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By Jonah Comstock | 04:45 pm | June 25, 2018
A prospective cohort study of 33 adolescent cancer patients suggests that providing a Fitbit activity tracker and an iPad equipped with specialized health apps at the time of diagnosis can increase at least subjective measures of quality of life.
By Jonah Comstock | 04:13 pm | March 06, 2018
The old model of patient entertainment at Phoenix Children’s Hospital was a TV in every room, and the old method of patient education was a DVD cart wheeled from room to room.
By Laura Lovett | 03:11 pm | March 02, 2018
Finding ways to excersise in Siberia where weather is notoriously extreme can be difficult.
By Jonah Comstock | 04:49 pm | February 28, 2018
On Apple’s most recent earnings call, CEO Tim Cook didn’t talk much about the company’s various healthcare overtures.
By Jonah Comstock | 04:09 pm | January 23, 2017
UK-based cognitive assessment company Cambridge Cognition has received FDA clearance for Cantab Mobile, the company's iPad-based assessment tool for memory issues in older adults.
By Jonah Comstock | 12:05 pm | June 23, 2015
What constitutes a successful patient portal? Is it enough that patients engage with the portal, or do they actually need to demonstrate that they've learned new information from it? These are questions hospitals are grappling with as they seek to deploy patient portals and meet Meaningful Use guidelines.
By Aditi Pai | 09:03 am | April 30, 2015
Apple and IBM have partnered with Japanese conglomerate Japan Post Group -- building on the partnership the two tech companies announced last year --to provide Japanese senior citizens with iPads that they can use to manage their health.
By Jonah Comstock | 09:35 am | September 04, 2014
Otoharmonics, a startup out of the Baker Group supported by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for an iPad or iPod Touch application that treats a medical condition called tinnitus.
By Jonah Comstock | 09:49 am | August 05, 2014
Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has begun a one-year pilot of a novel telemedicine program, one that will allow first responders to connect select patients to a doctor via an iPad rather than actually transporting them to the hospital.
By Jonah Comstock | 11:56 am | July 23, 2014
Fitnet, the instructional video fitness app maker that launched in January of this year, has begun its first clinical pilot, a collaboration with the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) sponsored by a $15,000 grant from Mozilla.