How Private is Your Data in Mental Health Apps?
Photo by Markus Winkler on Pexels.com The pandemic is challenging our mental health in many ways as life in lockdown continues; while hope is on the horizon as vaccine distribution…
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.…
Evaluating Apps- The American Psychiatric Association​ Model
How do you know what a good app is? Great strides have been made in guiding consumers, employers, and health systems in making better decisions when choosing digital mental health…
Digital Mental Health and COVID-19- Access, Quality & Acceleration
As you read this week's blog, you may be at home, hunkered down as the World deals with the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a rare moment when the globe is…
Digital Health in 2020 Trends and Wishlists
The last decade saw tremendous development in digital health. With the growing penetration of smartphone ownership globally, having tools at your fingertips to support health and wellness is commonplace.…
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…
Beyond Blood- The New Era of Digital Biomarkers
With the Theranos scandal now fading into Silicon Valley lore, the reality of digital biomarkers and the data derived from devices is teeming with information, opportunity and the need for…
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…
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…
Data Crossing Borders to Support Health
Earlier this week Finland and Estonia announced they would be testing the exchange of health data across borders, allowing citizens in Europe to have digital prescriptions to be seamlessly…