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Transforming healthcare

July 21, 2013

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Here’s some quotes from a US News article about our need to be the driving force behind getting all the information we need to help manage our health care. “Consumers must provide the impetus for new medicine – a new medicine that is no longer paternalistic, since the doctor does not necessarily know best anymore.” […]

FDA and mobile health apps

March 22, 2013

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Here’s preliminary information about regulation of the 40,000 medical apps.  Hopefully, there will be enough regulation to make them safe and protect us from people that don’t at least know the medicine and the accuracy of their apps. “The FDA has been regulating mobile medical device software for more than 10 years.  So far, the agency has reviewed […]

Joggobot

August 24, 2012

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Joggobot is a research project drawing the idea from computer games, by the Exertion Games Lab that explores how joggers will enjoy jogging with flying robots as companions, in order to make the exercise activity more engaging. via Joggobot the flying companion (video) | wordlessTech.

Smartphones and cloud computing

August 24, 2012

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Mobile, cloud computing using a smartphone and a tablet like the iPad is a combination of three technologies – cloud computing, mobile computing and networking.  These three technology trends have integrated into a set of services for us to use on our smartphones and Android tablets. With the free space offered by cloud storage providers […]

A better memory

August 22, 2012

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Whether it is to remember a name, an address that you absolutely do not want to save on paper or screen, or simply the knowledge for a test, your memory still comes in handy. Even with all those “memory helpers,” ie, mobile devices. In addition we have to develop ways to refresh these memories so […]

Mobile info will soon drive healthcare

July 29, 2012

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    You’ve heard it before, there is a personal-health paradigm shift coming. Health records and new applications from Medicare to the VA to medical hackathons will soon change health care from doctor centered care to individual preventive, information driven care. “There’s evidence-based medicine. There’s also evidence-based prevention.” This is from a video where Ester Dyson is interviewed. Those of us who […]

Healthcare reform

July 7, 2012

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I know we have a major issue going on; we also have a major opportunity.  At no time has so much information been available instantly about health issues. Develop a critical, skeptical stance toward most of it, but then that is a skill you will use in everything related to the internet. (This might be a good time to suggest a […]