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Posted on Dec 2, 2012 in News | 0 comments

Volume 1, Issue 4S

The Editorial Board at the Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine is proud to present Volume 1, Issue 4S, published in December 2012. As media partners of the mHealth Summit 2012, Journal MTM is proud to present a special edition of the Journal presenting all the conference abstracts. We look forward to your article submissions.

Journal of Mobile Technology Volume 1, Issue 4S.PDF

Volume 1, Issue 4S Contents

Abstracts

WelTel Retain: A randomized controlled trial protocol of a text-messaging intervention to improve patient retention in pre-antiretroviral therapy HIV care

Mia Van Der Kop, David Ojakaa,Lennie Bazira, Lehana Thabane, Lilian Mbau, Helen GakuruhKoki Kinagwi, Edward Mills, Carlo Marra, Richard Lester

Mobile Technology As A Promising Tool For Health Research In The Social Sciences

Marcos Reyes-Estrada, Marinilda Rivera-Diaz,NelsonVaras-Diaz

BreathEasy: A Smartphone App to Manage Asthma in an Underserved Population

BarbaraL Massoudi, StephenRothemich

Universal Depresion Prevention via Mobile Phones

R.Whittaker, S.Merry, K.Stasiak, H.Mc-Dowell, I.Doherty, M.Shepherd, E.Dorey, S.Ameratunga, A.Rodgers

Efficacy of IVR-Based Brief Intervention for Alcohol Problems

GailL. Rose

IN Touch: impact of and lessons learned from an mHealth intervention for overweight and obese youth

Katherine Kim, Christina Sabee, Holly Logan

Feasibility of a Virtual Exercise Coach to Promote Walking in Community-Dwelling Persons with Parkinson’s Disease

Nancy K Latham, TerryEllis, Tamara De Angelis, Katy Hendron, CathiA Thomas, MarieSaint-Hilaire, Timothy Bickmore

A Tablet Game for Risk Reduction and HIV Prevention in Adolescents

Kimberly Hieftje, Lindsay Duncan, Benjamin Sawyer, Sabrina Haskell, Lynn Fiellin

Wrist-based accelerometers successfully differentiate walking from other activities

AmyPapadopoulos, Nicolas Vivaldi, Christine Silvers

SOLVE-IT: Socially Optimized Learning in Virtual Environments: A Web-Delivered HIV Prevention 3D Game Intervention for Young At-Risk MSM

LynnCarol Miller, Paul Robert Appleby, AlexandraN Anderson,StephenJ Read, John L Christensen, StacyMarsella

NightWatch 2.0: The Role of Mobile Phones in Malaria BCC

Hannah Bowen

Using Mobile Technology to Promote Healthy Behaviors in Teens

Misbah Mohammed, Meghan Searl, Khinlei Myint-U, Joseph Kvedar, Kamal Jethwani

Utilizing mHealth Recruitment & Retention Strategies in an RCT with Young Children with Type 1 Diabetes

Victoria Owen, Lauren Pascarellal, Linda Herbert, Fran Cogen, Randi Streisand

Use of parent consultants in a telehealth intervention for parents of children newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes

Randi Streisand, Linda Herbert, Victoria Owen, Maureen Monaghan

Use of Booster Calls in a Behavioral Intervention for Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes

Rachel Sweenie, Linda Herbert, Eleanor Macky, Clarissa Holmes, Randi Streisand

mHealth: An Effective Education Channel for Hard-to-Reach Ethnic Minority Populations in Vietnam

Le NgocHue, LuongChi Thanh, Tonvan der Velden, Le NgocBao, MarionMcNabb

Web-based Clinical Decision Support to Improve the Quality of Tobacco Use Treatment in Dental Clinics

Shelly Tseng, Jannat-Khan Hager

Tailored SMS Messaging to Increase Exercise in Cancer Survivors: A Qualitative Pilot Study

Karen Basen-Engquist, Melissa Karlsten

A Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) approach to Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) for mobile devices

Michael Bass, Maria Varela Diaz

Electronic Decision Support for Cardiovascular High-Risk Patients Management in Tibet, China

MaoyiTian, JiakeChen,LiqunXu, HaoChen,RuilaiLi, KaWingCho, YangfendWu, LijingL Yan

Twitter + Health: The psychosocial impact of short-form text-based messages on wellbeing

Lauren Wagner

TextTB: A parallel design randomized control pilot study to evaluate acceptance and feasibility of a patient-driven mobile phone based intervention to support adherence to TB treatment

Sarah Iribarren, Christina Chirico, Mirta Echevarrria, Daniel Cardinali

Improving health awareness through mobile based health messages in Bangladesh

Mafruha Alam, Ananya Raihan, Atik Ahsan

Mobile phone ownership and widespread mHealth use in 168,231 women of reproductive age in rural Bangladesh

Alain B. Labrique, Shegufta S. Sikder, Sucheta Mehara, LeeWu, Rezwanul Huq, Hasmot Ali, Parul Christian, Keith West

The Effects of amHealth Intervention on Asthma Symptom Control in Inner-City Teens

Lola Awoyinka

A Cross-Language Mobile Resource for Accessing MEDLINE/PubMed Based on an Open- Source, Crowdsourced Controlled Medical Vocabulary for the Philippines

Raymond Francis R. Samiento, Fang Liu, Paul Fontelo

Evaluation of a SMS Medication Reminder System to Improve Medication Adherence in African Americans with Uncontrolled Hypertension

Lorraine Buis, Loren Schwiebert, Nancy Artinian, Hossein Yarandi, Lindsey Hirzel

High Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence Obtained Using Mobile Phones for Video Directly Observed Therapy: Results of a Binational Pilot Study

Richard Garfein, Kelly Collins, Fatima Munoz, Kathleen Moser, Paris Cerecer-Callu, Mark Sullivan,Ganz Chokalingam, Phillip Rios,Maria Luisa Zuniga, Jose Luis Burgos, Timothy Rodwell, Maria Gudelia Rangel, Kevin Patrick

Effect of Home Blood Glucose Telemonitoring with Self-Care Support on Glycemic Control in Pregnancy

AG Lagain, DS Feig, R Fung, I Bahinskaya, D Ng, P Picton, JA Cafazzo

Satisfying Clinical Research Guidance and Regulations for mHealth Technologies

Christopher Whalen

Smartphone-delivered mobile HIV Risk Reduction Education in Opioid Dependent Individuals

Karran APhillips, David HEpstein, Jia-LingLin, Mustapha Mezghanni, MassoudVahabzadeh, Kenzie L Preston

Evaluation of a Mobile Diabetes Self-Management Platform: A Pilot Case Study with Pediatric Users

T. Tran, K. Rudolph, PORBETA, S. Jaladi, S. Kumar, S. Kim, R. Padman

Tailored Rapid Interactive Mobile Messaging (TRIMM) for Weight Management Among Underserved Adults

Michael K. Lin, Lawrence J.Cheskin

I’ll text you if there’s a problem: How the Canadian Cancer Society used live text chat to help you g adults quit smoking

Trevorvan Mierlo

Using social networking technologies for mixed methods HIV prevention research

Sean D Young, Devan Jaganath

Are We Sure That Mobile Health Is Really Mobile?

Brie Turner-McGrievy, Deborah Tate

A Qualitative Analysis of Emergency Department Patients’ Experiences with TExT-MED, a Text-message Based mHealth Program to Improve Diabetes Management

Elizabeth Burner, Sanjay Arora, Elena Taylor, Michael Menchine

Prescribe Wellness Automated Digital Intervention (ADI) Effectiveness to Increase Medication Adherence

Terry Olson

Results of Communication Enhancement Used in eIMCI Decision Support for the Treatment of Children Under Five in Tanzania

Seneca Perri, Bethany Hedt, Thomas Routen, AmaniShao, ClotildeRambaud-Althaus, NdeniriaSwai, Marc Mitchell

SMS Text Messages to Monitor the Coverage during Polio Supplementary Immunization Activities in Karachi, Pakistan

Momin Kazi, Shariq Khoja, Murtaza Ali, Asad Ali

Use of SMS text for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance in resource constrain setting

Momin Kazi, Murtaza Ali, Anita Zaidi

Journal of Mobile Technology Volume 1, Issue 4S.PDF

We look forward to hearing from readers in the comments section, and encourage authors to submit research to be considered for publication in this peer-reviewed medical journal.

Yours Sincerely,

Editorial Board
Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine

Posted on Sep 26, 2012 in News | 0 comments

Diagnoses at home: Introducing the Remotoscope

The Remotoscope in action

Move over iPhone 5 – And make way for the Remotoscope- an iPhone otoscope that will be patient- worthy in the near future.

Georgia Institute of Technology announced in a press release recently, that they are currently developing the ‘Remotoscope’ as an iphone app in combination with a clip-on attachment which instantly transforms a regular iphone into a powerful diagnostic tool, through which physicians can remotely diagnose a large number of ear diseases. Georgia Tech is in the process of improving its software and hardware to make it more user-friendly which will allow parents to just insert the device into their child’s ear canal, make a small video and then directly upload it to the child’s physician who will be able to make the diagnosis.

The technology involved is based on the Cellscope, a mobile microscope developed by the University of California, Berkeley in 2008. Cellscope technology, a small wonder in its own right, has the potential to be used in many different fields like Dermatology, Oncology and now thanks to the Remotoscope, even ENT practice. This microscope technology coupled with the camera and flash of the iphone is what makes the Remotoscope possible.

So how can we put the Remotoscope to work, you may ask? Well, the possibilities are endless really. Parents who live in remote areas all over the world, without ready access to prompt medical care, can use this nifty device to be the eyes of the physician and catch nasty ear infections early before they cause much damage. Physicians can use it to keep an eye on their patients and monitor the efficacy of their treatment. That’s not all. As former medical students we all know how difficult it was to figure out what the doctor had actually wanted us to look at. Well, thanks to the Remotoscope the students can now be shown exactly what the doctor sees and how to diagnose certain diseases based on what they see, in real time. The possibilities are endless.

The remotoscope was no small task to complete. Dr. Wilbur Lam and his colleague Erik Douglas created the start-up Cellscope Inc., starting the project while they were still doctoral students at UC Berkeley. Dr. Lam then brought the project over to Atlanta when he joined the faculty at Georgia Tech and Emory University, and now receives resources from both institutions as well as Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and the Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute. He hopes to commercialize the device once the FDA trials comparing the Remotoscope’s diagnostic quality to that of the traditional otoscope are complete and it receives FDA approval. The trial is partly being funded by the FDA, through the Atlanta Pediatric Device Consortium.

So the question is when will you see the Remotoscope in stores near you? The trial data will be published at the end of this year and Dr. Lam hopes FDA approval will also follow, allowing the Remotoscope to be a on quite a few Christmas Wishlists soon.

Press Release: Georgia Tech

Posted on Sep 22, 2012 in News | 0 comments

SpiroSmart: the mobile spirometer

A spirometer is a device used mainly by respiratory physicians to diagnose and objectively monitor the lung function of patients suffering from common conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and cystic fibrosis. Traditionally, this device works via a differential pressure transducer to determine the flow and thus the amount of air that is exhaled as the patient breathes into the machine. The recent announcement of Spirosmart^TM by the University of Washington Department of Medicine and Seattle Children’s Hospital has been a pivotal step towards the management of chronic lung conditions.

Spirosmart^TM is a mobile phone based system that extrapolates lung function using the in-built microphone. As the user inhales and exhales within a hands-breadth away from the mobile device, the software estimates the lung function measurements via a set of complicated algorithms involving the resonance frequencies of the user’s vocal tract. Initial pilot studies by the development team involving 52 patients have shown a mean error of 5.1% compared to a clinical spirometer. The current cost of the software is still under wraps, however due to its portability and ease of use, this device may be a breath of fresh air to home monitoring of chronic lung conditions and detecting exacerbations before they become worse.

Link:

http://ubicomplab.cs.washington.edu/wiki/SpiroSmart

Posted on Sep 16, 2012 in News | 0 comments

Volume 1, Issue 3

Issue 3 The Editorial Board at the Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine is proud to present Volume 1, Issue 3, published in September 2012. Mobile technology in Medicine is a rapidly developing area, and we hope to continue accelerating research in the field. We look forward to your submissions for Issue 4.

Volume 1, Issue 3 Contents

Editorials

001 Principles of m-Health survey design
R. Chakrabarti

Original Articles

006 Validation of Near Eye Tool for Refractive Assessment (NETRA) – Pilot Study
A. Bastawrous, C. Leak, F. Howard, V. Kumar

017 A Meta-Analysis of Mobile Health and Risk Reduction in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: Challenge and Opportunity
L. Liu, S. Ogwu

025 Ambulatory Autonomic Activity Monitoring Among At-Risk Adolescent Mothers
S. Rajan, N. Leonard, R. Fletcher, B. Casarjian, R. Casarjian, C. Cisse, M. Gwadz

032 A Preliminary Investigation of the Benefits and Barriers to Implementing Health Information Technology in Medical Clinics
A. Chesser, N. Woods, J. Wipperman

040 Using Mobile Tethering for sharing data across devices: application in rural eye screening
G. Kong, J. Kam

Case Reports

046 Application of self-recorded photos using mobile phones in maxillofacial surgery

F. Pourdanesh, A. Sayyedi, A. Jamilian, M. Yaghmaei

Letters

050 Ethical Considerations Related to Mobile Technology Use in Medical Research
M. Parker

053 The use of short message service (SMS) for patient appointment reminders
S. McClean, M. Perera

In keeping with our open-access principles, all articles are published both as full text and as PDF files for download. For your convenience, attached to this post is a PDF file containing the complete Volume 1, Issue 3, which can be easily downloaded and saved for viewing offline.

Journal of Mobile Technology Volume 1, Issue 3.PDF

We look forward to hearing from readers in the comments section, and encourage authors to submit research to be considered for publication in this peer-reviewed medical journal.

Yours Sincerely,

Editorial Board
Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine

Posted on Aug 10, 2012 in News | 0 comments

SecuraFone Health – A Glimpse to the Future

The days of the trusty watch dog are over. Say hello to the 21st Century boys and girls where all you have to do is switch on your grandad’s iPhone and it’ll watch your grandad for you! Thanks to SecuraTrac and Vital Connect potential medical emergencies can be managed both effectively and in record time giving you,your loved ones and even your doctors some well deserved peace of mind. From epileptics to patients with heart failure the uses of this app are endless, and the technology’s fairly simple. SecuraTrac’s GPS enabled tracking devices are being coupled with Vital Connect’s body sensors to produce SecuraFone Health, an Android and Apple iOS product which will monitor respiratory rates, pulse rates, temperatures and other vitals and immediately alert the health professionals and care givers if any change is recorded.

How is this all possible you may ask? Well, Hermosa Beach, California based SecuraTrac will use its already available driver tracking software and Vital Connect will provide the biosensor, in the form of a water resistant patch worn on the chest or back. A single patch will be effective for 2-3 days at a time and will give caregivers a sense of security in always knowing where their patients, children or parents are and how they’re doing.

And there’s more. SecuraTrac CEO, Chris Holbert states that the app will be available in the form of a monthly service which will be linked to a 24/7 emergency response center with trained health care professionals that can respond to health emergencies as they happen, when they happen. The release date for this mobile personal emergency response system (or mPERS for short) is set for the end of this year but there has still been no official word on the pricing or the type of wireless technology that will be used. SecuraTrac already offers a tranditional active system called LifeTrac mobile protector which requires patients to hit a panic button when they require assistance.

Links:

http://www.securatrac.com/home/

Posted on Aug 5, 2012 in News | 0 comments

News – Hemoglobe device and mobile technology a solution for global maternal anemia

The effects of suboptimal maternal haemoglobin levels on perinatal outcome have been well studied in numerous cohorts around the world. Child-bearing women who are anaemic (defined as a haemoglobin level of less than 11 grams per decilitre) are at risk of preterm delivery, having babies of low birth weight, neonatal APGAR scores of less than 5 at 1 minute and most significantly are at increased risk of fetal death in utero.[1] The prevalence of anemia (most commonly iron deficiency anemia) is highest among pregnant women due to the increasing demands of the growing fetus. It has been estimated that 49% of pregnant women and 45% of children under five are affected by iron-deficiency anemia, which equates to approximately 150,000 maternal and 700,000 newborn deaths annually.[2]

A group of biomedical engineering undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, America have possibly contrived the solution for global maternal anemia: Hemoglobe, which is a non-invasive device connected to a mobile phone to estimate the haemoglobin level of the user. With the burgeoning use of mobile phone devices amongst health care workers in remote locations around the globe[3], the detection of pregnant mothers with anaemia is a close reality with field testing of this new device planned for communities in Kenya early next year. Hemoglobe functions by the principle of absorption spectrophotometry: the sensor is placed over the patient’s fingertip and different wavelengths of light are emitted, which are then absorbed by the red blood cells in the capillaries. The device then measures the degree of light absorption and this transmits to a program on the mobile device to calculate the haemoglobin level.

Estimated costs to produce the device are around the vicinity of US 10 to 20 dollars. The technology is not new as other medical device companies such as Masimo have developed similar devices, however the software connected to the HemoGlobe will also send an automated message to a clinical centre. Thus health workers are able to determine which areas have the highest prevalence and direct resources accordingly from something as simple as iron supplementation to expediting a review at the nearest clinic. As one of the developers Greenbaum states, the technology is now functional, but: “now, we have a greater challenge: to prove that it can have a real impact by detecting anemia and making sure the mothers get the care they need.”

[1] Lone FW. ‘Maternal anemia and its impact on perinatal outcome’. Trop Med Int Health. 2004 Apr;9(4):486-90.

[2] Mason, Rivers and Helwig. “Recent trends in malnutrition in developing regions: Vitamin A deficiencies, anemia, iodine deficiency, and child underweight,” Food and Nutrition Bulletin 26: 57-162, 2005.

[3] Tamrat T. ‘Special delivery: an analysis of mHealth in maternal and newborn health programs and their outcomes around the world.’ Maternal Child Health Journal. 2011 Jun. (online)

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