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CES 2016: Running list of health and wellness devices
The
event once known as the Consumer Electronics Show, CES, is upon us once
again, and once again we're ringing in the new year with a range of
health and fitness device announcements from both established players
and new upstarts. We've already reported this week on the latest from
Fitbit and Withings, as well as Under Armour's new foray, with HTC, into
connected fitness hardware. All that is below, plus many more health
and wellness devices that were unveiled at CES this year. Read More
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Ethics and HIT
Challenges...
http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
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.