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Heart Rate Variability Monitor

8/3/2018

 
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Trying out the new Kickstarter CorSense Heart Rate Variability device. (Like a 5-Lead ECG/EKG).

Better than my basic heart rate (HR) monitor (Apple watch)  it counts the number of heartbeats per minute, looking at the exact changes in time between successive heartbeats.

So far, it's been pretty easy to incorporate into my daily routine.

But don't like that you have to pay to view the information online!
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Very Encouraged about the Apple Watch Direction...

9/19/2017

 
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Encouraged - Apple is teaming up with Stanford for a major heart study to test whether Apple Watch's heart-rate sensor can detect cardiac arrhythmias, or abnormal heart rhythms.

Tech forces are relevant to Healthcare IT

12/5/2016

 
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Enjoyed the book.  In summary, the book outlines 12 Tech Forces (Defined as verbs). that will shape our future.  

These verbs do seem pertinent to healthcare, like Cognifying (Adding AI), Flowing, Screening, Accessing, Sharing, Interacting, Tracking, Questioning.  

And the first and last ones, Becoming and Beginning, are the reasons why healthcare tech is so interesting to me...

Blockchain in Healthcare IT

11/29/2016

 
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Enjoyed The Business of Blockchain by William Mougayar.  

There are two keys for me within the healthcare business blockchain.   Data trust, data control and data sharing.

Gives me great hope that one day I might actually be able to create, store and share my personal health information, without having to enter any data manually.

And really like the concept of crytotech and cryptocurrency.

Glucose Monitor - Measuring My bG

9/5/2016

 
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Having fun with my new glucose monitor.  Picked the Accu-Chek Aviva.  Auto-syncs to my iPhone.  Like the app on the phone.  Uploads to Apple Health.  

Even though I get my labs done 3/4 times a year, it's been interesting to see how different foods have an impact, or don't have an impact, on my glucose reading.

With 1.4 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year, I'm not sure why these devices are not suggested to anyone with their fasting bG close to 100mg/dl.  

Love/Hate relationship - Yunmai scale

4/29/2016

 
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Like the Yunmai scale.  The data integrates via Bluetooth with the iPhone, pulling discrete data into the Apple Health app.

Have a love/relationship with the scale, though. Love the product & good integration, but not happy with my results...  ;-)

Blood pressure self tracking - Success!

3/14/2016

 
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Like the Withings BP cuff.  While I have to hard-connect the device to my iPhone, it does send discrete data into the Apple Health app.

Great to trend my results.  Been helpful to get me focused.  And it's helpful to compare the information to other data, like the my iWatch fitness tracker.

On another note - Guess I need to run more & cut back on the salt...

Update - Read How Not to Die by Dr. Michael Greger.  Through diet, I've been able to get my BP under control!   It's a must read for any condition.

EKG - Alivcor

12/28/2015

 
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While it's not a complete EKG, it will identify AFIB.  That's a start!  

Self-Monitoring device market - Moving in the right direction!

6/30/2015

 
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Encouraged with my Apple watch.  While miles walked, sleep, heart rate are helpful, I’m looking forward to these devices to expand their capability, enabling me to track more physiological variables, and tying them to my health records.  

And, unfortunately, my record is still fragmented, and it’s difficult to make sense of the impact of the different chunks of information!

Excited this market is growing - Global self-monitoring health technologies market – moved from $1.1b in ‘13 to $3.2b in ’14.  (BCC Research)  And it’s expected to grow to $18.8b in ‘19.  This should
                                     drive more innovation and more data to play with!



ResearchKit.  Excited for healthcare research.

2/27/2015

 
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Excited to see Apple leveraging their consumer footprint to help medical researchers find and engage people in clinical studies, to help them make life-changing discoveries that benefit us all.   

And while I recognize it's self serving for Apple to provide ResearchKit in an open source software framework, it seems like this approach will make it easy for researchers and developers to create apps, revolutionize medical studies and transform medicine.

Microsoft finally jumps in...

11/5/2014

 
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The health platform market is getting more interesting.  Microsoft launches a fitness-focused smart watch, Microsoft Band and their health tracking platform, Microsoft Health.  Will be interesting to see how this works with HealthVault. 

Fitbit and Apple - DisIntegration

10/1/2014

 
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Disappointed that Fitbit and Apple's HealthKit are not planning to link between the two. While I recognize Fitbit is the wearable leader, and maybe there is a threat from the Apple wrist device, the consumer is left to integrate the data.  Will need to look into Fitbit options...


Listen to music and track my health at the same time?

8/19/2014

 
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BioSport In-Ear Headphones - Built-in optical sensor for continuous heart rate monitoring and integration with RunKeeper to supplement heart rate tracking with pace, distance, elevation, and calorie tracking metrics.  I'll be able to see when I'm relaxed and when I'm working hard.  (Not that I can't figure that out myself...)

http://mobihealthnews.com/35834/intel-partners-with-headphones-maker-to-develop-health-sensing-earbuds/

Health-tracking quantified self apps & devices play loose with data

8/1/2014

 
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Moving  towards more wearable / quantified self apps, my plan is to create an mHealth only password strategy.

The reason:   Symantec's study of available devices and apps.  Some apps - transmitted sensitive data like username and passwords in clear text; used very low level and easily crackable types of security; exposed other personal information like email addresses. 


Good article by iMedicalApps http://www.imedicalapps.com/2014/08/risky-behavior-health-tracking-quantified-self-apps-devices-play-loose-data/


Google Fit, a good fit?

6/30/2014

 
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Encouraged;  Google Fit building a platform to aggregate my health data, so I can auto load my health information into my PHIEx.

Concerns;  HIPAA compliance.  Are they profiting on the data?  Pharmas and insurance companies pay big $ for specific search terms...  $43 for "self-employed health insurance".   Pharma pays big for diabetes, Lipitor, etc.

Theranos - Looking forward to my next lab test!

6/15/2014

 
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Theranos:
- Draws blood using a finger stick and not a syringe.
- Can process my results with a small amount of blood.
- I can go to a pharmacy drawing station.  
- Costs less.  
But what got my attention were these statements:  “we believe you have the right to your own health information” and “answers at the speed of digital.” 

                                          Will be pushing my physician for Theranos the next time I need
                                          labs done...

Update:  I've been to Theranos several times.  Never had a finger-stick blood draw, some analyts were resulted by a different lab (UCSF),  Theranos' online site did not provide an XML (discrete data) export, and they are having trouble with the FDA.  Wow.  Disappointed,

Hope this is just a technology that is just a little to early.  Really want to draw/test my blood multiple times a year.  On my own schedule, without a Dr's order...  Someday....

Microsoft Health Wearables?

6/14/2014

 
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Microsoft getting in the smart watch game later this year?  I hope they are either providing their own health-data integration platform that all health apps write to, or they integrate with Apple or Samsung's health-data platform.  

Apple Health / Samsung SAMI - Encouraged!

6/5/2014

 
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I've been looking forward learning more about the health version of the Apple PassBook, Health.  So far so good.  Was excited to hear about the real-time health monitoring from the Mayo Clinic, and health data integration with Epic Systems.  

Assuming the next unveil will be the iWatch, and see the integration with Health.

It's still unclear to me if Health is going to replace my HealthVault PHR.  HeatlhVault's been good, but the integration is complicated.


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SAMI and Simband look very promising!  Apple Health has the edge for me.  And with the Mayo health monitoring solution and the potential EHR (Epic for now) integration, that pushes it even farther ahead.  

RunKeeper

5/9/2014

 
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Was a little disappointed that I could not integrate RunKeeper directly into HealthVault.  I found another service, Fitness Syncer, that connects RunKeeper to HealthVault.

Withings Blood Pressure Cuff

5/3/2014

 
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Have the blood pressure and weight data flowing into HealthVault.   But had to use the  'Use the former interface' option to connect, but it works.

fitbit

5/1/2014

 
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Wasn't a big fan of fitbit.  Picked one up when they first came out.  May need to reconsider for my PHIEx.  Really waiting for my dream device:
                           fitbit + pebble + withings bp = perfect device

Update: Dec 2016 - fitbit buys pebble's assets!

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