The Importance of Prioritizing Wellness In today’s fast-paced world, where stress and demands often take center stage, it’s crucial to prioritize our health and well-being. While modern medicine has made remarkable advancements, we mustn’t overlook the power of wellness in nurturing our bodies and minds. Wellness encompasses a holistic approachRead More →
You might be wondering how to raise vitamin D in your body, whether you want to strengthen your bones or boost your immune system. Vitamin D is an important nutrient that we can obtain from our diets or produce ourselves through sun exposure. Because it benefits our bodies so much,Read More →
The WWDC presentation was jam-packed with new capabilities for its hardware devices. Its initial Health app, released in 2014, contained personal health and wellness updates; pushing Apple into the healthcare arena. It’s difficult to judge the impact of Apple’s work in these areas at the moment, and health-related product announcementsRead More →
Hands down, Apple Watch seems to be one of the best digital devices on the market. Challengers have failed to truly compete with Apple’s dominate market position. Combined with Apple Health, the digital device offers a full outline of features for consumers. Their ecosystem, combined with the design and software,Read More →
The importance of inclusion and diversity is clearly a hot topic – the #MeToo Movement, #NoMoreManels being promoted by the Globe & Mail’s Andre Picard, and even Digital Health Canada’s Top 10 Women Leaders Award – have all helped highlight the need for more to be done to support moreRead More →
I have been a family physician practising in this province for 30 years. It is a great joy looking after my patients. However, looking after them in the health care quagmire of disconnected information and bureaucratic silos is becoming a nightmare. It is alarming seeing my young colleagues bewildered soRead More →
Apple has announced a solution to bring health records to the iPhone, aiming to make things easier for users to access their medical information. Right now, accessing your health data can be a real hassle and it may not always be easy to find a lab test or some other suchRead More →
Digital health and connected care services are evolving and gaining momentum in Canada. As they do, the link between patient experience and value-based outcomes is critical to both assess opportunities for improvement and determine scalability and integration of connected care solutions into Canadian models of care. Improving the various areasRead More →
The researchers measured performance at rest, while the wearer was walking and jogging on a treadmill. Participants’ heart rates were recorded at three minutes and then 30, 60 and 90 seconds’ recovery. The study was published online in JAMA Cardiology. “We found variable accuracy among wrist-worn HR monitors; none achievedRead More →
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Jim Andrews is in a medical office wearing just a hospital gown, staring at his doctor of 11 years, who is staring back at him through the sleek, metallic lens of Google Glass. As the doctor examines Andrews, a new kind of medical scribe is watchingRead More →