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Smartphones Helping Doctors Keep a Healthy Connection with Patients

It’s not true that cellphones are actually glued to teenagers. It only appears that way while they do marathon texting, while checking emails or watching videos. The evolution of smartphones gives these teenagers a mini computer in their hands. Today, there are more than 60 million of them in the United States and the total is constantly increasing.

Fortunately, technology and medicine are intersecting and making good use of smartphones using apps to track medical conditions. It’s estimated that by 2016, three million patients worldwide will be using smartphones to transmit data from remote healthy monitoring devices. It’s expected that we’ll soon use our smartphones to monitor our vital signs and chronic conditions.

In a speech to the World Health Congress recently, Verizon Chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam said, “We believe in the disruptive power of innovation to transform health care and dramatically improve the quality of life, for America and the world.”

Verizon Stepping Up for Vets

It is a tough economy and job market. It’s especially true for military veterans. There is an epidemic of unemployment among our veterans and National Guard and Reserve members. Many service members are younger and had not established careers when they signed up to serve in the military.

Drawing Up A “Just Say No” Attitude

Over 8,000 fourth grade students from across New Jersey participated in the Thirteenth Annual Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey/Verizon New Jersey Design a Fourth Grade Folder Contest. The students from fourth grade classrooms across New Jersey were challenged to create peer-to-peer substance abuse prevention messages. The theme of the contest was “Fun Things to do Instead of Doing Drugs.”

Getting an Early Start on Being Earth Friendly

As part of Verizon’s commitment to sustainability and volunteerism, the Verizon Foundation and the New Jersey School-Age Care Coalition (NJSACC) held a day of volunteer projects and activities on April 21 at Rutgers Gardens, the botanical garden of Rutgers University, to introduce underserved urban youths to nature.