Brian Edwards

WiMM Labs develops Android-based wearable computers complete with micro apps

Aug 08, 2011 by
mHealth
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WiMM Labs develops Android-based wearable computers complete with micro apps — potential for mHealth capabilities.

Wireless Body Area Networks: Driving mHealth By Delivering Value to Patients, Providers and Payers

Aug 04, 2011 by
Commentary Featured mHealth
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Wireless body area networks represent the promise and future of mHealth.

2011 Mobile Health World Congress: The Gamification of Health Care is Upon Us

Aug 03, 2011 by
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I had the pleasure of covering the first day of the Mobile Health World Congress in Boston, which is a great event that draws an interesting crowd of leading industry thinkers representing all segments of the mobile health business. Several compelling start-ups debuted their apps at the show and numerous industry trends have emerged which I will feature in several posts over the coming weeks. The most predominate trend I gleaned from the presentations, product demos, and conversations I had [Read more]

The future of medicine hangs on the subtleties of “use”

Jul 27, 2011 by
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[Ed. This is the third of a three part series examining the past & present of FDA regulation of mHealth] The debate over the adoption of electronic health records and health IT systems by physicians has largely focused on the concept of “Meaningful Use”. It was this term chosen by the Dept of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), the sub-agency charged with distributing subsidies awarded in the Obama stimulus to physicians who adopt electronic medical [Read more]

Using smartphones for objective diagnosis and monitoring of Parkinson’s patients

Jul 26, 2011 by
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More than 10 million people in the US suffer from tremor-related disease, including Parkinson’s, essential tremor and multiple sclerosis. This fact presents a major business opportunity for the innovator who develops a Smartphone App capable of capturing and contextualizing patient tremor data in remotely in real-time for purposes of developing a truly objective and standardized diagnostic system. Delano, along with his co-principal investigator Brian Parise at the George Tech Research Institute (GTRI), believes they have developed precisely such a solution.

BodyMedia is using wearable sensors to fight the obesity epidemic one step at a time

Jul 25, 2011 by
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A look at BodyMedia, a company who’s vision is to use technology to combat the biggest threat to our national health – obesity. And now they bring that fight to the smartphone.

Ginger.io’s DailyData app “infers” health from monitoring and analyzing smartphone use and location

Digital Health Startups with iMedicalApps
Jul 17, 2011 by
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Ginger.io is a spin-off from the MIT Media Lab, touting an app capable of determining a patient’s health risks by analyzing the subtle variations in the ways and places they use their smartphone. Founded by Anmol Madan, PhD and Ryan Toole, recent MIT Media Lab graduates, along with recent MIT Sloan (MBA) and Harvard Medical School (MS) grad Karan Singh, the company just completed three months at TechStar’s three-month incubation program. The app, called DailyData first creates a baseline model [Read more]

Zephyr Technologies lands major deal to embed AT&T 3G in its BioHarness™ Body Area Network

Jul 16, 2011 by
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Zephyr Technologies has struck a deal with AT&T to embed AT&T’s 3G/4G technology inside its BioHarness™ wearable biosensor technology. This deal has major implications for the future of the company’s mobile apps, and gives the company a jump-start on its competitors. Zephyr’s stated mission is to “Measure Life” and they license their products to academic researchers, military, athletes, physicians and anyone else who wants to build custom mobile applications using the company’s wearable sensor technologies and remote monitoring devices. “With [Read more]

Toumaz has BIG day, announcing FDA approval & joint venture with physician billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong

Digital Health Startups with iMedicalApps
Jul 15, 2011 by
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Physician billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong furthers his foray into the mobile sector with a new deal that is huge for the advancement of body area network devices.