John Boden “The rather chilling example of how a PHR could pick up EHR patient notes data not meant to be seen by the patient” made an alarm bell go off in my head. Just what type of data should appropriately be withheld from the patient? Whose data is it? Maybe doctors think patients are too stupid to have access to their own data. There is nothing chilling about a patient learning everything about their own health. Donna Cusano Hi John--read further in the article. It's the kind of information that needs to be best discussed with the patient, not... Continue Reading
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Swasthya Slate: the Indian tricorder?
John Boden I found in other online articles that this unit will be priced in the $100 plus/minus range. Everyone should have one at that price. I wish them the best of luck so these tests can be available to improve health all over the world.... Continue Reading
Why a smartwatch may feel…de trop
...I saw few on the wrists of DH mavens. Smartwatches (and clothing wearables) also faded out at CES Unveiled [TTA 21 Nov], a complete turnaround from June’s event. If you’ve been wondering too, you’ll be nodding like a bobblehead at John Nosta’s blog post in Nuvium, The Death of Wearables. Reasons why: no consumer desire, translation (it’s the same data from fitness trackers, tarted up–Ed. Donna), connection (not relevant to managing a disease or condition.) In other words, it’s de trop, not de-lovely. A wearable or smartwatch which would interest him would pick up the activity of nanoparticles in your... Continue Reading
The ultimate ‘comfy sensor patch’–an implant
[grow_thumb image=”https://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/3036175-inline-i-2-from-the-designers-of-fitbit-a-digital-tattoo.jpg” thumb_width=”175″ /]John A. Rogers and his ‘skunkworks’, take notice. From the design shop that brought you Fitbit, NewDealDesign (FDR would be puzzled), comes the next big step in wearables–a sensor patch concept which would be implanted in your hand and multi-task till the cows come home. Project Underskin would detect fitness levels, vital signs such as blood glucose or body temperature, unlock your door or pre-authorize your credit card. The curved implant (above) would be somewhat decorative or aesthetic, run off your body’s electro-chemical energy, not need batteries, and have a public view (the outside of your hand... Continue Reading
Wearables: the ‘comfy sensor patch’ changes color, a cushion nags on posture
[grow_thumb image=”https://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/skin_heart_monitor-1.jpg” thumb_width=”175″ /]Another sensor patch out of the John A. Rogers ‘skunk works’ at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign is designed to be continually worn (presumably in a discreet–not discrete–place) and is capable of monitoring temperature and moistness on the skin’s surface, relating to cardiovascular health and skin care. This ‘epidermal photonic sensor’ has 3,600 0.5mm squared “thermochromic liquid crystals patterned into large-scale, pixelated arrays on thin elastomeric substrates” (meaning a stretchy sensor). Based on this Editor’s reading of the research abstract, color changes with temperature; algorithms and a digital camera shot of the patch then turn temperature data into... Continue Reading
A salmagundi of (mainly free) opportunities to learn more about health technology this autumn (UK)
...second meaning of a heterogeneous collection, not necessarily of edible items - it is in that sense that I use the word. Interestingly the reverse has happened with the word 'collation', which I have previously used to describe a more ordered collection of items on TTA. The original sense was used by John Cassian in his Collationes Patrum in Scetica Eremo Commorantium ('Conferences with the Egyptian Hermits') written CE 415–20, from which a reading would be given in Benedictine communities prior to a light meal after a fast. As a result that light meal came to be called a collation.... Continue Reading
What do 65+ really want? Travel the world.
John Boden There is only problem with this wish list and that is that number 4 (Win the lottery). It is the actual financial plan the greatest majority are using to be able to do the rest of the things on their list.... Continue Reading
It’s official! mHealth in the ‘trough of disillusionment’
John Nosta OK...I see some of these points but still feel a bit uncomfortable with these projections. Perhaps it's partly because the "rate" of innovation" seems fixed for the wide variety of technologies and devices. I'm not sure that this is the case. Breakthrough innovations can yield rapid acceleration and adoption. So, I find Gartner's chart very interesting--I still wonder if it's a bit out of touch... Donna Cusano Your example of rapid adoption is 3D scanners--from Trigger in 2013 chart (just added) zipping through the curves right to Enlightenment (and well up the curve). Mobile Robots (2013) became Smart... Continue Reading
Is this the last time the flat earth society will be celebrating? (UK WSD)
John Dyson As always Charles has captured the lack of ambition in the WSD reporting which leads directly to general despair among those who want to see a systematic and scalable improvement in services available to patients. It is a shame on those who publish such articles. Technology Enabled Care and Support (TECS) is mostly to do with putting the patient at the centre of their own support. This has to be a good thing in its own right. On the unlikely assumption that the research is correct and the QALY for providing a person with TECS is equivalent to... Continue Reading
That comfy sensor patch gets a bit closer (US/BE)
...use in the Reebok Checklight to determine sports-related concussion risk [TTA 16 May, “Brain Games”] and in beta for infant temperature sensing (left above). It seems clear from the announcement today and further remarks (see below) that the objective is not drug delivery, but for patient monitoring and disease management. MC10 commercializes John Rogers’ work in stretchable sensor patches and batteries [TTA 10 April]. The Biostamp does not have FDA approval but the partnership may be a way to fast-track CE approval. MC10 release, Fast Company (also reviews Proteus, Corventis, Given Imaging), Mobihealthnews with comments from Ben Schlatka, MC10 cofounder.... Continue Reading
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