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Category: mHealth

  • A move toward aggregating health data from various devices and apps

    http://gigaom.com/2013/03/15/tictrac-emerges-to-help-make-health-tracking-more-mainstream/ It seems that every day a new app or device promising the ultimate in health or fitness monitoring enters the market.  A startup has created a personal analytics dashboard which gives people a big picture view of their own aggregated data and underlying patterns, helping them make sense of the numbers.

  • Samsung Galaxy S4 introduces health tracking features

    http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-s4-health-tracking-features-rival-fitbit-fuelband-1137737 Sensor technology will enable smartphone users to keep track of sleep patterns, heart rate, exercise, and weight.

  • Ultra thin sensors printed on skin to monitor health

    http://www.biometricupdate.com/201303/super-thin-wearable-sensor-monitors-health-transmits-data/ Eliminating the elastomer backing makes the device one-thirtieth as thick, and thus “more conformal to the kind of roughness that’s present naturally on the surface of the skin,” says John Rogers at the University of Illinois. It can be worn for up to two weeks and can measure temperature, strain, and the hydration state of…

  • Doctors use smartphones to save lives

    http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/01/25/doctors-see-apples-iphone-as-life-saver-in-the-future-of-medicine A doctor recently used his iPhone, in combination with AliveCor, a mounted sensor capable of delivering clinically accurate electrocardiograms, while in flight, to measure the vital signs of a passenger experiencing severe chest pains at 30,000 feet. The results indicated that the passenger was having a heart attack.  The doctor recommended an urgent landing,…

  • Data science meets healthcare science

    http://newsroom.cisco.com/feature-content?type=webcontent&articleId=1123755 Devices that collect personal medical information are growing both prolific and inexpensive.  The biggest challenges lie not in collecting and transmitting the data, but in building the backend systems that can interpret it.

  • Apps aim to detect skin cancer

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323783704578245973988828066.html# Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center tested four apps to analyze images of 188 moles, including 60 melanomas. All of these moles were pre-evaluated by a dermatologist. The best-performing app forwarded the images to board-certified dermatologists to review at cost of $5 per mole, and claims to be accurate 98% of the…

  • Sensor technology protects seniors

    http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Eldercare/2013/20130114-High_Tech_Surveillance.htm In addition to the remote monitoring of chronic conditions, sensors, computerized pattern recognition and links to human responders can detect and head off health threats to the elderly living alone.

  • Health focused sensor technology dominated CES

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-yang/health-devices_b_2424812.html The “sensorization” of CES was obvious.  Which technologies are meaningful, and which are simply stylish?  The health monitoring sector is set to grow exponentially in 2013. It’s important to understand the science behind the gadgets.  ApplySci, the crowdfunding platform, is committed to bringing you peer reviewed, life enhancing, sensor based mobile health monitoring technology.…

  • 15 health devices launched at CES 2013

    http://mobihealthnews.com/19784/slideshow-health-devices-that-launched-at-ces-2013/ Self-tracking, self-monitoring, and using smartphone peripherals to encourage health habits emerged as big themes at this year’s CES.

  • 1/4 of Americans trust mobile health monitoring apps as much as their doctors

    http://www.newscenter.philips.com/us_en/standard/news/press/2012/20121212_Philips_Survey_Health_Info_Tech.wpd#.UNb48qk2_zL A recent Royal Philips Electronics survey found that consumers believe web-enabled, mHealth and mobile apps are part of their health care solutions and key to living long lives.  While about half of Americans (49 percent) are comfortable with symptom checker technologies or home-based vital sign monitors automatically sharing information with their doctor, more than…