AAMIBlog

I’m blogging about a blog that struck me after seeing exhibits and poster sessions at last week’s mHealth Summit. Laurie Reed, an engineer at The Farm, a medical device design and consulting firm, was my inspiration. In her recent Farm Blog, she emphasized the importance of human factors in the rise of mobile health. Laurie […]

“Was this a medical device? No, it was an iPhone app.” So writes Westby G. Fisher, MD, who blogs under the name of Dr. Wes. In a recent post, Fisher, a cardiologist with NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, IL,  relayed his experience with a patient who was able to show her atrial fibrillation burden history on […]

Home healthcare is delivered outside of healthcare facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes, and can be delivered in a variety of settings, including the home, in schools, at work, and during travel. The explosive growth of home healthcare means that medical devices are being increasingly used away from controlled, acute care environments, and that clinical technology managers […]

First off, you’ll want a copy for yourself.  Go ahead, I’ll wait. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3630enr/pdf/BILLS-112hr3630enr.pdf  The other day I was perusing “The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012″ because of a requirement in one section dealing with amateur radio communications. (We use amateur radio in some of our hospital disaster plans.)  While flipping […]

The FDA’s draft guidance on radio-frequency wireless technology hasn’t made much of an impact. Why? Because no one knows if the guidance will ever move out of draft stage. The draft guidance has aged five years since its initial publication for comments on Jan. 3, 2007. What’s the deal? The FDA author, who certainly knows […]

I always learn something from listening to other people’s insights and occasionally have a few of my own to share, so I’m excited we are creating this new venue for starting—or continuing—conversations, sharing, and learning. If you have or need tips, lessons learned, illuminating case studies, questions, or insights about any of the topic areas […]

Mobile health, or mHealth, uses mobile technologies such as cellphones, smartphones, tablet computers, and personal digital assistants as platforms for health research, education, and health delivery. These technologies—and the healthcare applications that run on them—promise to dramatically change the delivery of healthcare, and have the potential to ultimately improve clinical outcomes and lower costs. What do […]