A new study finds positive effects from use of a mobile app to assist in diabetes care.
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A New England Journal of Medicine review article examines the state of mobile health.
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Two Deloitte surveys provide insight into consumer and provider views of telemedicine.
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A brief from AHRQ summarizing research on mobile apps for diabetes management finds little value in improving health.
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A survey of mobile apps to help diabetes patients manage their care is published in the journal Diabetes Care.
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A Health Affairs article explores the utility of mobile health apps, particularly for high-cost populations.
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A new study in JAMA indicates that using wearable activity trackers does not lead to weight loss.
http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/it/study-activity-trackers-won-t-necessarily-help-you-lose-weight?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT0RKaE5XWXlZall3TlRRdyIsInQiOiJcLzZVSHcyZGZBMVNXVVlqdXo1YWJ2bjRvWFdkQ3NFektaXC9Ga2xqWFBGemFvTmN5T3p2bmI5M1V5eUdaOTNOSHRJT0h0V3R3U0JrQTlvVW9MSjF2cTg0b3RKdFR4ajFCNXV3cnQ4TnNQU2pVPSJ9A study in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine finds that most smartphone fertility apps are inaccurate and basically useless.
http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/mobile/study-smartphone-fertility-apps-boast-little-accuracy-validity?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTm1NeE9XUmhNRE16TVRrNSIsInQiOiJQdk80RGt4a0M0N1ZuQTBCS3B1dGg4MFg1cHFCcUpXb2RldUM5bjg1SkwxRTBFOE5ESUF6N3NnZTJ1K1RDdnhvT2daWFwvWTdVVVM1bXpmNDBVTEFtVlA4Sk5wbzBiOVdcL2VnMmE0d1wvU1wvdVE9In0%3DA Commonwealth Fund brief sets out a framework to evaluate mobile health apps.
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Rock Health issues its annual report on funding for "digital health", which appears to have plateaued.
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A Rock Health report discusses consumer adoption of digital health technologies.
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A report from Deloitte's Center for Health Solutions explores current consumer use of health information technologies.
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Research carried in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds a modest benefit from a text message-based intervention to help manage risk factors related to heart disease.
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IMS' Institute for Healthcare Informatics issues a report on the use and value of mobile health apps.
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A new report from Pew Research describes the extent of smartphone ownership and use among Americans, including use for health purposes.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
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