Empowered Patient Podcast

Donna Spruijt-Metz PhD, Director USC mHealth Collaboratory discusses the use of sensors and self-reported data to provide just in time adaptive intervention to address obesity particularly in children. @MetzLab Metz Lab

Walter De Brouwer, PhD, CEO, Scanadu talks about democratizing medicine by introducing consumer products that can test vital signs and vital fluids, the need to study health as it changes, and the value of real-time data in creating personalized baselines and influencing behavior. @Scanadu Scanadu

Adam Pellegrini, Vice President of Digital Health, Walgreens.com Motivating and rewarding healthy behavior by integrating personal data allows Walgreens to provide more convenient 24/7 service, popularity of scan to refill and other mobile app functions, and the changing role of the pharmacists.

Dr. Steven Steinhubl, Director of Digital Medicine, Scripps Translational Science Institute  stsiweb.org  @SteveSteinhubl Preview of the upcoming Transforming Medicine: Evidence-Driven mHealth conference where the goal will be to jumpstart efforts to drive development of evidence-based mobile health solutions.

Tony Rindsberg, CMO, Soci   meetsoci.com  @meetsoci Using innovative content scoring model to improve quality of social media posts and engagement particularly for health related and rapid response online activities.

Dr. Glenn Wollman, Medical Guide and Host MagicalMedicalTour.com  glennwollman.com Innovations in medical mobile apps, opportunities for doctors and patients to improve understanding of conditions and personalize care, and what makes a good medical mobile app.

Marni Bartlett, Ph.D., Founder and Lead Scientist, Emotient  Emotient.com  @emotientinc Study conducted by the University of California San Diego reveals value of using facial coding to better understand pain in children and using facial signals to detect genuine emotions and to reduce bias in treatment.

Devin Gross, CEO, Emmi Solutions  emmisolutions.com   @emmisolutions Providing a platform for healthcare providers to enable patients and doctors to build stronger relationships using technology to drive efficiencies and improve care.

Wearable Medical Devices Get Miniaturized Robert Stone, CEO and Founder and Larry Czapla, Chairman, MedicalDesignSolutions.com Dramatic change in the use of sensors in medical devices and wearables due to miniaturization and other advances in technology and the need for wearables to be easy to use.

Sanjay Nichani, CEO, Pelfunc.com   Heart Rate Touch app accurately measures heart rate using the iPhone camera and Squeak16 allows for annotation of images and creation of videos with uses for medical advice.

Rob McCray, President and CEO, Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance  wirelesslifesciences.org@WLSA_ORG Upcoming 10th Annual Convergence Summit brings together medical, technology and policy thought leaders to drive partnerships and innovation in connected health and the move from data collection to knowledge about appropriate medical treatments.

Dr. Denee Jordan Clinical Psychologist  AlreadyWell.com  @AlreadyWell Need to reward what works and developing and maintaining respect for ourselves leads to better health.