Trusthworthines in Digital Health- An App Checklist
Recent books like Richard Seymour's "The Twittering Machine" and Shoshana Zuboff's "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" offer sobering accounts of the impact of over two decades of life in…
Can we build a better app? Meet LAMP
In the days where data privacy and transparency in digital health apps are becoming paramount in patients and providers minds can we have a better process? Can we co-create a…
Precision Aging- Does Tech Have Some Answers?
In the USA, over ten thousand people are turning 65 daily; this has given rise to a preponderance of newspaper and magazine articles charting the potential impact of the Silver…
Do we have Digital Biomarkers?
There is no denying the pace and reach of digital tools seems exponential. As some digital tools mature are we able to create a palette of digital biomarkers so patients…
The Digital Age- A Faustian Bargain
Many headlines from 2018 addressed the lack of trust global citizens had in institutions like the press, governments, academic institutions and a stable high-level of trust in nurses and doctors.…
Evidence Framework for Digital Health
As 2019 comes to a close, digital health ends the year with more funding and a deepening utilization in health care. Thousands of apps exist with a preponderance in mental…
The Doctor will see your phone now
We have integrated our technological devices into our daily lives to the point they are indispensable. In past blogs, I have written about how more and more health tech solutions…
Voice- the Next Frontier in HealthCare?
In the past two weeks, several articles have been published on the next digital frontier of development, voice-based technology. Think about how much you use your smartphone or device, and…
A Nudge Too Far?
There's a growing cacophony of voices calling for a clear plan to bring an ethical dimension to technology. A few things are at play here: the recent use of big…
Privacy in the Era of Big Data- Let’s Not Throw the Baby out with the Bathwater
You have probably noticed an increase of email in your inbox with updated privacy policies as the European Union enacts the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) this past month. At…