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Stop dismissing your body’s notifications.
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This is Part 3 in an ongoing series where I go in-depth on how I successfully hack and improve my #health through technology and science while having Fibromyalgia.Read Part 1 and Part 2 first if you want the full story.You intimately know what every vibration pattern and audible notification on your smartphone means. Long three-patterned vibration for a phone call, double-short for a text, BLOOP-BLEEP for an email, BEEP-BLOOP for a Facebook message. You recognize every notification it produces instantly, and you respond accordingly.But how well do you know your the evolutionary notification system our bodies have developed? Can you even recognize the differences between them?“Hey moron, body here. Pay attention to me!”That dull, aching pain in your neck? Yeah, it’s from slouching again and (...)

#chronic-illness #fitness #life-hacking #health-technology

Direct Primary Care is the Future of Health
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Decent’s health plan puts DPC at the center. Here’s why.Imagine the perfect doctor’s visit.You schedule a convenient same-day appointment. You arrive at the clinic, skip the waiting room and the clipboard, and walk right into the doctor’s office. Perhaps you are offered tea. The doctor — who you know and like both personally and professionally — is prepared with your basic info and recent lab results, and takes time to talk through any issues you want to discuss. The two of you celebrate the fact that you’re healthy, and make a plan together to keep you that way.If this sounds like a fantasy, the truth is even worse: today’s fee-for-service #healthcare system actually punishes doctors who want to treat you this way.This is personal for me.My parents, Mike and Sara, are retired primary care doctors (...)

#blockchain #blockchain-healthcare #health-insurance #direct-primary-care

The Advantage #healthcare Providers Have In Health Tech
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The Advantages Healthcare Providers Have In Healthcare AnalyticsBy Benjamin RogojanHealthcare analytics is a multibillion-dollar industry. Having the ability to predict patient readmission, fraud, logistical needs, provider quality and so on provides healthcare providers with opportunities for cost savings and increased efficiency. Even being able to answer simple questions in healthcare with data can provide massive ROI. Our team has seen companies implement very simple analytical systems that quickly provided tactile ROI.As a team built up of data engineers and data scientists we have worked on multiple products and projects for healthcare and insurance providers. One of the truths we see is that both entities have a huge advantage to developing either their own internal tools or (...)

#data-science #health-technology #big-data #data-analysis

Mailbox Money
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I had the opportunity to talk with a very successful businessman as part of this NursePass story. He provided some great advice, as well as introduced me to a colleague of his that helped us secure our first patent. Looking back at the notes from that conversation, I had written in darker ink than anything else… “Mailbox Money”: simply launching NursePass for the sake of collecting a check in my mailbox. His point was about the “exit” and just collecting my stake.It sounded appealing. I’ll be honest. I’m very “green” to #entrepreneurship. My previous #startup experience was secretly selling Bubblicious gum in elementary school at recess and on the bus. I had a display and everything, but I’ll save that story for later. The idea of just walking to my mailbox to find checks…it sounded dreamy. Dreamy (...)

#health-technology #mailbox-money

Like minds: what to consider when choosing a software partner
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What are the qualities you should look out for when you’re selecting the company that will implement the software side of your device? Vladimir Timashov, Delivery Manager, Healthcare & Life Sciences, at global technology consultants DataArt shares his thoughtsIn the age of digitalisation, technological demand grows daily even in highly conservative areas. Smart medical devices and enhanced medical software products such as the AI-powered insulin pump or Embody’s pre-operative planning software allow a seamless user experience, reduce risk and apply new approaches such as AI or VR to help reduce the cost of diagnosis.A lot of medical device companies are now at the beginning of their digitalisation journey. Some of these manufacturers historically have no software technology (...)

#digitalization #health-technology #medical-devices

How can technology improve end-of-life and palliative care?
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Lessons from a Technology + Palliative Care Brainstorm with doctors, chaplains, and palliative #health experts at the University of Colorado Denver.Palliative care is a relatively new concept in the field of medicine. Historically, medicine has had a primarily curative goal. Yet, instead of focusing on curing a terminally diagnosed patient, palliative care provides relief from symptoms, pain, and associated mental stress.As with most trends in healthcare, including palliative medicine, we’re seeing an increase in the use of technology to augment patient care. We’ve seen incredible projects and ideas such as smart pill dispensers, virtual group therapy, and others. But what about the intersection of palliative care and technology?To explore this intersection further, I hosted a #tech + (...)

#palliative-care #end-of-life-care #health-technology

Top 10 #health & Fitness App Developers in India that follow Latest mHealth Trends
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Smartphones have formed a new communication network among #healthcare service providers and patients. With hardware advancement and innovative applications, smartphones enable better coordination, diagnostic accuracy, and build confidence.In a developing country like India People are increasingly using healthcare mobile applications to accomplish their health and fitness goals. Following the trend Indian health industry is never left behind and offering innovative mhealth solutions from fitness apps to medical assistance application for better patient-care and well-coordinated healthcare providers. From measuring your body mass index, to motivating you to walk an extra mile, reminding you about your medicines, these health and fitness apps go a long way in improving your (...)

#health-trends #mhealth-trends #mobile-health-trends

All You Need to Know about Fitness App Development
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Thriving mobile app technology has made our daily activities easier. Hundreds of thousands of mobile apps are available in the app store in the ‘health and fitness’ category to make our life more comfortable and healthier. This surge in the number of fitness apps is largely attributed to the fitness boom that occurred in the year 2014 with the advent of wearables. However, the trend quickly shifted in favor of the mobile apps because they can effectively control the wearables as well.Today, as the number of smartphone users increases by leaps and bound, the popularity of customized fitness apps is increasing continually. Statista has predicted that globally, the number of fitness app users will surpass the figure of 353 million by 2022. Another report has estimated that the mHealth apps (...)

#fitness-app-developer #fitness-apps #health-and-fitness #app-development-company #fitness-app-development

How #blockchain is Set to Disrupt the #healthcare Industry in 2018
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In 2018, Q1 funding to digital health startups reached an all-time high.Meanwhile, global annual health spending surpassed $7 trillion dollars in 2015.By 2020, global annual health spending is expected to have ballooned to over $8.734 trillion.You’ve probably heard of the disruptions blockchain technology is making in the fin-tech industry — they’re all over the news.But there is unlikely to be a sector that faces greater disruption by blockchain technology than the healthcare industry.It goes without saying that the healthcare industry represents a significant portion of the economy. In fact, a report by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reveals that healthcare spending is expected to cover almost 20% of the US national economy by the year 2025.Meanwhile, the sector is being put (...)

#tech #health-technology #blockchain-technology

▻http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/10631423/Silver-surfers-demand-digital-health-services.html

The concept of ’silver surfers’ is a little outdated these days. Ten years ago, the idea of elderly people surfing the web was vaguely comical, whereas recent data from the Office of National Statistics shows that internet use more than tripled for those 65 and older between 2006 to 2013.

With a growing number of tech-savvy senior citizens, the demand for digital health services is also growing. According to new research by Accenture, 27 per cent of senior citizens in England are self-tracking some aspect of their health, such as health indicators (18 per cent), weight and blood pressure, or information pertaining to their health history (11 per cent).

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#silver-surfers
#digital

INFOGRAPHIC: The Growth of Inbound Marketing in Health Care
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#visualisation
#infographie
#Marketing
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