“There is basically ten orders of magnitude difference between the amount of data your car creates versus you,” exclaimed Verily Chief Technology Officer Brian Otis at the Health 2.0 Conference in Santa Clara, CA last fall. “And ostensibly, as people, … Read More
Flu season reveals a growing role for digital health
It’s been a bad year for the flu. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just announced that flu-related hospitalization rates are exceeding milestones set during the 2014-2015 season. If trends continue, analysts are predicting 36 million flu cases … Read More
The future of diabetes management with digital health
Diabetes and digital health are a natural fit. Because diabetes requires patients to regularly monitor their blood glucose level, it is in a sense a truly technologically dependent condition. Fortunately, digital health has been pretty active when it comes to … Read More
Can digital health solve the opioid epidemic?
Once a peripheral drug problem, opioid addiction has become an epidemic in the United States. To address the crisis, many innovators and government agencies are turning to digital health technologies. While words like “crisis” and “epidemic” may seem overblown, prescription … Read More
Smartphone photos are usually sufficient to diagnose skin conditions
Our ability to take and share high quality smartphone photos may improve access to health care, according to a recent teledermatology study. The findings add to a list of health conditions that can often be diagnosed remotely with a photo. … Read More
What is the economic evidence for mHealth?
We know anecdotally that mobile health solutions can be cost effective and cost saving. Physicians that use our Mobius Clinic app tell us all the time, and a quick review of the explosion of mHealth apps shows how mobility is creating … Read More
What is mobile health?
Just as mobile technology has become a seamless part of everyday American life, it is now indispensable to many parts of health care. Consider the enormous popularity of health wearables, or how tablets have untethered physicians from their desks? Or … Read More