The Digital Health in the Rural American West workshop addressed health disparities that are often overlooked and understudied in the vast region.
A health hackathon inspired a Stanford dermatology resident to pursue a project to make it easier to monitor patients with chronic skin conditions.
Stanford heart doctors bank on digital health to improve heart care in the future by monitoring encouraging exercise, detecting and tracking conditions like atrial fibrillation, and more.
With half of all cases of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias going undiagnosed, researchers develop app to help in early screening
If you haven’t made any resolutions for 2017, there’s still time to commit to improving your cardiovascular health. And a Stanford Medicine app can help …
Stanford researchers have launched a new iPhone app called VascTrac to collect data about patients with peripheral artery disease using Apple’s ResearchKit, an open source …
At Stanford Medicine, we've been anticipating the debut of MyHeart Counts, an iPhone app and cardiovascular research study, for some time. The researchers told us it …
In an article recently published in MedCity News, Kathryn Stecco, MD, a medical device entrepreneur who completed her residency in general surgery at Stanford, offers tips …
Last year's Stanford Medicine X conference explored ways in which technology could be used to augment the attendees' experiences. During breaks between sessions, organizers used …
A piece published earlier this week on iMedicalApps spotlights the work of Steven Lin, MD, a clinical instructor in family medicine at Stanford who is …
As the number of self-tracking gadgets grows, many people are beginning to experiment with monitoring lifestyle habits in an effort to improve their health. In …
In an effort to improve diagnosis, treatment and monitoring for mental health patients, researchers have developed a smartphone application that detects changes in patients’ behavioral …
The mobile health market is rapidly growing, and it's estimated that within five years 50 percent of mobile device users will have downloaded mobile health apps. …
As a fellow in the Stanford Biodesign and Gastroenterology programs, Jasmine Zia, MD, knew she wanted to combine her two passions, medicine and engineering, to …
Data from research firm IHS Electronics and Media projects that downloads of health and fitness smartphone apps will grow by 63 percent by 2017. And …
In an effort to make sure patients are properly referred to hospice care, San Francisco-based Hospice by the Bay has introduced a mobile application providing …
