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Wearables: Just What the Doctor Ordered
Think of the impact wearable devices could have on the millions of people managing chronic diseases through decreased costs and improved outcomes – as well…
Will Apple Watch Deliver Form and Function? Time Will Tell
The Apple Watch is on the cover of the March issue of women’s health and fitness magazine, Self, worn by Victoria’s Secret model Candice Swanepoel. There…
Carrots Vs. Sticks: Can Consumer Data be Used to Promote Healthy Habits?
What are health systems doing with purchasing information provided by patients? Some are placing it into a system that takes the data and assigns risk…
Healthcare Has Missed the Point of Google Fit
Google’s a la carte approach focuses more on personal daily workflow models and integrating everyday tasks into a common platform to help establish trends that…
Quantified Self Will Become Medicine: New Hopes for Apple’s HealthBook
While no formal announcement, Mac Rumors swirled last week about HealthBook and the iWatch. Apple is indicating that quantified self’s future is not selfies for…
Quantifying Happiness: Tracking Well-Being in the Age of Quantified Self
In 2012, the United Nations declared March 20 as the International Day of Happiness. Angela Dunn takes a look at how we track happiness and well-being…
The Social Conquest of Medicine: 23andMe and Conflict
Leonard Kish begins dissecting the 23andMe story, which was one of the more interesting healthcare developments in 2013. Mistakes were made on both sides, but…
Growth of Quantified Self, Part 4: The Future of Health Design
Part 4 of Angela’s quantified self series explores a platform that enables users to design health “projects” for tracking across all devices, the RWJF’s Project…
Growth of the Quantified Self Movement, Part 2: Going Mainstream
BBC ‘Monitor Me’ Captures the Revolution in Medicine A fascinating BBC special on the Quantified Self movement with Dr. Kevin Fong called “Monitor Me” created a big…
