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mHealth- Advances, Knowledge and Patient Engagement
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When it comes to care, how valuable is health IT to patients and providers? Find out in our NHIT Week infographic examining the tech at the heart of care! Via Lionel Reichardt / le Pharmageek, Giuseppe Fattori 
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Providers see mHealth, telehealth as virus control tools
Via Giuseppe Fattori
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Lorraine Candy has taken away her daughter's phones after 9pm. Even though she doesn't think it's unreasonable, they've reacted badly. But she thinks their phones are making them miserable.
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Market opportunities arise as healthcare slowly goes digital
Via Philippe Marchal
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Apps can give you a GP consultation in minutes, but at what cost to the health service?
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Kaiser Permanente CEO Bernard J. Tyson discusses how his company is cutting down on patient visits by investing in virtual care.
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A 2005 study estimated that 3.6 million people do not receive nonemergency medical care because they don't have access to transportation.
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Home diagnostic gadgets such as the Tyto and MedWand let patients do tests at home, send the information to a doctor.
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September 2016 Wellness - These September 2016 wellness trends range from fitness gear subscription services to digital health platforms that make staying fit and informe
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By asking questions at the doctor's office, such as why a procedure is necessary, patients can get answers — and better care.
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Vhi, Ireland's leading private health insurer, will partner with Best Doctors to provide a new Second Opinion for Kids service to its customers.
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Take a look at the most overhyped technologies in healthcare and keep in mind the realistic development opportunities in healing.
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Medication abortions accounted for 43 per cent of pregnancy terminations at Planned Parenthood in 2014 - up from 35 per cent in 2010.
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In a Cleveland Clinic — Parade magazine survey, diabetes touched the lives of 53 percent of Americans. While they recognized that diabetes is serious, what they don't understand about its symptoms, risk factors or impact may surprise you. Via Richard Meyer
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60% of Americans are currently trying to lose weight. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that when asked, “what’s the most serious health problem in the United States?” Americans say it’s obesity, tied with cancer, and ahead of heart disease and diabetes. Overweight and obesity are top-of-mind for most Americans, according to research conducted by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and NORC at the University of Chicago. This research has created two reports which can be accessed at the link. The survey, conducted among 1,509 consumers in August and September 2016, found that Americans’ understanding of obesity’s risks for chronic disease (namely diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and cancer) has improved since a similar study was done in 2013. However, there remain misconceptions on how to effectively address the obesity epidemic, posing opportunities to better educate the public on obesity’s role in health and available treatments beyond the peoples’ favorite: diet and exercise. While most consumers agree on the health risks of obesity, many people who are obese do not seek help from the health care system to help them deal with the issue. ASMBS perceives that consumers and the medical profession are on different pages about the condition: that clinicians have reached a consensus that obesity is a disease (cited as such by the AMA in 2013), only one-third of Americans call obesity a disease. Instead, most consumers say obesity is a risk factor for other diseases. Furthermore, people who believe obesity is a lifestyle issue are less likely to talk to a doctor about their weight. Medical consensus among clinicians is that obesity is caused by several factors: behavioral, emotional, environmental, and genetic. But most Americans with obesity tend to believe that obesity is based totally on lifestyle choices, with the main barrier being lack of willpower (perceived by more men than women). One in 3 Americans know someone who died or developed a disease because of obesity. People with such a connection are more likely to call out the severity of obesity and its link to other conditions. These people are more likely to “take weight seriously in their own lives,” the report notes, “more often report talking to a doctor about their own weight” and thinking through the role of weight in other parts of their lives. There’s a Mars/Venus difference in how men see themselves as overweight vs. obese compared with women. About two-thirds of men who are overweight or obese underestimate their weight. Men are less likely to recognize obesity in themselves compared to women: less than half of women who are overweight or obese underestimate their weight, the survey found. In this political season, it’s also interesting to note a party difference on the role of prevention in public policy: while 95% of Democrats and Independents believe something should be done to prevent obesity, only 78% of Republicans support such a prevention policy. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Most people say “willpower” is the key barrier to dealing with obesity, followed by fair-priced, accessible healthy foods. Nearly 100% of people have tried to lose weight through diet and exercise (on their own): the go-to tactic for weight loss. 78% of people believing diet and exercise are most effective for weight loss. However, this has not been borne out by both individuals’ experience on sustained weight loss as well as an evidence base of clinical research. Most Americans (78%) believe that health insurance should cover losing weight with the help of a doctor through diet or exercise. weight loss surgery (75%), one-on-one dietary counseling (73%), prescription medications (61%), and formal exercise programs (60%). But most people who are obese haven’t yet approached their physicians to discuss these options — whether insurance currently would pay for the various approaches or not. Due to the multi-factor nature of obesity that goes well beyond the norm of diet-and-exercise, closing the chasm between consumers who are obese and their health care providers would be one important strategy to help deal with America’s overweight epidemic. There is compelling research, too, that supports a social role, peer-to-peer support, in weight loss beyond “going it alone” for diet and exercise, detailed in Christakis and Fowler’s work, Connected. In addition, Michele Segar’s research published in her book No Sweat provides compelling research into how people can look at exercise as a gift and not a chore, taking into account the a key barrier to sustaining behavior change. What we know we know through ASMBS and NORC’s two reports is that overweight and obesity are issues that the bulk of Americans, Democrats and Republicans, men and women, think about a lot. The issue is deeply embedded into our popular culture. As the medical system takes on more value-oriented payment, health care providers must bundle into care the social determinants of obesity and overweight — access to nutritious food and places to move around safely and accessibly, insurance coverage for treatment, social care for conversations and counseling, and broadband connectivity to be able to access social networks for peer-to-peer social health. Via Richard Meyer
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It’s no secret that Apple has ambitious plans for iPhone and Apple Watch in the health industry, but it’s not the only company looking for ways to integrate smartphones in the medical f…
Via Matt Vaidis
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PwC ranked healthcare’s most pressing trends, some of which will grow the system, while others are more likely to limit growth.
Via Philippe Marchal
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Intelehealth makes an app that lets clinics in rural communities act as a proxy for doctors who are unable to work in underserved areas themselves.
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By surveying 2,000 Americans about their attitudes and behavior regarding the use of mobile technology to manage health, Ketchum’s mHealth Monitor shines a light on emerging opportunities for healthcare and technology companies to better engage with consumers when it comes to mHealth (mobile health tech) offerings.
Via Philippe Marchal, Giuseppe Fattori
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Have you ever made a resolution to acquire a healthier lifestyle by changing your behaviour? Whether you wanted to be less stressed, cut out junk food, or stop smoking, you probably defined some simple rules and rewards to influence your behaviour and hopefully achieve that goal. When you applied those rules, you were in fact practicing “gamification”, the process of applying game mechanics to a real-life situation in order to generate a desired outcome. Unfortunately, you didn’t have the resources to turn those ideas into an exciting app. Via Giuseppe Fattori, Celine Sportisse
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Technology evaluation of mobile health applications for suicide prevention
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Even though more people than ever are using digital tools to manage their healthcare – from comparison shopping medical service to purchasing insurance – that doesn’t mean they like it, or even fully understand it.
Via Olivier Delannoy, Lionel Reichardt / le Pharmageek
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Millions of people could be trying to measure their blood pressure with untested, inaccurate and potentially dangerous smartphone applications, or apps, a new study has claimed. Researchers analysed the top 107 apps for 'hypertension' and 'high blood pressure' that are available for download on the Google Play store and Apple iTunes
Via Giuseppe Fattori, Philippe Marchal
Bruno Demay's curator insight,
September 18, 2016 2:50 AM
The health apps must be certified, validated to be recommended by physicians and used by patients : it's a key condition for Mhealth. 
Pharma Guy's curator insight,
September 19, 2016 2:11 PM
Also read: "Study Finds Popular mHealth Blood Pressure App is Inaccurate"; http://sco.lt/4s7ESv
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Photographic memory, instant artworks, instantaneous translation, lifelike virtual reality, and much more are all coming to your pocket.
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