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Survey: Digitally Engaged Patients Are Satisfied With Their Health

by HITC Staff 03/09/2015 Leave a Comment

6 Mobile Health Apps for Healthcare Professionals or Patients

Digitally engaged patients are satisfied with their health despite the fact they appear to be sicker than those not using technology to help manage their conditions, according to new research findings from Klick Health, Google, and the Digital Health Coalition. The findings revealed 18% of chronic patients who frequently use digital technologies for health reasons, 70% define the state of their health as good, very good, or excellent – even though 43% admitted to visiting a hospital
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Qualcomm’s Mobile Ultrasound Project Wins GSMA mHealth Award

by Fred Pennic 03/06/2015 Leave a Comment

Qualcomm

This week during Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, the Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ initiative and Trice Imaging won the GSMA Global Mobile award for Best Innovation in Mobile Health for their Mobile Ultrasound Patrol project in Morocco. The Mobile Ultrasound Patrol project in Morocco demonstrates the power of advanced wireless technology in addressing maternal health. Through this project, Qualcomm Wireless Reach and Trice Imaging, in conjunction with support from the Moroccan Ministère de
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Stanford, GE Ventures Launch Evidation Health to Validate Digital Health Tools

by Jasmine Pennic 03/05/2015 Leave a Comment

Stanford, GE Ventures Launch Evidation Health

Today, GE Ventures and Stanford Health Care has announced the launch of Evidation Health, an independent digital health company focused on validating real-world clinical and economic evidence for digital health products and platforms. According to digital health seed fund Rock Health, more than $4B was invested in over 250 digital health companies in 2014 alone. As this new breed of digital health tools and technologies enter the market, these new products have not been validated to provide
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Hospital Uses Google Glass to Integrate Prompts During Trauma Care

by Fred Pennic 03/03/2015 Leave a Comment

Google Glass Truama Care

  Trauma surgeons at Forbes Hospital is now using Google Glass to integrate prompts during trauma patient resuscitation to treat critically injured patients. Utilizing the software solution called Visual Info Zonal Reminder (VIZR) developed by Alex Guerrero, MD, a trauma surgeon from New York features information on a wide range of traumatic injuries.  How It Works Once a patient program is initiated, a timer begins that provides important prompts and reminders to the trauma team every
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Survey: Top 5 Digital Health Tools for Tech-Savvy Seniors

by Fred Pennic 03/02/2015 Leave a Comment

Survey: Top 5 Digital Health Tools for Tech-Savvy Seniors

An estimated 3.9 million Americans are reaching 65 years old this year, there's growing demand among seniors (67 percent) who want digital health tools for accessing care services from home, according to an Accenture survey. The consumer research conducted by Accenture between May and June 2014 with 10,730 adults across 10 countries reveals seniors who place a higher priority on technology are more likely to proactively manage their health. For example, 75 percent of seniors who value
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Mayo Clinic to Publish Its Algorithms to Improve Patient Outcomes

by Fred Pennic 02/27/2015 Leave a Comment

Mayo Clinic Study Reveals Patient Portals Had Little impact on Face to Face Visits

On Wednesday, Mayo Clinic announced it will commercialize its analytics, publishing and sharing algorithms with healthcare enterprises to improve patient outcomes. Utilizing Apervita's secure self-service health analytics platform, healthcare enterprises can leverage Mayo Clinic's robust portfolio of health analytics to improve patient care. Mayo Clinic will join other prominent health institutions in the growing Apervita analytics community of providers who are already utilizing the
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66% of Americans Would Use Mobile Health Apps to Manage Their Health

by Fred Pennic 02/24/2015 Leave a Comment

66% of Americans Would Use Mobile Health Apps to Manage Their Health

Almost two-thirds (66%) of Americans would use a mobile app to manage health-related issues, according to the findings released today from the 5th Annual Makovsky/Kelton "Pulse of Online Health" Survey. Conducted in January 2015 to 1,015 nationally representative Americans ages 18 and older by Kelton, the Makovsky Health survey investigated consumers' behavior and preferences for engaging with online healthcare information. The survey uncovered shifts in consumer behaviors around online
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Cleveland Clinic, Cox Partner to Deliver Telehealth & Home Health Solutions

by HITC Staff 02/19/2015 Leave a Comment

Vivre Health

Broadband and cable TV provider, Cox Communications and Cleveland Clinic have announce the formation of Vivre Health, a strategic alliance to bring world-class healthcare to the home through innovative telehealth and home health solutions. The joint venture will help further increase Cox's market footprint by expanding into healthcare to provide remote patient monitoring, telehealth visits and other in-home monitoring and treatment services via broadband. The cable TV provider already
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Walgreens Adds Patient-Reported Data from PatientsLikeMe Members

by Jasmine Pennic 02/18/2015 Leave a Comment

Walgreens Adds Patient-Reported Data from PatientsLikeMe Members

    PatientsLikeMe is now working with Walgreens to help make it easier for people to understand how the medications they take may affect them. Now, anyone researching a medication or filling a prescription on Walgreens.com can access a newly enhanched dashboard that shows how their prescribed medication has impacted other patients on the therapy, including medication side effects for more than 5,000 medications , as reported by PatientsLikeMe members.   PatientsLikeMe is a
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The Uberization of Healthcare

by Stuart Karten, Principal of Karten Design 02/17/2015 7 Comments

The Uberization of Healthcare

Editor's Note: Stuart Karten is the principal of Karten Design, a product innovation consultancy creating positive experiences between people and products specializing in health technology. This post was adapted from a speech given at MD&M West on Feb. 12.  The Uber business model will soon come to healthcare.  Just as Uber changed transportation in positive—and sometimes controversial—ways, healthcare will be infiltrated by startups wanting to change the healthcare model from
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