End of the Year Roundup on Digital Health

Articles of Interest Links:

  • AdhereTech - https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/adheretech-raises-growth-equity-round-scale-improve-smart-pill-bottle-based-adherence

  • Pear Therapeutics reSET-O FDA Clearance - https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/pears-digital-therapeutic-reset-o-fda-cleared-treat-opioid-use-disorder

  • Beddit Apple Launch - https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/fcc-document-suggests-apple-may-launch-new-beddit-device

  • POPS! Diabetes clearance - https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/pops-diabetes-care-scores-510k-connected-glucose-monitoring-system

  • Remote Patient Monitoring - https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/big-changes-are-coming-medicare-reimbursement-connected-health

  • Pillsy subscription service - https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/smart-pill-bottle-cap-company-launches-supplement-subscription-service

  • Alto raises $50 Million - https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/altos-digital-pharmacy-prescription-delivery-service-closes-50m-round

  • FDA Opioid Challenge Winners - https://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OfficeofMedicalProductsandTobacco/CDRH/CDRHInnovation/ucm609082.htm

  • FDA Digital Health Action Plan - https://www.fda.gov/downloads/MedicalDevices/DigitalHealth/UCM568735.pdf

  • Tabula Rasa acquires DoseMe - https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/tabula-rasa-healthcare-acquires-fellow-medication-safety-platform-doseme

  • ResMed acquires Propeller for $225 Million - https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/resmed-acquires-digital-respiratory-health-company-propeller-health

  • Pharmacy Gig Economy - https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/aspen-rxhealth-gets-9m-create-gig-economy-pharmacists

  • Novo Nordisk Smart Insulin Pens - https://diatribe.org/novopen-6-and-novopen-echo-plus-connected-insulin-pens-launch-early-2019?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&fbclid=IwAR1QO9e-lfY0G173XNhitGhUs1AT0xv-XyYeyuVtmDh9KXC18UgUHlxUH9A

Research Articles of Interest:

  • Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence: A Review - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30561486

  • Machine learning for predicting psychotic relapse at 2 years in schizophrenia in the national FACE-SZ cohort - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30552914

  • What is an appropriate level of evidence for a digital health intervention? - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30545779

  • Continuous Temperature-Monitoring Socks for Home Use in Patients With Diabetes: Observational Study - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30559091

  • Smartphone apps for insomnia: examining existing apps' usability and adherence to evidence-based principles for insomnia management - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30590862

  • Use of a Digital Medication Management System for Effective Assessment and Enhancement of Patient Adherence to Therapy (ReX): Feasibility Study - https://humanfactors.jmir.org/2018/4/e10128/

  • Rationale and design of a large-scale, app-based study to identify cardiac arrhythmias using a smartwatch: The Apple Heart Study - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30392584

  • A Digital Language Divide? The Relationship between Internet Medication Refills and Medication Adherence among Limited English Proficient (LEP) Patients - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29600351

  • Community pharmacist perceptions of their role and the use of social media and mobile health applications as tools in public health - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29501431

See you in 2019!