Balancing Privacy and Data Use in Digital Health
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com A cherished colleague often says, "necessity is the mother of innovation"- I happen to agree with him. Few of us in healthcare would look back…
A Banner Year for Digital Health – Trends and Challenges
Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com Amid a global pandemic, digital health has emerged more robust than ever. According to Rock Health, funding is closing in on twelve billion dollars.…
Can Your Smartwatch Detect Symptoms of COVID-19?
Photo by Olenka Sergienko on Pexels.com Consumer wearable devices, like smartwatches, are ubiquitous and can nudge us to move if we have been sedentary for too long. Smartwatches also help…
Ethical Dimensions in Digital Health- ReCODE Health Guidance
In this week's blog post, I want to focus on ethics in designing digital health tools. This decade will see significant shifts in data use, privacy, and transparency as…
Insomnia in Pregnancy- Can Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Help?
One is seven women may struggle to get a good night's sleep during pregnancy, while many visits and milestones are tracked during the nine months of pregnancy, medications are only…
Sleep- an Elixer to Combat Obesity?
Evidence shows the importance of getting a good night's sleep- 7 hours seems to be the magic number; more or less is associated with negative implications for blood pressure,…
Stepping Back From 10,000 Steps- Is Less Now More?
The evidence on the importance of being physically active for health and longevity is robust- that's not in doubt; activity levels are often pitted against weight loss science to declare a…
Digital Health- “fail early, fail often” meets “first do no harm”
Seth Frank coined the term digital health in 2000; the early framing included internet-based content to improve health and chronic condition management and has more recently been expanded to include…
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…
Are there Digital Phenotypes for Detecting Life Stress?
It is a rare person that cannot relate to the concept of stress, we all might define it differently given our personal experience, it might be stressful to stay upright…