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shared by Dianne Rees on 17 Sep 10 - No Cached

Emerging aging-services products fall into three categories. First, the devices that help keep you healthy. The two most important are medication optimizers, which dispense exactly the pills you need when you need them, and telehealth systems, sensors that automatically transmit key measures such as your blood pressure and glucose level to your doctor.
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Second, there's technology that promotes safety.
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A third kind of senior tech makes modern gadgets easier to use.
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shared by Dianne Rees on 25 Sep 10 - No Cached

For mHealth, we need to move beyond the SMS, because it is important that you know what is wrong with a patient before you try to treat them.
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We need diagnostic devices in the field.
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In Nigeria
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Digital healthcare focused on prevention, prediction, participation and personal health. Digital P4 will include mHealth and services on the Web.
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“The barriers facing mHealth and it’s impact on health in developing countries can be generalized as being infrastructural, regulatory and project sustainability.
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Steven Dodsworth, Head of Life Sciences, Highlands & Islands Enterprise:
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Thomas Brennan, Research Assistant, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Oxford University
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Ari Isa Muhammad, Director, Economic Planning and Coordinator, Millennium Development Goals, Office of the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria:
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Dr. Henry Potts, Senior Lecturer, UCL, UK: “The reality is that extra data is not what doctors want.
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mHealth service developers need to show an economic as well as a medical advantages to their offerings, Potts advised.
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Chuck Parker, Executive Director, Continua Alliance: “Right now the market is focused on devices and services for chronic disease management.
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But longer term, we need to shift that focus onto supporting people who are healthy and well, too.
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