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For older adults, the future of wearables is predictive

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Wearables are increasingly providing health status signals, some useful, some not. The Quantified Self , coined in 2007 as a fringe concept , is now mainstream and migrating rapidly into personal health management. Some say that tomorrow’s view will make the annual doctor visit irrelevant and even misleading.

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The Promise of Digital Health and the Privacy Perils – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 4

Health Populi

are concepting, which I wrote about back in 2007 focusing on Toyota’s wellness car concept. With every one of these digital health encounters, from Alexa to Zipongo, a bit of data is created. GoInvo has been working for a long time on how to communicate health and healthcare data in enchanting ways.

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Why CTA’s Shepherding AI Is Important for Re-Imagining Healthcare

Health Populi

Connected cars are emerging as a “third space” for health and wellness, and Mercedes, Toyota, Honda, Audi and other car companies have been working on concept cars in health for years. For example, here’s my Health Populi write-up of Toyota , for example, and its wellness car from 2007. Health/care is everywhere.

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Apple’s Health Records App: A Ripple or a Roar?

mHealth Insight

But I can’t help but recall similar attempts to create health data repositories for patients on their mobile devices. In 2012, Google shut down Google Health after just three years due to “lack of widespread adoption.” Why haven’t these tech giants — and others — been successful? Don’t get me wrong.

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#PatientsIncluded statement for SPM’s Second Annual Conference: #SPM2018

Society for Participatory Medicine

17 in Boston, attached to the prestigious Connected Health conference. She has a distinguished career and is recognized nationally and internationally for her work in the area of consumer health advocacy and health literacy. Are you attending Connected Health? Register here.