Pre-filled multi-day medication boxes (versus large dispensers meant for an external service area) are becoming increasingly common both in the community and individual home setting, but there is always the risk of an individual’s confusion in taking more than one… Read more'Right meds at right time' dispenser
This research evaluates how smartphones and tablet PCs at two points–2010 and 2012–have affected healthcare professionals and influenced the way they practice, including the most in-demand information. Compared are providers in the EU Big 5 and the US. Conducted by… Read moreHealthcare professional use of mobile devices: comparative study US and EU
You’ll find the design of this prototype skin sensor out of University of California, San Diego either endearingly goofy or just scary. This paper ‘tattoo’ is actually a solid-contact ion-selective electrode (ISE) made using standard screen printing techniques finished with… Read moreA tattoo sensor to delight–or scare–kiddies
David Shaywitz, co-founder of the Boston-based Center for Assessment Technology and Continuous Health (CATCH) and advocate for humanism in digital health [TA 6 Nov], surprises in his Forbes picks for digital health company, person and book of 2012. First, the… Read moreSome 'awards' for 2012 digital health
Are you a clinician who feels overwhelmed by the jillions of one-trick-pony medical apps on your iPad? Is your day characterized by wild mood swings due to frustration (left) in not being able to customize your apps? According to this… Read moreDo you suffer from M.A.D.?
Based on reports coming in, the mHealth Summit this week in Washington D.C. had a greater focus on the US and patient engagement than the past two years, which emphasized governmental programs and non-profit NGOs, but with a twist–insurers are… Read morePatient engagement and payers new theme of mHealth Summit
Neil Versel argues that Editor Donna’s question may very well be an understatement. To those of us in the technology community, the ‘button’ is a relic of an earlier time (and in the US, a reminder of an inadvertently funny… Read morePERS buttons obsolete…and dangerous?
Our onslaught of 2013 predictions starts with the Top Five from AT&T, cleverly timed for the mHealth Summit. From their press release supplying plenty of AT&T ForHealth focused examples (and our interpretation): A shift from stand-alone “unsponsored” apps to meaningful… Read more2013 crystal ball time: AT&T's top 5 predictions
mHealth is perceived as having the potential to be effective in changing behavior which will be effective in controlling chronic diseases such as diabetes, according to the mobile trade group GSMA in their latest white paper. The lead finding in… Read moremHealth perceived as globally effective: GSMA
This past week, brain injury once again has made sad headlines in the US this weekend with the public suicide of an NFL linebacker, following his murder of the mother of his child. Reportedly, Jovan Belcher of the Kansas City… Read moreBrain injury research study: progress is 'ordered, predictable'
