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Back in Sociology 101* most of us studied Abraham Maslow’s ‘hierarchy of needs’, which addressed the progression of needs from the most basic (food) to ‘self-actualization’ (whatever that means). (Or in Bertolt Brecht’s phrase, ‘first comes a full stomach, then… Read moreThe 'hierarchy of needs' applied to patient engagement
Happtique, the online mHealth application ‘store’ backed by GNYHA Ventures, also hosts half-hour weekly ‘broadcasts’ on BlogTalkRadio for features and education on eHealth topics. Recent guests have included Drs. Joseph Kvedar of the Center for Connected Health (Partners Healthcare) and… Read moreEnter the mHealthZone (BlogTalkRadio)
GP Online, which, as we have previously noted, has been taking a strongly sceptical line on telehealth attended a Westminster Health Forum event in London yesterday, where the Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) cost evidence was apparently exposed in more detail… Read moreTelehealth 'three times over NICE cost limit' (UK)
At last week’s Digital Health Summer Summit in San Diego, Lisa Suennen, Managing Member of Psilos Group, and Don Jones, Vice President of Wireless Health, Global Strategy and Market Development at Qualcomm Life, proposed ‘ten commandments’ to make digital health (a/k/a eHealth, mobile health, telehealth) work. No stone tablets given to Moses on Mount Sinai, but it’s a start. [Follow ‘Read More, below]
The University of Missouri’s (MU) seven-year research on the early disease detection capabilities of primarily behavioral monitoring (telecare) was just awarded a National Science Foundation grant to expand to another community in Iowa. The Missouri test uses bed sensors that… Read moreQuantifying early detection capabilities of telecare
What are the potential ethical and legal areas of conflict for physicians who practice telemedicine? This was pondered at the recent American Medical Association’s (AMA) annual meeting in Chicago during the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) open forum…. Read moreThe ethical problems of remote care
David Lee Scher, MD proposes that five technology areas will benefit from the current US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) greenlighting of the Accountable Care Act (ACA): informatics, mobile apps, telemedicine (virtual consults), peer-to-peer healthcare social networking and (drumroll) remote monitoring (telehealth… Read moreFive tech areas benefiting from ACA upheld (US)
Using mobile for tracking and trending moods is fairly new (T2 Mood Tracker, Ginger.io), but reading those moods using recognition software is new and still rather experimental. Two Massachusetts-based companies, Cogito Health and Affectiva, both spinouts of MIT Media Lab,… Read moreReading–and recording–those ever-changing moods
Posted in the list of interesting responses to the first WSD report, but worthy of its own item, the Bosch Healthcare Statement on Initial WSD Report in the BMJ makes the point that the WSD recipients were studied during the… Read moreBosch Healthcare statement on initial WSD report in the BMJ
A number of times in the past few years we have noted the commitment to roll out telehealth (broad definition) in the Philippines. [TA items] Here’s yet more evidence: Bill to establish telehealth standards filed. (Business Mirror)
