Archive for July, 2011
Health Apps Blog post on HealthWorks Collective
July 28, 2011
Check out my blog post “A Garden of HealthCare Phone Apps – Watch it Grow“. It is a featured blog post on HealthWorks Collective, also, currently on the home page.
I also post on WikEhealth, a European site.
Check out my photo on the REshape Conference website – spoke in Nijmegen in 2009.
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Health Apps and Real Time Consults
July 19, 2011
There was more on the FDAs decision about health apps today. According to an informative blog post by Brian Dolan on MobileHealth News, the FDA will not regulate most apps. Some specific use cases for apps that won’t be regulated include:
- “that are electronic “copies” of medical textbooks, teaching aids or reference materials
- “that are solely used to log, record, track, evaluate, or make decisions or suggestions related to developing or maintaining general health and wellness.
- “that only automate general office operations with functionalities that include billing, inventory, appointments, or insurance transactions.
- “that are generic aids that assist users but are not commercially marketed for a specific medical indication”
As always with the FDA, the concern is how the app influences treatment.
Also announced was the real time iConsult where physician users can “consult” in real time with specialist and others and include photos and xrays in the request. Sounds like twitter consult but more secure.
In a 2010 post by @Berci Mesko, he notes doing consults via Twitter:
| What would I do if | in 2000 | Now |
| I need clinical answer | Try to find a collegue who knows it | Post a question on Twitter |
| I want to hear patient story about a specific condition | Try to find a patient in my town | Read blogs, watch Youtube |
| I want to be up-to-date | Go to the library once a week | Use RSS and follow hundreds of journals |
| I want to work on a manuscript with my team | We gather around the table | Use Google Docs without geographical limits |
My take is that most physicians are concerned about doing this but early adopters can share their successes and issues for the others.
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July 13, 2011
Two quick notes:
HHS kicks off $5M ‘i2′ Health IT app development program – contracts awarded for this, more innovation opportunities looking to:
- Allow an individual to securely and effectively share health information with members of his or her social network.
- Provide patients, caregivers and/or clinicians access to rigorous and relevant information that can support real needs and immediate decisions.
- Allow individuals to connect during natural disasters and other periods of emergency.
- Facilitate exchange of health information while allowing individuals to customize the privacy allowances for their personal health records.
Also announced, the Cleveland Clinic Medical Pavilion on Innocentive and the first challenge posted.
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