I read with interest the article about how Apple watch is being given to patients undergoing chemotherapy. The use of the Apple watch combined with the chemotherapy App from Medopad will provide the patient and clinical team with data to monitor symptoms and temperature with the aim of improving treatment adherence.
Continue reading Can mHealth really help to manage chronic diseases?
I went along to the Design Museum at Thames Shad where the AXA PPP Health Tech & You and Health2020 shortlist and Winners are being exhibited. This is the first year of the Awards which includes many excellent examples of health technologies on display.
The Awards objectives according to AXA were to “recognise and celebrate entrepreneurs, organisations and innovators that are changing healthcare and people’s lives across the world”.
Continue reading AXA PPP Health Tech & You, Awards and Winners Review
Interesting addition to my blog on mHealth benefits within Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are crucial to validating interventions for health care treatments. A major stumbling block to organizing trials is recruitment and retention of enrollees. Remote monitoring tools may overcome this obstacle. By providing study volunteers with mHealth devices, including smartphones and wearable technology, trials can access real-time availability of results.
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I recently chatted to a contact of mine that specialises in Clinical Research; I was surprised that only a few small aspects of mHealth technologies had been embraced within clinical trials. This is supported by a recent survey illustrating that less than half of trials had any form of mHealth technologies incorporated into their design.
I had assumed the ability to monitor constantly, consistently and collect accurate data would be a significant innovation and benefit to the development companies, investigators and patients alike! But there are many risks and barriers to consider. I set out to understand better the area of clinical trials with respect to the use of mHealth technologies.
Continue reading On the trail of mHealth within Clinical Trials!
2015 is set up to be an exciting year for mHealth! A solid North American market is in place, investment in start-ups is estimated to pass $5 billion by the end of 2014 and the EU has already brought a Green Paper forward, in 2014 for consultation. The global adoption of many aspects of mHealth has been significant. 2014 saw the launch of the Apple Healthkit to great interest and expectation but a growing body of evidence indicates “wearables fatigue” can onset within six months of purchase!
Here are trends and direction for mhealth in 2015 and beyond compiled from personal observation and an extended body of research.
I recently attended a client meeting where the subject of “Personal Identity” was covered. Personal Identifiable Information (PII) is a relatively old concept; PII information [1] includes any information “crumb” that make it possible to identify or trace an individual. However, it has become far more significant as the Internet makes it easier to follow these crumbs and piece together a person’s identity for potentially fraudulent purposes.
This got me thinking about the challenge of managing personal identity with respect to Mobile health. Previous blogs for this and other’s I have written have shown we can see strong growth in mobile health between now and 2020. This growth brings into focus the challenges individuals and organisations have with respect the management of personal information.
Continue reading Tips On Caring About Your Personal Information In A Mobile Health Age!
I know this is probably a bit of cheat; yesterday, I listened to an interview with Prof. Chris Toumazou on a BBC Radio 4 programme “The Life Scientific“.
Chris works at Imperial College London as Chief Scientist of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Circuit Design at Imperial College London.
Chris has made it a vocation to bring together the best of medicine and electronic engineering to mobilise quantitative healthcare.
The latter half of the interview talks more about his work on bio-engineering; his personal experience of caring for his son, who had renal failure and, how this view of chronic healthcare motivated him to create new mobile means of measurement to improve outcomes for both the patient and the hospital.
There are further fascinating examples including miniature cochlea implants, artificial pancreas and DNA micro-chip on a USB stick.
If you have 30 mins listen here to a very inspiring individual focused on mobile health technologies then do take the time.
Folant Health ( www.folanthealth.com ) a source of news and comment on the rapid innovations within Mobile Health (mHealth) and well-being. The Global mHealth market for wearables, applications, services and therapeutics is forecast to grow by 32% CAGR from $6.7bil in 2012 to over $58Bil in 2020. As Western economies wrestle to meet ever growing costs of chronic disease such as COPD, Diabetes, obesity & mental health; lightweight, un-obtrusive, mobile technologies are set to support a more informed means of health and well-being management at home and at work. mHealth will innovate health practice, drug development and associate industries through better data, insight and decision-making and ultimately improve the quality of life of the individual.
I recently published a blog article on one of my client’s website; the blog looked at the current state and opportunity for mobile health devices, their impact on quantitative health and what is possible in the future.
I found the subject so fascinating, I have started my own blog on that specific subject to share what I discover, learn and currently know.
As a first step and to set the background to this blog, take a look at my last blog for Tigerspike “mhealth a collision of positive forces”
A little about myself, I have spent nearly 20 yrs marketing and selling technology, one of my first acts was the launch of Windows 3.11 (Wow! that long ago). Ever since I have been a fan of technology; however I would not call myself an “early adopter” of technology rather a considered adopter. I hope the content will educate, inform and entertain you the reader!
Folant Health ( www.folanthealth.com ) a source of news and comment on the rapid innovations within Mobile Health (mHealth) and well-being. The Global mHealth market for wearables, applications, services and therapeutics is forecast to grow by 32% CAGR from $6.7bil in 2012 to over $58Bil in 2020. As Western economies wrestle to meet ever growing costs of chronic disease such as COPD, Diabetes, obesity & mental health; lightweight, un-obtrusive, mobile technologies are set to support a more informed means of health and well-being management at home and at work. mHealth will innovate health practice, drug development and associate industries through better data, insight and decision-making and ultimately improve the quality of life of the individual.
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