...abandon ever-costlier group plans–there is a huge future market in wringing out costs. Which Emerging Markets Are Best Bets for Health Care Returns? If you had $1,000 to invest, what countries would be best? The answers will surprise you! From last month’s 2013 Wharton Health Care Conference. Four Robots That Are Learning To Serve You. Your Friday Robot Fix courtesy of National Public Radio: FURo robot tour guide, Bestic eating assistant, EPFL’s amphibious ‘salamander’, mobility devices for smartphones including Botiful, Romo and SmartBot. For more on robots, quick search TTA. Five Fallacies of Remote Patient Monitoring. Another list from David... Continue Reading
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Telehealth Soapbox: Healthcare apps – welcome to the Piranha tank
David Doherty I think Peter is missing the forest for the trees. "but even the key liberator of content, Google, had rather less success with healthcare" This is a common misunderstanding about Google. They have in fact been making made $millions of profit out of healthcare. Ever heard of AdWords??? http://mhealthinsight.com/2011/08/25/another-500-million-reasons-why-i-think-the-fda-has-got-it-all-wrong-about-mhealth-regulation/... Continue Reading
Wessex HIEC collaborate and ‘After Ruby’ telehealth and telecare education and training materials (UK)
We have reported previously on the development of support for people involved in telecare and telehealth in the south of England, via the Southampton University-based Wessex Health Innovation and Education Cluster (HIEC). They have now set up a system for online information sharing and collaboration part of which is a section for people interested in telehealth and telecare. Sign up in the top left hand corner. See also their videos recording the experiences of patients and their carers, here. In addition, they have posted some videos from a recent training day run by Paul Rice and David Barrett who are... Continue Reading
‘Leading the charge in wireless health’–to where?
CNN’s visit to Quantified Selfing Land (though not said) is travelogued in a ‘What’s Next’ blog on innovation, with a piece on and by USC’s Center for Body Computing head Leslie Saxon, MD. What is so surprising to this Editor is that the video piece (note: may not be viewable from all countries) is so theoretical and future-oriented. Even though real companies and tech are here–AliveCor’s always smart and dapper Dr. David Albert, Sonny Vu’s Misfit Shine, UnderArmour athletic wear, Zephyr–the glossy way it’s presented is that it’s ‘swell stuff that will transform the future.’ Have our ‘grizzled veteran’ readers... Continue Reading
Quantified Selfing: security and statistics
...large part of software is hackable. At some point, someone will hack a major repository of healthcare data. And it won’t be pretty.” World’s Health Data Patiently Awaits Inevitable Hack (Wired) Hat tip to David Albert, MD via Twitter QSers also assume that tracking devices are accurate. What happens when it’s two different devices, different totals? Doesn’t matter much with pedometers, but blood glucose is a different matter. Scientific American takes on ‘informed interpretation’ of data and the sticky issue of whether a monitoring regime does more good than harm. Writer Hilda Bastian: “Human health isn’t about simple mechanics and... Continue Reading
WSD QALY paper published – cost worse than expected (UK)
...services; On the assumption of reduced equipment costs and increased working capacity, the probability that telehealth is cost effective would be about 61%, assuming a willingness to pay threshold of £30,000 per QALY. BMJ paper: Cost effectiveness of telehealth for patients with long term conditions (Whole Systems Demonstrator telehealth questionnaire study): nested economic evaluation in a pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial BMJ 2013;346:f1035 Related items Mike Clark’s Updated list of WSD results papers. Interview with Professor Martin Knapp As “telehealth” grows, experts question cost benefits Reuters. David Brindle, in The Guardian anticipated these results last month and, in a follow... Continue Reading
The revolt against Google Glass
David Doherty At the beginning of the "Nokia Decade" (2000-2010) there was also a lot of opposition to cameras on people's mobile phones. Here's a fun picture of how I think this might just pan out: http://3gdoctor.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/by-2020-will-camera-phones-have-evolved-into-glasses.jpg (note any face looking at the citizen photographer in 2020 is wearing Cyborg glasses) Tom Byrne At last, I have been horrified and fascinated by the hype and press coverage over the last few months. Fascinated to read to articles and following comments extolling the virtues of google glass and how it was about to change the world in every way. Finally the... Continue Reading
Samsung Galaxy S4’s S Health: fitness tracker disruptor?
...3G Doctor, David Doherty, via LinkedIn’s mHealth group. ZDNet notes Samsung’s Knox software to separate personal and business use on one phone, along with SAFE for enterprises. And do read David Doherty, the 3G Doctor for a further dissection and projection of the S4’s capabilities in features like its camera, the humidity/temperature sensor, the aforementioned Air View/Gesture, the dual video, Smart Scroll for eye testing and even the recharging pad as particularly friendly to healthcare use — and users. Samsung takes S Health centre stage at Galaxy S4 launch and Will Samsung’s Smart Scroll turn the world upside down for... Continue Reading
The ongoing cost of the NYY telehealth project exposed (UK)
...4th June 2010 that can be found on the NYY Telehealth (not called the Tunstall Telehealth Project website) website for example: David Cockayne, Director of Strategy for NHS North Yorkshire and York, said: “We are delighted to announce this significant investment in Telehealth which we, and local clinicians, believe will continue to make a huge difference for patients living with a long term health condition. “As outlined in our recently published five-year strategy, we are committed to providing care closer to home and improving the quality of life for patients living with a long term health condition. We recognise Telehealth... Continue Reading
O2’s mobile care – in a shop near you (UK)
...in the press release which highlights the need to reduce the burden on carers (PDF) O2 Help at Hand: Interviews with users (4 minutes) [This video is no longer available on this site but may be findable via an internet search] O2 Help at Hand: Helen’s Story (3 minutes) [imaioVideo v=2] Other reports David Brindle in The Guardian: Telecare could be the future of elderly care – if it works 5 March. O2 flogs new GPS mobile-based telecare to sick and elderly The Register, 6 March. O2′s Mobile Care in a Shop Near You Commentary from mHealth Insight, 7 March.... Continue Reading
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