Can Your Digital Twin Support Your Health?
Photo by Gratisography on Pexels.com You have been sitting for a long time, and your device of choice nudges you to get up and move around, so you get some…
Making a Diagnosis, Making a Difference in Obesity Treatment
Photo by bongkarn thanyakij on Pexels.com Diagnosing is often the first step in crafting a treatment plan. Your doctor checks your blood pressure to determine if you have hypertension or…
In Digital Health – Consideratiotions in Dose Response
Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com How might we think about mechanisms of action in digital health? When taking traditional medication, you take a particular dose that provides reliable symptom relief.…
Venture Capital Investment in Digital Mental Health
Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com When the Pandemic started, business as we know it had to adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment. Globally, hospitals are the front line of…
Measuring What Matters to Patients in Digital Health
Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com What if we had a comprehensive set of patient-centered measures to guide how we plan care in collaboration with patient needs. In healthcare, patient…
Is Covid-Related Weight Gain a Concern?
Photo by Breakingpic on Pexels.com I have addressed previous blogs' data showing a 27% decrease in physical activity rates since the Pandemic began. I have also reflected on published data…
Move Over “Eat Less, Move More”- Behavioral Phenotypes for Weight Loss
Photo by Natasha Spencer on Pexels.com The standard advice for weight loss has often been the pithy "eat less, move more." This advice doesn't prove very helpful to people engaged…
Evaluating Digital Health – The Big Picture
Knowing what "good" looks like in the digital health space has proved challenging for most solutions. Net promoter scores (NPR) don't tell a consumer about efficacy or effectiveness. On one…
Weight Loss in Early Adulthood and Mortality in Later Life- An Update
Obesity is a known risk factor for COVID-19. As we think more broadly about obesity prevention strategies, does when you lose weight across the lifespan matter related to all-cause mortality?…
COVID-19, Obesity and Mortality – A Deeper Dive
Boris Johnson is urging people in the United Kingdom (UK) to lose weight to save the National Health Service (NHS) by lowering the risk for COVID-19 by weighing less. The…