Implementing a thorough federal privacy law and broadening HIPAA protections to include new mHealth technologies are crucial steps in enhancing personal data security. Equally important, companies and developers should adhere to strict ethical standards and robust security protocols during app development to protect users' sensitive information.
A study published by Verily researchers showed that some smartphone metrics, such as sentiment in weekly voice diaries, matched up with the severity of users’ depression as determined by PHQ-9 scores. Even if these technologies could be used to track mental health, it’s not clear how they will fit into physician workflows or how comfortable people will be using their smartphones in this way.
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About 88% of health apps are built with the ability to collect and share user data, according to a study published last week in the BMJ. Most of these codes for data collection are for third-party services, such as ads or analytics.
Every digital health startup wants clinical validation, but studies have unexpected results. That's what appears to have greeted Medisafe when it ventured to gather real-world evidence about its mobile health tool.
A Microsoft initiative that produced apps to offer analysis and user insights based on personal health records from HealthVault, has ended.
The study identified 18 eligible randomized controlled trials of 22 smartphone apps, with outcome data from 3,414 participants.
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Apple COO Jeff Williams noted that the company has been working on improvements to its heart rate monitoring technology over the past couple of years and claimed that Apple's heart rate monitor is the most widely used in the world.
Qardio's three products — QardioArm, QardioBase and QardioCore — have been integrated onto Tactio Health Group's digital platform.
The new Clinical Mobility Solution helps integrate multiple mobile applications into clinician workflows.
The push to develop safe health apps was a theme that ran through a few new developments this week from app developers behaving badly to the multi-pronged Xcertia initiative launched at the Connected Health conference to SocialWellth's revamp of a Happtique app curation program.
Balancing healthcare benefits and insurance costs requires research. From becoming a Difference Card member to offering wellness resources, there are many ways to improve healthcare at low cost.
Daniel Kraft, a regular on the healthcare conference circuit spoke at the Cleveland Clinic's Medical Innovations Summit and asked whether healthcare has the right platforms to catch the data and tech wave headed our way.
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Health IT investment in the U.S. and China was hot in Q2, but what are some of the areas where these two markets differ?
The app is based on technology licensed from the University of Virginia Licensing and Ventures Group.
The $192.3 million deal underscores Nokia's interest in pushing into the digital health investment space following the launch of its $350 million Internet of Things fund in February.