mHealth: Remote Patient Monitoring Is On The Rise, With Smartphones Leading The Way
Rip Empson, TechCrunch
“Last month, we took a look at some of the ways mobile technology is transforming the health industry.
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The Future of mHealth: Putting Patients in the Driver’s Seat
Forbes
“Healthcare challenges are on the rise worldwide. Chronic conditions take an ever-greater toll, and costs are on the rise. But health insurance no longer bridges the gap for many, and healthcare systems struggle to balance the need for top-notch care and innovation against shrinking budgets.
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Number of patients to be monitored by mobile networks to rise to 3m by 2016: Study
CBR
“Mobile healthcare and medical App downloads will reach 44m in 2012 and 142m in 2016, says Juniper Research.
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Smartphones Drive Mobile Health
John Pulley, NextGov
“A population that is on the move will increasingly turn to mobile health applications, predicts a new market study.
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An Internet-Based Virtual Coach to Promote Physical Activity Adherence in Overweight Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial
Watson A et al, J Med Internet Res, 14(1)
Background:
Addressing the obesity epidemic requires the development of effective, scalable interventions. Pedometers and Web-based programs are beneficial in increasing activity levels but might be enhanced by the addition of nonhuman coaching.
Objectives:
We hypothesized that a virtual coach would increase activity levels, via step count, in overweight or obese individuals beyond the effect observed using a pedometer and website alone.
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Cell Phone-Based and Internet-Based Monitoring and Evaluation of the National Antiretroviral Treatment Program During Rapid Scale-Up in Rwanda: TRACnet, 2004-2010
Nsanzimana S et al, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 59(2)
BACKGROUND
Monitoring and evaluation of antiretroviral treatment (ART) scale-up has been challenging in resource-limited settings. We describe an innovative cell-phone-based and internet-based reporting system (TRACnet) utilized in Rwanda.
METHODS
From January 2004 to June 30, 2010, all health facilities with ART services submitted standardized monthly aggregate reports of key indicators. National cohort data were analyzed to examine trends in characteristics of patients initiating ART and cumulative cohort outcomes. Estimates of HIV-infected patients eligible for ART were obtained from Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (Estimation and Projection Package-Spectrum, 2010).
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U.S. Military developing high-tech “smart” underwear for soldiers
The Himalayan Times
“When you think of the latest and most powerful military technology you might imagine smart bullets that can bend around corners or advanced stealth technology that can render a soldier virtually invisible, but underwear? Probably not, but that is exactly what the U.S. military is adding to its seemingly endless arsenal.
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Is 2012 The Year Of Online Patients?
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, InformationWeek Healthcare
“Sticking with New Year’s resolutions is still top of mind for many folks. No doubt many are looking to the new smartphones, iPads, and health-related apps that Santa delivered to help fulfill those resolutions. So could 2012 be the year of tech-enabled patient engagement?
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Senstore Wants To Make A Tricorder That Monitors The Entire Body
Peter Murray, Singularity Hub
“What a great place that Singularity University is. Smart, motivated people coming together to make the world a better place through technology. This past summer a group of talented students put their heads together to tackle the Global Health grand challenge. What they came up with was a hardware platform built into a t-shirt for which developers might design sensory applications.
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Microsoft, Healthrageous join Ford to research in-car health monitoring
Neil Versel, mobihealthnews
“Ford Motor Co. is building on its in-car health monitoring initiative by teaming with Microsoft and Healthrageous to research how people can monitor their health and promote wellness with connected devices while in their vehicles.
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MIT researchers use smart phones to monitor health
John Tozzi, Bloomberg Businessweek
“In 2009, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology gave a dorm full of students smart phones and tracked where they went, whom they called and texted, and at what times they communicated.
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Qualcomm collaborative could help spark EHR use
Marla Durben Hirsch, FierceEMR
“Lack of patient interest in managing their own care and in electronic health records have long been problematic. But a new project may help to spark patient engagement and improve health.
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Wireless Technology in Disease Management and Medicine
Clifford GD, Clifton D. Annual Review of Medicine, 2011
Healthcare information, and to some extent patient management, is progressing toward a wireless digital future. This change is driven partly by a desire to improve the current state of medicine using new technologies, partly by supply-and-demand economics, and partly by the utility of wireless devices. Wired technology can be cumbersome for patient monitoring and can restrict the behavior of the monitored patients, introducing bias or artifacts.
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A case for cameras — augmenting the view of small assisted living
Laurie Orlov, Aging In Place Technology Watch
“Should video monitoring be required in small assisted living homes? In recent Senate testimony, ALFA president Rick Grimes sounded a bit defensive about the regulatory oversight of assisted living facilities (ALFs) in Florida (aka ‘group homes’ in other states).
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Smartphone Camera Detects Breathing Rate, Pulse and Blood Oxygen Saturation
Wouter Stomp, MedGadget
“Both the iPhone app store and the Android market have their fair share of heart rate monitors, which use either the microphone or in some cases the camera to detect your heart rate, with varying levels of accuracy.
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Features of Mobile Diabetes Applications: Review of the Literature and Analysis of Current Applications Compared Against Evidence-Based Guidelines
Chomutare T et al, J Med Internet Res, 13(3)
Background:
Interest in mobile health (mHealth) applications for self-management of diabetes is growing. In July 2009, we found 60 diabetes applications on iTunes for iPhone; by February 2011 the number had increased by more than 400% to 260. Other mobile platforms reflect a similar trend. Despite the growth, research on both the design and the use of diabetes mHealth applications is scarce. Furthermore, the potential influence of social media on diabetes mHealth applications is largely unexplored.
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e-SALUD en Simo 2011
Apiscam
“Ayer por la tarde, como parte del programa de las jornadas del sector e-SALUD de la edición de este año de “SIMO Network” , la Feria Internacional de Servicios y Soluciones TIC para Empresas organizada por IFEMA, tuvo lugar una sesión titulada “La monitorización del paciente”
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The Latest Sports Stat: Players’ Vital Signs
Emily Singer, Technology Review
“Statistics in sports is about to hit a whole new level. A new generation of wearable monitors that measure heart rate, electrical activity in the heart, lung capacity, metabolism, and other metrics is allowing scientists to study athletes’ physiology as they play.
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Automated home telephone self-monitoring reduces hospitalization in patients with advanced heart failure
Kurtz B et al, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 17(6)
We studied 138 patients admitted for heart failure (HF). Patients were allocated one of three treatment strategies. Group 1 (G1, n = 50) were given usual care for HF, Group 2 (G2, n = 56) received a multi-disciplinary team approach, while Group 3 (G3, n = 32) had home telephone self-monitoring. Telemonitoring was based on the answers to three simple queries about bodyweight change, dyspnoea and general health. The system stratified the HF severity of each patient once a week, and recommended a prompt medical appointment or simple follow-up.
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Woman-owned and operated start-up AFrameDigital has developed a platform for wearable body sensor network technology
Brian Edwards, iMedicalApps
“By 2020 it is estimated that 12 million elderly Americans will require long-term care and constant monitoring. This presents a tremendous opportunity for a company to develop a minimally invasive solution for monitoring patients outside of a clinical setting.
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