Mobile Health

CARP Mobile Sensing A new major release of CARP Mobile Sensing is now available (version 0.40.0). This release has a number of new and improved features: Persistent sampling across app re-start — since the operating systems (both Android and iOS) are increasingly killing apps when running in the background, there is now much…

‘Stay away from screens!’.. ‘Mobiles will bring an end to your vision!’.. ‘Network and internet devices are destroying our health!’… Don’t we all hear these statements? And we start defending this new era of technology that has advanced the way we live and changed our whole world. Well! Although this…

To make continuous health monitoring a reality involves enormous scientific, technological, and cultural challenges. However, it has immense potential to enhance our health and wellness. And to accomplish those challenges requires producing affordable and easy-to-use healthcare solutions. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms applied in medical and public health…

After World War II, advances in medicine led to a worldwide increase in life expectancy. The simultaneous high birth rate is also known as the era of the baby boomers. — The baby boomers turn 65 “Millennials,” “Generation Z” or “digital natives”: everyone has heard these terms before; they are now part of contemporary linguistic usage. The first time such a term was used for a generation was with the so-called baby boomers.

Mobile health (mHealth) technologies will play a key role in digital initiatives to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes, reduce cost and inequality, and enhance the patient experience. These mHealth applications depend on the ubiquity and simplicity of the smartphone. …

How can we facilitate visual exploration of personal data on a small smartphone screen? — This article introduces a mobile application named Data@Hand, which leverages speech and touch interaction to foster visual exploration of personal data on mobile devices. …

Strong and equitable health systems can be built when we embrace the power of technology. This year’s World Health Day highlights the importance of ‘building a fairer, healthier world’. Looking at sub-Saharan Africa, still a lot of work is to be done in the region. The Gini index, indicating income…

What is Telemedicine? Telemedicine is the use of technology by a medical professional to evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients at a distance using telecommunications technology. (Chiron Health) This practice has existed since the 1950’s when two health centers in Pennsylvania were able to successfully transmit radiologic images over the phone.” (Chiron Health) In…