Six month trial finds calorie tracking app too time intensive
Using a smartphone app to monitor weight loss is effective if the user is willing to self-monitor calories, but for most patients, using a health app won't result in a substantial weight change,...
View ArticleStudy looks at how interactivity, tone affect engagement with digital health...
A study of 172 college students at Penn State shows that interactivity, perceived interactivity, and a conversational tone can all impact how engaged users are with a health assessment tool and what...
View ArticleStudy: Social engagement, digital coaches keep fitness wearable users motivated
New research shows users of fitness tracker wearables are more active when their fitness apps include frequent social network activity, and will take an average of 20 percent to 25 percent more steps...
View ArticleNo link between in-patient portal use and 30-day readmissions, study finds
A study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association shows that in one patient population, use or non use of a patient portal had no statistically significant...
View ArticleSix month trial finds calorie tracking app too time intensive
Using a smartphone app to monitor weight loss is effective if the user is willing to self-monitor calories, but for most patients, using a health app won't result in a substantial weight change,...
View ArticleStudy looks at how interactivity, tone affect engagement with digital health...
A study of 172 college students at Penn State shows that interactivity, perceived interactivity, and a conversational tone can all impact how engaged users are with a health assessment tool and what...
View ArticleStudy: Social engagement, digital coaches keep fitness wearable users motivated
New research shows users of fitness tracker wearables are more active when their fitness apps include frequent social network activity, and will take an average of 20 percent to 25 percent more steps...
View ArticleNo link between in-patient portal use and 30-day readmissions, study finds
A study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association shows that in one patient population, use or non use of a patient portal had no statistically significant...
View ArticleStudy seeks to identify key factors in adoption of mobile health solution for...
It is well-known that there are some situations in which physicians continue to resist the use of mobile health solutions, and a recent study published in JMIR at the beginning of May sought to...
View ArticleStudy finds success in using Taiwanese medication safety AI model for US' EHR...
A study has demonstrated the international transferability of a Taiwanese artificial intelligence model for detecting medication errors in EHR systems in the United States.The study was jointly...
View ArticleStudy: Patients immersed in virtual reality during surgery require less...
A recent study published in PLOS Oneand conducted by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers in Boston reveals virtual reality use during hand surgery led to significant reductions in...
View ArticleStudy: Telehealth use linked to lower cancer care costs
Oncology patients saved both time and travel costs when utilizing telehealth services, reducing the cost burden associated with cancer care, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.The...
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