Personal health data

Meaningful use

Premiers call for ‘voluntary’ pharmacare program funded by Ottawa

Quebec confirms it will opt out of federal drug plan, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball, left, made it clear at the premiers’ closing news conference Friday that if the federal government wants a national drug … READ MORE

The smartphone feature that could potentially save your life

PEI paramedic says information is crucial in a crisis, but many people don’t know about or use apps. Island EMS advanced care paramedic Holly Noel says any clue is useful when paramedics are dealing with a medical emergency. … READ MORE

Physicians urge Ottawa to pay another $21B over decade for seniors health care

Report comes ahead of the annual premiers’ Council of the Federation meeting. Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg, Ont., is shown on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017. Physicians are calling on the federal government to shell out … READ MORE

Pharmacare may appeal to premiers seeking consensus this week in NB

‘I’m confident that we’ll create a model that suits Canada,’ advisory council chair Eric Hoskins says. Former Ontario health minister Eric Hoskins was asked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to head a federal … READ MORE

New telemedicine exercise therapy

Rehabilitation in your own living room: Hip- and knee-joint patients could soon benefit from new telemedical exercise therapy. Its effectiveness has been proven. The product should be available on the market in 2019. Fraunhofer FOKUS … READ MORE

Federal home visiting program can be improved to better meet needs of families

Compared with other countries, the United States often falls short on many maternal and child health outcomes. A federal program known as Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) is designed to give pregnant women … READ MORE

Paramedics’ visits to 911 ‘hotspots’ reduce ambulance calls, study suggests

As our population ages, more and more seniors call 911 to get help, increasing demand on the system. Jessie Lee, left, a paramedic with Toronto Paramedic Services, developed the computer algorithm that enables paramedics to discover … READ MORE

E-textiles control home appliances with the swipe of a finger

Electronic textiles could allow a person to control household appliances or computers from a distance simply by touching a wristband or other item of clothing — something that could be particularly helpful for those with limited … READ MORE

Caution needed with artificial intelligence in medicine, experts warn

Current hype surrounding machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine is enormous, with seemingly daily headlines declaring that some new model will change how a disease is diagnosed or treated. Experts are more … READ MORE

The digital doctor’s visit: Enormous potential benefits with equally big risk

One out of at least 10 patients records doctors’ visits, usually on a cell phone; Apple recently released a new Health Records feature built into the Health app as part of iOS 11.3. No longer a wave of the future, researchers … READ MORE

Getting health data sharing off the ground

To make progress in personalised medicine, researchers and doctors need access to health data. However, as a study by ETH researchers shows, comprehensive guidelines for the exchange of such data are lacking, being one of the primary … READ MORE

The virtual human is here — how much are you willing to share about yourself with the world?

Dr. Christian Jacob with PhD student Timothy Davison working with LINDSAY Virtual Human applications on a display wall in the Visualization Studio at the Digital Library, University of Calgary. University of Calgary photo By Christian … READ MORE

Streamlining the EHR: Interview with Mihai Fonoage at Modernizing Medicine

Modernizing Medicine, a medtech company based in Florida, has developed the Electronic Medical Assistant (EMA), an EHR system which the company claims can significantly streamline clinician workflow. Cloud-based and developed by … READ MORE

Apple’s next move in healthcare is breaking down health record silos

New capabilities in Health Records help patients see medical records from multiple providers. In an important step forward in the consumerization of healthcare, this week Apple introduced an update to its Health app, in iOS 11.3 … READ MORE

Electronic health records fail because they are merely digital remakes of paper charts

Penn researchers ask, ‘What if doctors could just subscribe to news feeds about their patients?’ Once hailed as essential to advance health care into the 21st Century, electronic health record (EHR) systems have increased … READ MORE

Wearable technology and AI to predict the onset of health problems

A team of Waterloo researchers found that applying artificial intelligence to the right combination of data retrieved from wearable technology may detect whether your health is failing. Hexoskin Pamela Smyth, University of Waterloo … READ MORE

Plug-and-play diagnostic devices

Modular blocks could enable labs around the world to cheaply and easily build their own diagnostics. Jose Gomez-Marquez, co-director of MIT’s Little Devices Lab, holds a sheet of paper diagnostic blocks, which can be easily printed … READ MORE

Phantom: the first ultrasound for the Mac

Upgrade your tool belt. Phantom transforms your Mac into a point-of-care ultrasound kit. It accurately captures high-quality imagery of abdominal and pelvic windows with a reliable, multi-application probe, and generates complex … READ MORE

No rational person would design a healthcare system this way

Justin Trudeau was a hard act to follow, but the next speaker defined the most important issue of the 2019 election. At the Liberal convention, Dr. Danielle Martin argued a national pharmacare program is long overdue: ‘No rational … READ MORE

A simple, reliable system for calculating lactate threshold in athletes

The lactate threshold is regarded as a tremendously useful physiological variable not only for calculating the performance of endurance athletes but also for providing backing when prescribing their training sessions. A study carried … READ MORE

Smartphone case offers blood glucose monitoring on the go

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a smartphone case and app that could make it easier for patients to record and track their blood glucose readings, whether they’re at home or on the go. GlucPhone: a … READ MORE

Human hair as interactive material

UC Berkeley researcher and artist Eric Paulos and his students continue their explorations of “cosmetic computing” with a new prototype and paper about Human Hair as Interactive Material. If you’d like to coif your … READ MORE

Calgary doctor, entrepreneur scores finalist spot in international innovation competition

Dr. Breanne Everett makes smart shoes that can prevent injuries to diabetics’ feet. Dr. Breanne Everett shares her pitch for Orpyx at the Pitch@Palace boot camp at Facebook London on Friday. Pitch@Palace Facebook Sarah … READ MORE

Clever socks connect remote patients and physios

New ‘smart socks’ are helping physiotherapists better diagnose and treat injuries, particularly in remote patients. It is becoming common for physiotherapists to use video consultations to diagnose and treat remote patients. … READ MORE

Bloodless revolution in diabetes monitoring

Scientists have created a non-invasive, adhesive patch, which promises the measurement of glucose levels through the skin without a finger-prick blood test. The device can measure glucose levels without piercing the skin. University … READ MORE

A plan to overhaul Canadian health care systems

What has gotten Canadian health systems to their present state will not be sufficient to get them where they need to go for the future. Making our pan-Canadian health organizations ‘Fit for Purpose.’ Health Minister Ginette … READ MORE

Paramedics road-testing portable health records system

Quebec-based company Prehos supplying digital system used in pilot project. Chief Michael Nolan demonstrates how paramedics will now be able to access patients’ medical information on an iPad. CBC CBC News Ottawa April 06, 2018 … READ MORE

Tummy tech tracks electrical activity for signs of indigestion

Wearable stomach monitor could help salvage a technology largely abandoned by gastroenterologists. Researchers have developed a wearable system to monitor stomach activity that performs as well as current state of the art methods but … READ MORE

Apple Watch wristband sensor claims to detect potassium in your blood — without needles

The AliveCor KardiaBand, a sensor compatible with the Apple Watch, can detect dangerous levels of potassium in blood with 94 percent accuracy. Though the US Food and Drug Administration has not yet approved KardiaBand for this … READ MORE

Australians say no thanks to electronic health records

A wave of opt-outs highlights distrust in the government’s security and privacy promises. A political firestorm erupted last week over the Australian government’s move to create a shareable national electronic health record for … READ MORE

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