Europe in what is a fast growing but new and fragmented sector. Today, the healthcare industry worldwide is far from healthy. Mobile health solutions should help to give better access to care at acceptable costs and improve quality and security. We believe the opportunity to work with the membership mix of EuMHA which includes Healthcare Providers, Research Institutes and companies, large and small will deliver much needed focus.”

Following a week of announcements at the mHealth Summit in Washington, this news suggests a similar element of opportunity and collaboration among the EU stakeholders in mHealth. Most noticeably EuMHA membership seems to nod towards multi-disciplinary and cross-Atlantic best practice sharing – something essential in order to avoid ‘re-invinting the wheel’ in regulation negotiation, design, user-uptake and interoperability issues within mobile healthcare adoption and development. 2011 looks set to be an exciting year for EuMHA and mHealth generally. Watch this space!

Intel will be among the delegate audience at the Mobile Healthcare Industry Review on the afternoon/evening of the 14th December – join us for some informed sessions and roundtables before two hours of networking drinks with the most involved in mobile healthcare service and product development. Register here, for £99