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Avoid Personal Health Data Interop Pitfalls by Demonstrating Device Standards Compliance
Feb 04, 2021
The Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance) has released an update to its free Continua Test Tool (CTT), a valuable guidepost used to demonstrate to your customer that your medical device has properly implemented popular industry standards...
Scaling Personal Health Technologies to Address the Diabetes Epidemic
    Aug 24, 2016
No one argues that new diagnoses of Type 2 Diabetes is approaching epidemic levels. According to the American Diabetes Association, 1.4 million...
Combining Genomics and Personal Health Data
    Aug 24, 2016
A majority of healthcare consumers now have access to their personal health records (PHRs) through their providers. According to the Office of the...
Digital Health Innovations in Low Resource Countries
    Aug 24, 2016
In countries with low per capita income and little funding for health programs, one might expect an absence of support for innovation in digital...
Texting Programs for Public Health in Africa
    Aug 19, 2016
In any low resource setting, communicating about health and wellness can be a challenge. Fortunately, in Africa, a growing network and the adoption...
Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing – Helpful or Misleading?
    Aug 19, 2016
Increasingly, consumers want to control their healthcare data and for many, that includes their genome. The perceived benefits of purchasing direct-...
Mobile Apps and Wearables Can Benefit Underserved Populations
    Aug 19, 2016
It's easy to assume that underserved populations, in both urban and rural communities, would have disparate access to mobile apps and wearables...
Caregivers and Technology – When Personal Connected Health Becomes a Lifeline
    Aug 19, 2016
Support for caregivers is an under-recognized but growing need. A recent letter to the Journal of the American Medical Association notes &nbsp...
Diabetes Self-Management Goes Digital
    Aug 11, 2016
Diabetes self-management and training is a collaborative process through which people with, or at risk for, diabetes gain the knowledge and skills...