When medical devices get hacked, hospitals often don't know it
/The threat to medical devices is real and happening now – and it’s a patient safety issue, much more than one of HIPAA compliance.
Read MoreRepublic Wireless’ new Relay communication device has potential to further enable ICT access.
/A new device released by Republic Wireless at the beginning of 2018, called the Relay, was designed to provide children with a screenless communication device. The device gives kids more freedom,while giving parents’ peace of mind by providing a way to both locate and communicate with their children without the need for standard phones.
Withings cofounder buys back digital health business from Nokia
/It's official — Eric Carreel, cofounder of French health tech company Withings, has bought back Nokia’s digital health division two years after it was sold to the Finnish tech giant. Carreel plans to relaunch the Withings brand by the end of 2018.
Read More2018 Internet Trends Report Released
/Legendary venture capitalist Mary Meeker has just released her Internet Trends 2018 report. The report, released annually, is highly valued by tech industry professionals and investors for its deep insight into the status of the Internet at the moment and where it may be headed. Meeker presented the report in a series of 294 slides accompanied by a fast-paced narration.
The report documents developments this past year that will influence trends in accessibility and communications technology development.
Read MorePreparing your organization for AR, VR and other emerging technologies
/We are moving toward a digitally-enabled world, where the lines between real and digital are blurring. As the digital world becomes an increasingly detailed reflection of the physical world, it creates fertile ground for new business models and ecosystems.
Read MoremHealth Project to Use Digital Health Data to Identify, Treat Pain
/Evidation Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital have launched an mHealth program to collect and analyze digital health data from sensors in wearables and smartphones to help people dealing with chronic pain.
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Sensor measures speech patterns in stroke patients
/A new wearable sensor designed to be worn on the throat is seen as a major advancement in rehabilitating stroke patients.
Read MoreApple Health app effort to engage consumers by sharing EHR info
/Apple’s recently announced efforts to enhance the healthcare capabilities of its iPhone Health app represent a jump-start for efforts to advance the coordination of patient care through record sharing.
Read MoreTrends Disrupting Healthcare As We Know It
/The one constant in many industries today is change, thanks to the unabated infiltration of advanced technologies. The healthcare industry is no different. The image of the doctor taking notes after examining a patient and filing information in folders is giving way to the doctor entering data into a handheld device which will communicate with a central online database containing patient information.
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 MoreBlockchains and health care: promising and moving quickly, though no silver bullet
/The buzz about opportunities for blockchains in the health care and pharmaceutical industries continues to ramp up. This technology can give us new tools to secure medical information, track pharmaceutical supply chains, and more. While blockchains have promise, they are not a panacea for health care.
Read More‘Tags’ sewn into clothes could monitor vital signs
/A new system for monitoring vital signs like blood pressure, heart rate, and breath rate uses a cheap and covert system of radio-frequency signals and microchip “tags,” similar to the anti-theft tags department stores place on clothes and electronics to prevent shoplifting.
Read MoreNIH to collect Fitbit data for research project
/The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) All of Us Research Program will be using Fitbit devices for a pilot study to gain better insights into the influence of behavioral, biological, and environmental influences on health.
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Amid a Flood of New mHealth Apps, Xcertia Looks to Set Standards
/A group formed a year ago by HIMSS, the AMA and the AHA has unveiled proposed guidelines for mHealth apps, just as a new report nds the number of apps has almost doubled since 2015.
Read MoreNIH takes steps to safeguard participant data for PMI national cohort
/As the National Institutes of Health looks to build one of the world’s largest biomedical datasets under the Precision Medicine Initiative’s All of Us research program, NIH is grappling with how to keep the data of a million or more Americans private and secure.
Read MoreBrigham and Women’s Hospital leverages digital pills to track opioid use
/Tracking the use of opioids has never been more important than during the ongoing drug epidemic. That’s why Brigham and Women’s Hospital has turned to digital pills—gelatin capsules containing ingestible sensors and medication—to help track patterns of opioid usage among patients.
Read MoreHow does an Amazon Echo vulnerability enable attackers to eavesdrop?
/Research from MWR InfoSecurity Ltd. shows that threat actors can install malware on an Amazon Echo and turn it into a listening device. How effective is this attack, and is there any way to determine if an Amazon Echo has been compromised?
Read MoreHealth, wellness apps pose risks to consumer privacy
/While there are federal regulations governing how personal health data is shared, only a fraction of the increasingly popular consumer apps on the market are actually regulated, leaving enormous amounts of information largely unprotected.
Read MoreWith Fitbits, STSI Adds mHealth to its Precision Medicine Project
/Scripps Health’s Digital Health research unit is providing as many as 10,000 Fitbits to participants in a precision medicine program to track how home activities may affect their health.
Read MoremHealth Data Adds Detail, Meaning to Population Health Programs
/Smartphones have long been considered an ideal mHealth tool for personalized medicine, capable of collecting individual data and pushing out targeted reminders and information. Now that data is being used to power population health programs, with strong success.
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