Health Application for Seniors

While mobile technology is revolutionizing medicine, tools and applications that address the needs of seniors remain either limited in scope or accessibility.   “Technology is only useful, if people are able to use it”.  This is one of the mantras of Dr. Mehta, whose goal was to make ZibdyHealth as simple and intuitive as possible...where information can be shared in a secure manner with caregivers and family members.  This unique aspect of ZibdyHealth takes it from a simple personal health and wellness tool to something much bigger, allowing important health information to stay with the patient during transitions such as hospital discharges, or physician changes, while allowing caregivers and family members the ability to monitor the health data of the individual. 

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Ethics and HIT

Challenges...
http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
  • patient safety should trump all other values; corporate concerns about liability and intellectual property ownership may be valid but should not over-ride all other considerations;
  • transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
  • institutions are duty-bound to provide ethics education to purchasers and users, and should commit publicly to standards of corporate conduct; and
  • vendors, system purchasers, and users should encourage and assist in each others’ efforts to adopt best practices.

e-Behaviorial Health


Benefit from new technologies... enable people to have remote access to CBT

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