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At the Wearable Technologies conference in San Francisco this week, companies presented several devices they said were primed for widespread distribution across healthcare and fitness industries, but were also in search of additional investors as...
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Reston, Virginia-based Avizia has raised $11 million in Series A funding, bringing the telemedicine company’s total funding to $19.5 million.
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A survey conducted by Nielsen on behalf of the Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP) finds that, at most, 52 percent of primary care physicians have recommended that their patients use an mHealth app or device to track their health. Yet only 4 percent to 5 percent of consumers surveyed say their PCP has made such a recommendation
This means that either physicians are making the effort but their patients are ignoring the advice, or patients are looking for that guidance but it isn’t coming from their doctors.
the survey reached a familiar conclusion in how each generation perceives mHealth and telehealth.
It found that consumers rarely use video visits (only 5 percent total), but those age 34 and younger are twice as likely to use and want them than those age 65 and older.
The same discrepancy was seen in the use of text reminders for medication and health measurements and online scheduling tools.
more at : http://mhealthintelligence.com/news/do-doctors-patients-take-mhealth-seriously
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Pharma Guy's curator insight,
November 3, 2016 10:21 AM
Someone's not being truthful :)
Related articles: “AMA Survey Finds That Many Physicians Are Enthusiastic About Digital Health Tools, But Few Currently Use Them”; http://sco.lt/8b9r97 and “Do Patients Rely on Mobile Healthcare Apps More Than Their Doctors?”; http://sco.lt/5HSTrN
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The researchers believe future applications include less invasive endoscopic medical imaging of the body—even injection into the brain—and nearly invisible camera sensors on miniature drones or robots. Via Julie O'Donnell
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Medical robots do not only exist in sci-fi movies, they are coming to healthcare. Here are the 9 most exciting medical robot facts.
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Pillo is a robot which uses artificial intelligence to dispense medication and respond to people's health queries through voice activation.
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San Francisco-based FareWell has raised $8.5 million for an online program aimed at preventing chronic diseases by addressing obesity as a root cause.
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Targeting the service and hospitality industries, Shiseido hopes to tell people about their smiles. But is this taking omotenashi too far?
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There are truly heartwarming stories of digital health technology saving lives or helping patients live better. Here are the five most incredible of them.
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If you've ever turned to the interwebs when feeling sick you may have started worrying you had a deathly, flesh-eating virus instead of the commo Via Julie O'Donnell
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June 19, 2016 9:09 AM
Is 'one click away' medical records getting closer?
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Here are 10 apps that could potentially save your life in case of an emergency.
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Via PCs, smartphones, doctors and nurses could be available 24 hours a day at relatively low cost to assess emergency situations, like heart attack or stroke
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The healthcare technology sector is attracting a lot of innovative entrepreneurs to develop a range of diagnostic tools.
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The World Economic Forum highlights technological advances that have the power to improve lives, transform industries and safeguard the planet.
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Which technologies are most likely to revolutionize healthcare?
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The idea of a "virtual doctor" project might sound rather futuristic.
Zambia has about 1,600 doctors for a population of 14 million, and two-thirds of these are working in towns and cities, while most of the country's population is in the countryside.
It means access to good quality health care is often difficult if not impossible.
For many communities, it is not practical to expect sick and frail people to walk or cycle for hours to hospital.
So families depend on rural health centres, which have health workers but no qualified doctors.
The virtual doctors project means that these isolated health centres can be supported by doctors thousands of miles away.
Health workers and clinical officers on the ground use an app on a smartphone or tablet computer to take notes on a patient's symptoms and photographs.
This information is sent to a volunteer doctor in the UK who helps with a diagnosis and recommends treatment. Cases are directed towards doctors with a relevant specialism, whether it is skin diseases or HIV and Aids-related problems.
The doctor in the UK will have a list of the drugs and equipment kept in the health centre in Zambia and can suggest treatment or further tests based on what is practical and available.
Virtual Doctors is now supporting 19 rural health centres, which typically deal with problems such as malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids and pregnancy-related conditions.
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July 7, 2016 5:39 PM
The concept of a virtual doctor is not new, but it is one which will never get old.
At Plus91 we have been involved with multiple projects and pilots where simple tablet and smartphone based solutions are used by on-ground trained and sometimes untrained staff and advice, opinions, second opinions and in some cases virtual consultations are provided by remotely situated doctors and clinical staff. With time, the solutions eventually become more technologically advanced as the on ground staff get comfortable with such distributed protocols and the use of technology. This is an exciting solution as it helps provide much needed healthcare in small areas without qualified doctors. Who is to say this is not hi-tech ..for the millions who benefit from this, this is cutting edge.
Virtual doctor based solutions eventually evolve into distributed EMRs and local health centers become more involved.The Medixcel platform has a remote consultation as well as multi opinion module which was built out of this need and it has grown to be a platform of choice in many parts of Africa for being hi-tech yet simple.
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A six-month clinical trial in Australia found that patients recovering from a heart attack saw improvements in their health when they received text messages asking and giving suggestions about their health routines.
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Here are five ways that companies are using machine learning to transform health care. Via Julie O'Donnell
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healthtap - Telemedicine start-up HealthTap offers a few different apps to connect the average person to help from medical professionals, as well as a new bo
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Study tests use of wristband sensors on emergency room patients receiving pain medication
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Searches will offer up reliable medical information above standard results.
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It’s not yet clear whether wearable fitness trackers, such as Fitbits, Jawbones and Microsoft Bands, really do encourage us to become healthier over the longer term. They might make us move more and eat healthier in the first few days of strapping them around our wrists, but how long before the novelty wears off? Via JP DOUMENG, ChemaCepeda, Giuseppe Fattori
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