Atlanta App iAccess Helps Users Rate and Review Venues’ Accessibility
/When Brandon Winfield was a teen in California, he and his friends were obsessed with motocross racing—to the point that one of Winfield’s first words was motorcycle.
Read MoreGoogle Maps now helps visually impaired people cross the street and stay on course
/Using voice directions.
Read MoreHow Health Care Apps Can Improve Patient Health And Support Physicians
/There are 6,210 hospitals in the United States. Thanks to regulatory and payment changes (such as alternative payment models), hospitals may now need to shift from focusing on volume to delivering value-based care. One way facilities are ensuring value remains a priority is through the use of health care apps and technology. In fact, in 2017, Harvard Business Review reported that around 800 digital health startups (paywall) were funded.
mHealth Group to Develop an Android Version of Apple Health App
/Cornell Tech and UCSF are partnering with several mHealth groups to develop an Android version of the Apple Health Records app, potentially giving millions of people access to their health data on mobile devices.
Read MoreFitbit unveils data-driven personal health subscription, Fitbit Premium
/The new consumer-focused service comes paired with the announcement of the Fitbit Versa 2 smartwatch and the Fitbit Aria Air connected scale.
Read MoreVA Launches New mHealth App to Consolidate Vets’ Access to Resources
/The VA's new Launchpad app is designed to give veterans and their caregivers one connected health portal through which to access all of the department's mHealth apps and resources.
Jefferson Health Uses mHealth to Refine the Care Management Conversation
/Jefferson Health is using an mHealth platform developed by NeuroFlow to give its care providers more information on what happens to patients between visits to the office or clinic.
Read MoreFDA Issues Recall For Medtronic mHealth Devices Over Hacking Concerns
/The US Food and Drug Administration says two mHealth platforms used by those living with diabetes, the Medtronic MiniMed 508 and Paradigm Series insulin pumps, could be hacked and remotely controlled to deliver dangerous doses of insulin.
Read MoreSmartphone algorithm combined with paper funnel can detect ear infection
/Researchers at the University of Washington have created a new app that was able to detect fluid in the middle ear in pediatric patients.
Read MoreAs health tech innovation moves forward, who is being left out?
/The digital health industry has much work to do when it comes to developing technologies for underserved populations, including people of color, the LGBTQ community and women.
Read MoreJohns Hopkins researchers call for digital health scorecard
/With the rapid growth of digital health solutions, there is a serious need for an objective, transparent and standards-based framework to evaluate these healthcare products.
Read More8 ways smartphones are being used as medical devices
/Smartphones are quickly gaining the capabilities to make patients’ homes an extension of physicians’ offices, facilitating access to timely medical care. Technological advancements in the phones are enabling them to take higher-resolution photos and deliver better sound quality, suggests Christy Marks-Davis, senior director of marketing for CareCentrix, a company that works with providers and payers to support care of patients in their homes.
Read MoreNew Non-Profit Aims to Develop Digital Medicine Research, Standards
/The Boston-based Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) has attracted a strong array of telehealth and mHealth executives as it moves to define digital medicine and create evidence-based standards.
Read MoreNew Study Finds Link Between mHealth Wearables, Medication Adherence
/Researchers from Evidation Health report that people living with chronic conditions who regularly use mHealth wearables to track activity are better at following medication management guidelines.
More Doctors Want to Treat Patients From the Comfort of Their Couch
/Mobile medical apps let physicians practice telemedicine full time.
Read MoreBeyond Wellness For the Healthy: Digital Health Consumer Adoption 2018
/Results from Rock Health’s fourth national consumer survey (2018 data) on digital health adoption and sentiments. Adoption continues to rise while consumers leverage digital health tools to address concrete health needs.
Read MoreNo Bleeding Required: Anemia Detection Via Smartphone
/Biomedical engineers have developed a smartphone app with the aim of non-invasive detection of anemia. Instead of a blood test, the app uses photos of someone’s fingernails taken on a smartphone to determine whether the level of hemoglobin in their blood seems low.
Read MoreSmart cities could be lousy to live in if you have a disability
/Cities sometimes fail to make sure the technologies they adopt are accessible to everyone. Activists and startups are working to change that.
Read MoreHey Bixby, control my new Samsung TV, fridge -- and robot from CES 2019
/Pretty soon, you won't be able to avoid Samsung's digital assistant when you use one of its devices.
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