A health hackathon inspired a Stanford dermatology resident to pursue a project to make it easier to monitor patients with chronic skin conditions.
Category: Medical/health apps
Mobile devices improving heart health step-by-step
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.
New app screens for undiagnosed cases of Alzheimer’s disease
With half of all cases of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias going undiagnosed, researchers develop app to help in early screening
Major update for popular heart health app
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 …
New Stanford Medicine iPhone app launched to study peripheral artery disease
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 …
MyHeart Counts app debuts with a splash
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 …
Tips for women-entrepreneurs entering the medical technology field
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 …
Countdown to Medicine X: Specially designed apps to enhance attendees’ conference experience
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 Stanford physician shares his experiences creating evidence-based medical apps
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 …
Can sleep trackers help you get a better night's rest?
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 …
Smartphone app detects changes in mental health patients’ behavioral patterns in real time
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 …
Physicians discuss willingness to write prescriptions for health apps
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. …
Designing a mobile app to help patients and doctors identify personalized food triggers
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 …
Why physicians should consider patients’ privacy before recommending health, fitness apps
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 …
Hospice by the Bay releases app to help physicians refer patients to end-of-life care
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 …
Mobile app helps keep pediatric patients and caregivers in the loop during hospital stays
When survey and focus group results showed that families of patients at Boston Children's Hospital felt disconnected from health-care providers and, in some cases, couldn't …