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MappyHealth – is Twitter telling us the picture of our health today?
I happened upon MappyHealth doing research for my public health class and found that it was extremely interesting. It takes tweets and analyzes them to give us a picture of our health. For instance,...
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mHealth and the FDA – where is the path leading?
Mention FDA in the healthcare world, especially around us software geeks, and everyone gets quiet and cringes. I’ve been in healthcare for over 25 years and 15 of those included pharmacy work. So I am...
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FDA and mHealth: Upcoming FDASIA report implications
In watching what is going on with the FDA and mHealth, I’ve become a bit more nervous on the topics that are lying “in between the lines” of what the FDA is working with the ONC and FCC to determine...
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Smartphone Apps & the Healthcare Setting
In a recent blog post for Pivot Point Consulting I share information and thoughts on the use of smartphones in the health setting. We use a lot of health apps as we have become a society that is much...
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Wearables & Healthcare Technology
Have you tried the Google Glass yet? Wear a Fitbit? In a recent post for the Pivot Point Consulting blog, I talk about wearables, those devices that you wear which capture data as you wear them about...
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Apple’s health app
The FDA has been adding some statements about mobile apps since the release of its report back in late March. Specifically, on 6/11/14 it released more clarification on what would fall under...
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How well will wearables and mHealth apps work with the individual?
Just read an article which discussed the challenges that wearables, or the wearable vendors, face in actually helping the individual. Though very interesting on the discussion I am not sure I...
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Big Data & Analytics
Did you know that we are already using big data (extremely large data sets that may be analyzed computationally to reveal patterns, trends, and associations, especially relating to human behavior and...
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What’s in store for mHealth?
From the 2014 mHealth Summit they had 4 “take-aways” – all four were ones that we have heard before and ones that we should be listening to. I’ll start with the easy one, in my opinion – (and their #1...
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An App Here, An App There….
Do you use health apps in your everyday life? Who directed you to the apps you use? Your doctor? Friend? Co-worker? Well, if you got yours from the App Store or Google Play then you are in the...
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