We’re generally accustomed to stories of technology being used to monitor the chronic health problems of adults.  But a large market for mobile phone monitoring of diabetes is–parents of children with diabetes. This recently released study by the Center for Connected Health confirms… Read moreParents receptive to mobile phone monitoring of children's diabetes

This thoughtful essay in For the Record, a US health information management publication, illustrates the ways that medical practices and hospitals are starting to incorporate emails, text/SMS and recording patients’ daily activities/adherence to medication regimens (new term of the day: ODL–observations… Read moreE-communication tools and their impact on medical practices

Coinciding with the Harvard Medical School study on the inefficiency of current health information technology (‘The automated mess’ 10 Dec) is this article published in the US-based Milbank Quarterly.   This ‘study of studies’ conducted by University College of London reviewed hundreds of previous studies… Read moreUniversity College of London study on EHR failure

At the TSA conference a month ago, a couple of people approached me [Steve] and said “You should check out what’s happening at Newham”, indicating that something was amiss with the Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) project there, but refusing to… Read moreWhat's up with the Newham WSD project?

mobihealthnews reports on a recent Apple patent application for a wireless earbud sensor using infrared radiation to monitor blood oxygen level, body temperature, heat flux and heart rate. The patent application notes that the earbud could use infrared photodetectors to monitor… Read moreSensor-based monitoring coming to an iPhone near you?

HBR has caught up with eHealth and their neighbor, the Center for Connected Health, on how their modules that integrate remote monitoring and a coaching/help website can help a ‘healthy middle aged guy’ with type 2 diabetes take better care of himself.  It… Read moreHarvard Business Review on remote monitoring potential

The Veterans Administration (VA) in the US has been a leader in using telehealth/telemedicine for remote diagnostics for at least two years (see website pages starting here).  This ZDNet article interviews the VA’s head of telehealth care coordination for the Rocky Mountain… Read moreWhat makes telehealth (and telemedicine) work?

As the Android OS for mobile phones seizes market share in record time (20% of mobile ad traffic) via T-Mobile and its hit debut with Verizon–and it looks like there will be an unlocked GSM Google Phone (rumored name: Nexus One–‘hacker report’ 16 Dec on specs… Read moreWill the Google phone(s) take the (healthcare app) pie?