Category Archives: mobile health

The Future of Medical Apps: A Call to Arms For the End of Flimsy Science

Posted on November 19, 2024 by

A recent article in the Washington Post raises concerns about the legitimacy of mobile health apps. As Chair of the committee which developed Draft Standards for the Happtique App Certification Program, I applaud the author for taking a critical look … Continue reading →

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Current State of mHealth: Anatomy of a Survey

Posted on November 9, 2024 by

A well-conducted survey on the use of cell phones for healthcare was released yesterday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The study was conducted in August-September of 2012. I will review some of the major and more interesting … Continue reading →

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The FDA and Medical Apps: Where are We?

Posted on November 5, 2024 by

In a previous post on this site I discussed my reasons for endorsing FDA oversight of mobile medical apps. Since we are nearing a final decision by the FDA concerning the matter, I thought it fitting to bring it to … Continue reading →

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Five Imperatives for Better Patient Outcomes: Implications for Digital Health Technology

Posted on September 28, 2024 by

As both patient outcome and satisfaction gains more attention because it is becoming a basis for scaling healthcare reimbursement, management struggles to determine what constitutes a good patient experience and how best to achieve it. According to a recent survey, … Continue reading →

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Consumer Health and Medical Apps: Common Threads for Success

Posted on September 13, 2024 by

Health, fitness, and medical apps are flooding the market at breakneck speed. There are now over 40,000 of them. There are many obvious differences between those directed to consumers and apps developed as tools of healthcare providers, targeted at disease-specific … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons Why Proteus’ e-pill is the Holy Grail of Digital Health

Posted on September 4, 2024 by

This author has been writing about digital health technologies for a while. Regular readers know that it is rare for individual companies or products to be highlighted or even mentioned in my posts. However, the Proteus Digital Health (formerly Proteus … Continue reading →

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Physicians Still ‘Press the Buttons’ of Healthcare Technology

Posted on August 31, 2024 by

The physician’s role is drastically changing. More and more physicians are becoming institutional employees. More patient encounters are performed via non-physician providers. The increasing regulatory demands on physicians are consuming an inordinate amount of their time. Stress and burnout are … Continue reading →

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Five Ways to Evaluate Mobile Medical Apps via Research

Posted on August 23, 2024 by

There are many barriers to the adoption of health, fitness, and medical apps. A recent article summarizing the report from PWC’s Global Healthcare division states that adoption of mHealth technologies will lag consumer demand. I wholeheartedly agree with David Levy, … Continue reading →

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Five Healthcare Facts Both Candidates Can Agree on: Implications for Digital Health Tech

Posted on August 21, 2024 by

The current presidential campaign, in major part due to the entrance of Paul Ryan into the campaign, has propelled the cost of healthcare (versus a general discussion of the ACA) into the limelight. While this is not a bad thing, … Continue reading →

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Five Essentials to Having Your Hospital Go Mobile

Posted on August 13, 2024 by

While most hospitals’ IT priorities presently reside in achieving Meaningful Use and getting up to speed with ICD-10 (even though both have been moving deadline targets), there is another issue which is important to not only CIOs but to healthcare … Continue reading →

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