POSTS TAGGED AS wellness

Trends in Population Health

One implication of healthcare reform is that not-for-profit “community hospitals” will demonstrate a greater mission role by keeping people [MORE]

Passive Home-Based Monitoring in an Era of Telemedicine

Successful pervasive wellness programs require subject compliance and receptivity to personalized wellness information and advice. Novel technology focused approaches can [MORE]

Home Grown Innovation at Cleveland Clinic

Many hospitals prefer innovations that derive from their own experience, and the ones that actually promote this do the [MORE]

Wristband Monitor

Jawbone (San Francisco, CA), a maker of personal electronics and best known for its Bluetooth headsets, will release later [MORE]

24/7 BP Monitor

Sleep and Blood Pressure Have an Interesting Relationship. Normally, a person’s BP drops to its lowest level [MORE]

“Quantified Self Confidence”

This wristwatch-like band from Basis Technology (San Fransciso, CA) monitors heart rate, calories burned, physical activity and sleep, [MORE]

How Common Is Good Heart Health? Not Very

Nonsmoking, a BMI below 25, goal level exercise and a good diet, unmedicated cholesterol below 200, BP below 120/80, [MORE]

Hopkins’ Online Test for Dementia Risk

Nearly everyone in the healthcare debate agrees that the heart of real reform is people taking greater responsibility for [MORE]

Free Wellness App Acts as Hub

There are hundreds of wellness-associated apps for smart phones and pads, and WellCom.org (San Diego, CA) has what might [MORE]

Walgreens’ “Take Care Health System”

Walgreens, which operates 370 workplace clinics, has been working with Intel for the past five years in developing a [MORE]

AT&T’s “ForHealth” Business, Scope and Products

Late last year, AT&T launched its new telemedicine/telehealth division called “For Health,” focusing on wireless and cloud-based networks for [MORE]

Online Student Health and Wellness

It’s still a little surprising to find that telecommunication companies have healthcare services divisions, but now that’s also the [MORE]

European Union’s Ambient Assisted Living Program Report

With case studies, statistics, and interviews, this interim report about technology-assisted eldercare covers developments for the past two years.  The [MORE]

Coupons in Consumer Healthcare

Groupon, Foursquare, Scoutmob and Living Social are among a growing number of social media services that market health care [MORE]

Can Wellness Be Fun?

Remember scavenger hunts and Scouting merit badges, “Hangman” and board games?  Child’s play promoted physical, cognitive and social development, [MORE]

Mood Monitoring

This piece isn’t about monitoring patients’ health, but detecting nuances of language, reflecting buyers’ moods, could be a useful [MORE]

Earbud Monitoring of Vital Signs

A quote from Valencell best summarizes what this is about: “Valencell’s Healthset® solution integrates a fitness sensor directly into [MORE]

Predicting Metabolic Syndrome in the First Decade of Life

Professor of Public Health at the LSU Health Sciences Center (New Orleans), Melinda Sothern, recently reported her findings that [MORE]

Download for “Personalized Preventative Healthcare”

While this free download derives from European studies of the wellness spectrum, the key concept applies everywhere: “Because quality [MORE]

Monell Chemical Senses Center

There’s more than one way to explore personalized medicine, and researchers at the Monell Center in Philadelphia are doing [MORE]