Tag: software
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Mobile App/Sensor Designed to Help Parents Control Stress
4 June 2014. Computer scientists at University of California in San Diego and Microsoft Research designed a system for smartphones and tablets providing immediate research-based guidance for parents to control their stress. The team led by San Diego engineering Ph.D. candidate Laura Pina, with colleagues from Microsoft’s Visualization and Interaction for Business and Entertainment group…
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Project Underway to Enable Mobile Health Data Collection
3 June 2014. A joint project of the University of California campuses in San Diego and Irvine aims to answer technical and policy questions needed to collect health-related data from mobile devices and social networks for public health research. The Health Data Exploration Network project received a $1.9 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson…
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Stress, Diet Apps Numerous but Offer Only Short Term Help
30 May 2014. Online and mobile apps for stress management and healthy eating are numerous and gaining more users, but their impact appears to be short lived, according to an analysis by a researcher in Finland. Kirsikka Kaipainen, a research scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre in Espoo, Finland, published her findings earlier this month…
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Remote Heart Failure Monitoring Device Approved by FDA
29 May 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved an implanted device that measures pulmonary artery pressure and heart rate of patients with moderate heart failure who were hospitalized in the previous year. The device, the CardioMEMS HF System, is made by CardioMEMS Inc. in Atlanta. St. Jude Medical, a medical device manufacturer…
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Ohio State, Cancer Center Partner on Research Database
28 May 2014. Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa and Ohio State University’s Comprehensive Cancer Center in Columbus are launching a repository of patient data and tumor samples to speed development of therapies and better match patients to clinical trials. Financial details of the Oncology Research Information Exchange Network or Orien created by the collaboration were…
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Diagnostic Software Developed to Analyze Video for Autism
22 May 2014. Computer scientists and medical researchers at Duke University in North Carolina developed software that uses computer vision to analyze video of an infant’s behavior for signs of autism spectrum disorder. The team from the lab of Duke computer engineering professor Guillermo Sapiro — with colleagues from Duke, University of Minnesota, and University…
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Remote Device Monitoring Linked to Higher Survival Rates
9 May 2014. A study of more than 260,000 patients with implanted heart devices shows those who took part in frequent remote monitoring by device maker St. Jude Medical, also had more than twice the survival rate of patients without remote monitoring. The findings from the study, which show a correlation and not necessarily cause-and-effect,…
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App Measures Health Status with Basic Smartphone Technology
8 May 2014. Computer scientists and medical researchers at University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and Chicago designed a mobile app that uses technology already built in today’s smartphones to track basic health indicators. The team led by Illinois computer scientist Bruce Schatz appears in the 10 May 2014 issue of the journal Telemedicine and e-Health.…
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FDA Clears Asthma/COPD Mobile Reporting, Analytic System
6 May 2014. Propeller Health in Madison, Wisconsin says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the latest version of its mobile-device system to record and track maintenance therapy for patients with respiratory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD. The new version of the system cleared by the FDA, says…
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Study Aims to Boost Wireless Channel Management, Performance
5 May 2014. Researchers from University at Buffalo and the engineering company Andro Computational Solutions in Rome, New York are analyzing a scheme to make better use of the wireless radio spectrum and boost performance for the burgeoning number of devices with wireless connections. The four-year, $2.72 million project is funded by the U.S. Air Force Research…