This presentation was given on Tuesday, 13th of December 2011, 8 pm GMT, by Jim Walker, Director Emerging Trends – Cadient Group. Jim is the founder of AnywhereHealth.com, and provides digital marketing strategy for a wide-range of healthcare clients. He is particularly interested in helping brand teams take advantage of social networks, mobile marketing, and online video. Jim graduated from Amherst College with a degree in English & Japanese and has an MS in Instructional Technology from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.
Links to further reading below.
TweeterJim Walker |
Room#STU07 |
| Here’s @ozonist, head and founder of The Swedish Twitter University, once again. Welcome to you all! Today’s lecture #STU07 is titled: | |
| “Steve Jobs’ Greatest Legacy: How Apps, Smartphones, and Tablets Will Revolutionize Healthcare” and will be given by Jim Walker shortly. | |
| @paulderoos Thanks – hope you can join us! | |
| You follow the @svtwuni flow for Jim’s presentation and tag questions and comments #STU07 so that everyone can see. | |
| The #STU07 flow can be followed and used at http://t.co/t3ZcVaPU as well, but keep @SvTwuni open in a separate tab/window. | |
| @iridium RT @anneschoettle: “Steve Jobs’ Greatest Legacy: How Apps, Smartphones, and Tablets Will Revolutionize Healthcare” http://t.co/HzT1N5uY #STU07 |
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| And that’s all I wanted to say, along with a big Welcome to Jim of course! The account is yours – take it away! #STU07 | |
| Hi – Thank you joining us today for this Twitter Lecture! | |
| I work for http://t.co/dLBTuEfm, and write a blog called http://t.co/zNXoohTb. We are glad to be with you all today! | |
| Anywhere Health (AH) = mobile data capture, mobile diagnostics, and mobile delivery of healthcare. #mHealth | |
| AH leverages more than 1 billion smartphones globally. Combined with improving bandwidth and chipsets = most powerful tech. on the planet. | |
| Globally, hospitals, physicians, patients, and even retailers such as Walmart, have begun to embrace mobile phone and tablet solutions. | |
| Steve Jobs and Apple catalyzed this dramatic change in healthcare through apps, iPad, and iPhone. But rest of industry is catching up fast. | |
| @Doctor4Quality Looking forward to #stu07 tweetchat not sure what to expect  Btw. provided link http://t.co/UC9J2BXA gives “ERROR 404 – PAGE NOT FOUND” |
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| Today we will review some examples of how AH is being deployed, and also consider the pros and cons of this new health platform. | |
| In terms of ANYWHERE DATA CAPTURE, countless devices and apps now allow patients to gain extraordinary insights re: everyday health info: | |
| @ozonist @Doctor4Quality Sorry about that. Working link: http://t.co/KJO9LA5s #STU07 |
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| Asthmapolis created a built-in GPS for asthma inhalers. Allows location tracking of asthma events. http://t.co/qdPLjhOZ | |
| The UP bracelet from Jawbone provides a convenient platform for tracking sleep, activity, and meals. http://t.co/A9wKvM06 | |
| @CadientGroup @svtwuni Join Jim Walker now for his tweet lecture on @anywherehealth #stu07 #mhealth #healthapps #socpharm |
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| Withings Scale allows for simple weight tracking, data sent to iPhone for elegant time-series view of changes. http://t.co/BSv0yhB2 | |
| Please take a moment and check these pictures…! What does everyone think about this technology? Has anyone tried it? | |
| In terms of ANYWHERE DIAGNOSTICS, solutions typically use a phone in combination with additional amplification such as a lens or plug-in. | |
| AliveCor ECG device allows for quick, accurate ECG from mobile based device. Nearing approval in multiple markets. http://t.co/Kti8rT3p | |
| Handyscope is a mobile connected dermatoscope, allowing for stunning pics and software driven analysis. http://t.co/qWJbCWiT | |
| LifeLens allows field-based analysis of blood using simple lens + software to detect malaria cells. http://t.co/twGoBIZr | |
| @lucybrown2650 Saw on @anywherehealth that you did an interview with Withings CEO – any new technologies developed from that? #stu07 |
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| In terms of ANYWHERE DELIVERY, mobile devices are now deployed at the point of care in industrialized nations, as well as developing world. | |
| VScan from GE: quick inspection of the heart, abdominal organs and urinary bladder. Images appear instantly. http://t.co/94UR1PgU | |
| GlowCaps are technology-enable pill bottle caps: remind patient when to take meds, and alert them if they forget http://t.co/TswIJWrQ | |
| DNA Electronics handheld device allows docs to test if meds will work with patients based on their DNA. http://t.co/ymMWQslm | |
| @lucybrown2650 @anywherehealth Yes, they are doing some great work at Withings: a scale, a BP cuff, and baby monitor. Software is great! | |
| Together – Anywhere Data Capture, Diagnosis, and Delivery provide speed, accuracy, and convenience never before possible in healthcare. | |
| AH devices pull a constant stream of data – providing longitudinal views that are rarely seen except in sophisticated treatment settings. | |
| This longitudinal view – in and of itself –provides significant benefits for patient compliance, motivation, and outcomes. | |
| AH diagnostics can provide cost effective, timely monitoring on a scale that has the potential to lower the cost of many basic screenings. | |
| Physicians can use their own mobile devices to gain latest patient info, as well as to provide point of care solutions. | |
| Potential downsides to AH include a digital divide – this time based on smartphone access and patient sophistication/learning. | |
| Also –reliance on technology to gather data further alienates patients from learning to listen to their own bodies and natural bio-feedback. | |
| Conclusion: 2010s = tremendous change in healthcare, driven by AH tech. Benefits appear > potential negatives. Stay tuned! Thanks Steve. | |
| That concludes the 25 tweets. So, let’s open the floor to some discussion! | |
| @halshapiro @SvTwuni #stu07 Jim will there be a way to take you temperature via smrtphone/tablet/pad? |
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| @halshapiro That’s a great question. I think very soon, smartphones will come with a range of standard health tracking options. | |
| @Doctor4Quality Hi, thought that #STU07 was a lecture, not a marketing campaign for AH. Disappointed, not impressed. |
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| @Doctor4Quality Um – we are trying to provide some examples so people know what AH is about… we have no AH product we are selling. | |
| @one11software Love the concept of a Twitter Lecture #STU07 |
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| @Doctor4Quality @SvTwuni Neverless the topic was ” How Apps, Smartphones, and Tablets Will Revolutionize Healthcare” not AHI products. Disappointed #STU07 |
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| @ozonist Does anyone have any thoughts on how personal mobile tech can “revolutionize health care”? #STU07 |
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| @Doctor4Quality The Further Reading section at the STU page has many links re: revolutionary impact. esp. see Topol’s http://t.co/VW9A26Ym | |
| @ozonist Will all this just be gadgets for hypochondriacs and health freaks or will it actually provide better (public) health? How? #STU07 |
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| Topol just spoke at the mHealth conf. in Washington – he was very passionate and convincing re: how AH is going to change medicine. | |
| @ozonist It may feed into hypochondriacs – but – for everyday health, stream of data from multiple sources will bea boon for Public Health. | |
| @one11software @SvTwuni AH also encourages patients to listen to their bodies, via the use of smart tools such as Fitbit and the ones you mentioned. #STU07 |
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| @ozonist @SvTwuni Could you perhaps give us a few examples of what Topol is talking about? #STU07 |
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| Technology is also allowing for patients to track data directly into the cloud – for accurate, easy, ongoing data : http://t.co/j3yPrG1c | |
| Topol showed some of the devices we reviewed. Demonstrated the ECG device on stage. The DNA Electronics device will have profound impact. | |
| When individual genomics can be quickly tested, and then medical prescribing decisions made, that will have many positive outcomes. | |
| @one11software Yes, Fitbit is a great example of how AH is going mainstream. if it keeps people in tune with their body, w/b a good thing! | |
| Thank you for your time and attention today! Ha en fantastisk semester säsong! |
Further readinG
Dr. Eric Topol on the impact of Digital Technology on Medicine: http://www.creativedestructionofmedicine.com/
Apple Capitalizes on Doctors’ iPad Romance: http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/mobile-wireless/232300218
Top Medical Apps: http://www.imedicalapps.com/top-apps/
Qualcomm Launches Data Hub for Home Health: http://mobihealthnews.com/15090/why-the-qualcomm-life-2net-launch-matters/
FDA Regulation of Mobile Apps: http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2011/10/24/are-health-apps-the-cure-for-anything-that-ails-you/
Anywhere Health Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/jimwalks/anywhere-health-webcast-1027final
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