Health Populi
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
use at least one mobile health app, and 56% of older people have never used one. Among seven mhealth tools, the most commonly-used is to track exercise. One in 3 older people who use a mobile health app do so for exercise, followed by nutrition (currently adopted by 22% of older folks), weight loss (for 20%), and sleep (17%).
Health Populi
OCTOBER 6, 2021
People w3re already adopting digital tech for health before the pandemic began; Apple and Xiaomi dominated market shares for wearable tech globally, and mobile apps for health, wellness, and fitness approached 40,000 available in app stores. Our homes emerged as our health hubs in the #StayHome and quarantine times.
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The Digital Health Corner
JANUARY 30, 2017
A handful of small studies have shown that ‘brain exercise’ in the form of cognitive augmentation games decreases the risk in normal individuals of getting Ad. An intriguing interactive game/tool is Tovertafel , a Dutch technology which projects via suspended box visuals onto a table. Some earlier studies suggested this was the case.
Mobile Health Matters
OCTOBER 2, 2017
As we celebrate National Health IT Week , it is incredible to realize how health technology tools are transforming every facet of patient care. From telehealth, to 3D printers to artificial intelligence, the explosion of personalized health devices redefines the dynamics of patient treatment and interactions.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Recently published in the Journal for Technology and Behavioral Science , the study was designed to assess the current state of the literature on the use of online programs and mobile applications of self-compassion, mindfulness, and meditation (digital mindfulness-based interventions; dMBIs).
Lloyd Price
JANUARY 16, 2019
In recognizing current regulatory limitations, the FDA has proposed a Digital Health Innovation Action Plan, which would create a “risk-based approach to regulating digital health technology,” focusing resources on those digital products that may pose the greatest risk to patient safety. (8) Stud Health Technol Inform.
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