The 8 most overrated smartphone features
/The 8 most overrated smartphone features
Read MoreMicrosoft adds a digital health feature to its Android launcher
/Microsoft is adding its own digital health feature to its Android launcher app. While Google has added a similar feature to Android Pie, Microsoft’s Launcher will let any Android users access the ability to track how long apps are being used for. You can track screen time, app usage, and even the amount of times you’ve unlocked your phone. Microsoft Launcher is supported on Android 4.2 and above, so it opens the digital health feature up to a lot of Android users.
Read MoreNightWare Won’t Sleep Until PTSD Victims Dream Nightmare-Free
/NightWare, a Minneapolis-based medical-device startup, is creating an Apple Watch app for those suffering from nightmare disorder, a common side affect for those suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.
Read MoreInstagram is now using AI to describe photos for users with visual impairments
/Instagram announced today that it’s rolling out new features that will make the app easier to use for people with visual impairments. The changes will allow screen readers to describe photos, either automatically using AI or by reading custom descriptions added by users.
Read MoreHow to Find Google's New Built-In Breathing Exercise
/The TechWatch editors have selected this news item because it is analogous to our LiveWell development project BreatheWell Wear. We hope you can try out both BreatheWell Wear and Google's web-based breathing exercise.
Read MoreThe Eye Doctor Who Could Not See the Stars
/For many years, Dr Andrew Bastawrous could not see clearly enough to spot the leaves on trees or the stars in the sky.
mHealth Finds a Place for Fitbit in Remote Patient Monitoring Research
/Cedars-Sinai and UCLA researchers have found that a consumer-grade mHealth wearable - in this case, a Fitbit - can help providers in remote patient monitoring programs for patients with heart issues.
Read MoreCMS Embraces mHealth With Reimbursement for Smartphone CGM Links
/In a ruling announced this week, CMS will reimburse through Medicare for CGM platforms that enable diabetic patients to share data through a smartphone with their care providers.
Read MoreApple drew up a patent for a new kind of blood pressure monitor
/Two years ago, a handful of Apple employees dreamed up a device that would take the company beyond the world of healthcare apps, and into healthcare products. That device isn’t the Apple Watch, at least not yet. Instead, it seems to be a device whose function could very well be rolled into future Apple Watch devices down the line. Apple applied for a patent for said device in a listing that became public today, and it looks... underwhelming.
Read MoreSweden’s KRY raises $66 million to bring its digital health service to France and the U.K.
/Swedish company KRY today announced that it has raised $66 million to expand its digital health care service across Europe. The round was led by Index Ventures, with participation from Accel, Creandum, Project A, and others. The company offers a digital platform that connects patients with doctors remotely. Using a mobile app, a patient can consult a KRY-employed health care professional and can also submit symptoms and share photos.
Read MoreSmart thermometer, app provide real-time influenza tracking
/Using a "smart” thermometer connected to a mobile phone app, University of Iowa researchers have successfully demonstrated that they can track influenza activity in real time at both population and individual levels, and in the process accurately predict flu activity as much as three weeks in advance.
Read MoreVision-Focused Accessibility Efforts Made by Apple, Amazon, and Others Highlighted in New Report
/A new article published last night by The Wall Street Journal takes a look into how accessibility-focused technology has the "potential to fundamentally change the mobility, employment and lifestyle of the blind and vision-impaired."
Read MoreApp lets clinicians monitor patients’ postoperative wounds
/A new smartphone app enables patients to send images of their surgical wounds from home to allow clinicians to monitor them for infections, which are a leading cause of hospital readmission after an operation.
Read MoreUber, Lyft and other ride-hailing apps are ‘useless’ for disabled riders, NYC advocates say
/A report by an advocacy group in New York says Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing services are virtually “useless” for people with disabilities because of the relative lack of vehicles equipped to handle wheelchairs and motorized scooters.
Read MoreFDA OKs Smart Watch for Epilepsy Patients — Embrace device detects grand mal, tonic-clonic seizures
/The FDA cleared marketing for Embrace, a smart watch that helps epilepsy patients and caregivers monitor seizures.
Read MoreFDA OKs mHealth App That Uses AI to Spot Strokes, Alert Specialists
/The FDA has approved an mHealth app that uses artificial intelligence software to analyze CT scans for signs of a stroke, then sends a text message to a neurologist. The clinical decision support tool could help speed up time to treatment for stroke victims.
Read MoreApp changes beliefs of type 2 diabetics about exercise benefits
/Researchers led by the University of Utah Health have developed an online interactive app to help motivate patients with type 2 diabetes to be more physically activity in order to better manage their chronic condition.
Read MoreiMedicalApps: App Assesses Frailty in Older Patients - But doesn't help interpret results and lacks references
/As our population continues to age, providers, patients, and their families will continue to struggle with how best to assess and help frail geriatric patients. The Essential Frailty Toolset (EFT) helps providers tease out the association between frailty and surgical mortality.
Read MoremHealth Apps for Chronic Care Struggle to Solve the Motivation Issue
/A new study finds that mHealth apps aren't being used by people with chronic conditions, either because they don't know about the apps or don't think they'll help.
Read MoreApple Unveils mHealth Integration With EMR Data Through Health App
/Apple's new iOS upgrade will enable users to collect EMR data from 12 national health systems on their iPhones and iPads. The mHealth integration gives patients an easier pathway to managing their health data.
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