The Longevity Reporter: The Weekly Newsletter on Aging (October 3, 2014) Self-Tracking May Become Key Element of Personalized Medicine. A steady stream of new apps and devices that can be synced to ever-more sophisticated mobile phones is flowing into consumers’ hands, and this technology is revolutionizing the practice of self-tracking, in which individuals measure and collect personal data to improve their heath.
Self-trackers are using these tools to monitor sleep, food intake, exercise, blood sugar and other physiological states and behaviors. In some cases, they are using the data to identify what triggers or worsens flare-ups of chronic health disorders on their own, or with the help of an online community. In others, patients are even working together with physicians and scientists to conduct experiments, pooling their data for analysis that may shed light on the cause or best treatment for their disease. “We have the studies to show that self-tracking can really turn things around for people,” said Susannah Fox, an associate director with Pew Internet, who gave the opening keynote address. Infographic: Alles wat je - van top tot teen - moet weten over wearable tech.
Obamacare Meets Wearable Technology. Exactly a week after the Affordable Care Act’s mandate for universal coverage went into effect, in January, I found myself standing in the back of a crowded conference room in the Las Vegas Convention Center.
On the floor below, the annual Consumer Electronics Show was in full swing. Over the next two days, 750 of the roughly 150,000 attendees streamed in and out of the room to hear the proceedings of the Digital Health Summit, a carefully curated lineup of keynotes, panels, and super-sessions on how the tech sector might capitalize on the new opportunities brought by health reform. mHealth Monitoring and Diagnostic Medical Devices Market Expected to Reach USD 8.03Billion Globally in 2019: Transparency Market Research.
NEW YORK, April 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research, "mHealth Monitoring and Diagnostic Medical Devices Market (Focus on medical devices with in-built plug-ins for connectivity with devices like smartphones and tablets) - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019," the global mHealth monitoring and diagnostic medical devicesmarket was valued at USD 0.65billion in 2012 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of43.3% from 2013 to 2019, to reach an estimated value of USD 8.03billion in 2019.
Browse mHealth Monitoring and Diagnostic Medical Devices Market Report with Full TOC at mHealth also known as mobile health is a term used for delivering healthcare services with the help of mobile devices. NIH: Relatively few mobile researchers apply for grants. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has re-issued two grant opportunities from September 2011, to encourage new mobile health app developers to apply for grants.
One is a research grant, for projects with some preliminary testing behind them, while the other is an early stage exploratory or developmental grant. Both are aimed at “stimulat[ing] research utilizing Mobile Health (mHealth) tools aimed at the improvement of effective patient–provider communication, adherence to treatment and self-management of chronic diseases in underserved populations.” For the exploratory grant, applicants can receive up to $275,000 over two years. The research grant has no upper limit, and research can last as long as five years. Two particular branches of the NIH are looking for mobile tools: The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). Dr.
“Our goal is to improve health,” Heetderks said. European Commission asks for help from industry to regulate, encourage mobile health. This week the European Commission announced a consultation — similar to a public notice from the FDA here in the US — that asks digital health companies and others for help in identifying ways to encourage and regulate mobile health, which the Commission defines as ”ways to enhance the health and wellbeing of Europeans with the use of mobile devices, such as mobile phones, tablets, patient monitoring devices and other wireless devices.”
PRESS RELEASES - Press release - Healthcare in your pocket: unlocking the potential of mHealth. European Commission Press release Brussels, 10 April 2014 Healthcare in your pocket: unlocking the potential of mHealth.
mHealth - Mobile Health Technologies. Background The biological processes, health behaviors, and environmental and ecological factors that influence health can be optimally understood through transdisciplinary science that uses research methods capable of spanning these domains.
Ideally, these methods should provide valid information about individuals, families, social networks and entire populations and be capable of gathering information over time. If intervention on health states is desired, data collected could be included in a feedback loop to influence elements of the intervention and yield new information from which to act. The recent proliferation of wireless and mobile technologies provides the opportunity to connect information in the real-world via wearable sensors and, when coupled with fixed sensors embedded in the environment, to produce continuous streams of data on an individual's biology, psychology (attitudes, cognitions and emotions), behavior, and daily environment.
Mhealth at NIH mHealth Institutes.