The Latest in Digital Health News
The Health Data Exploration Project’s regular scan through the news.
Apple patents activating “Panic Mode” with a fingerprint
“Apple picking”, as New York law enforcers called the spate of iPhone theft, is now a thing of the past. Read more…
Epic Fail: Digitizing America’s medical records was supposed to help patients and save money. Why hasn’t that happened?
Nestled in the gently rolling hills of Verona, Wisconsin, a small Madison suburb, is the 1,000-acre “Intergalactic Headquarters” of Epic Systems, the multibillion-dollar company that claims its software manages medical records for 179 million Americans—or 56 percent of the country. Epic’s HQ features a conference room tucked in a tree house. Read more…
Ultra-Thin Skin Sensor Can Tell How Fast Your Blood Is Pumping
Stretchy, soft, and as thin as a temporary tattoo, this new health sensor does something no other wearable device can. Peering into your veins, it tracks the speed of your flowing blood in real time. The study appears in Science Advances. Read more…
Will Wearables Wipe Out the Smartphone?
Virtual Reality Will Be the New Medium for Information and Communication. Read more…
IOTThe Internet Of Things (IoT): Challenges And Benefits
In the near future, you may no longer need to remember to turn the oven off when the cake is done, switch on lights when you enter a room, or run the clothes dryer when electricity rates are cheapest. Your home will do it for you. Read more…
What’s Really Killing Digital Health Startups
In 2004 I started the first VoIP-based SaaS company for the call center market. Based on the moderate success we achieved, I thought making a play in the healthcare industry would be a cakewalk. Read more…
Health hackers: the patients taking medical innovation into their own hands
Tired of waiting for a monitor for his diabetes, Tim Omer made his own. He is one of a growing number of patients circumventing medical companies in favor of a homemade healthcare revolution. Read more…
Lantern launches mobile-enabled stress program
San Francisco-based Lantern, which offers web and mobile programs based on cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety, released its second offering, a stress-focused program, this week. Read more…
New Generation Of Nanogenerators Could Revolutionise The Future Of Wearables
Imagine the reality of charging your smartphone by simply walking down the street or snapping your fingers. While it might seem like a far off dream, it’s a reality that exists right now. Read more…
Making Indigenous Peoples Equal Partners in Gene Research
A new generation of indigenous scientists is teaming up with communities, instead of treating them like guinea pigs. Read more…
The dark side of wearables: How they’re secretly jeopardizing your security and privacy
The seductive lure of activity and health wearables make it easy to forget, or ignore, the inherent security and privacy risks involved. Read more…
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