The 2012 mHealth Summit, held December 3-5, will build on last year’s success by highlighting emerging best practices from mobile Health IT implementations as well as the latest business, finance, policy, and technical perspectives – fostering in-depth dialogue to identify and accelerate cross-cutting value chains and sustainable mHealth business model adoption around the globe. The summit will also provide a dedicated focus on mHealth research, facilitating the development and commercialization of empirically-supported solutions for specific disease states.