Center for Technology and Aging

By  Jonah Comstock 10:04 am October 25, 2013
Most people agree that doing robust studies and pilots is important to the development of mobile and digital health, and to reaching the cost savings these technologies offer. But what kind of evidence is important? When is it time to stop running pilots and go to scale, and what challenges does that process offer? And furthermore, does every provider organization have to reinvent the wheel, or...
By  Brian Dolan 08:51 am July 27, 2011
The Center for Technology and Aging (CTA) announced this week that they have issued grants totaling $477,150 to five organizations developing mHealth technologies for older adults with chronic health conditions. The grants are meant to support the one-year programs. The Center aims to find effective approaches to using mHealth in a variety of settings to improve healthcare. The investment comes...
By  Neil Versel 10:30 am June 29, 2011
Report: Google's Latitude service could be used for location tracking. Mobile healthcare technologies are particularly well suited for disease management, medication adherence, safety monitoring, health education and behavior modification for wellness, especially among older populations, according to an organization that supports technology to encourage independent and community-based living for...
By  Brian Dolan 09:48 am March 1, 2011
The NIH mHealth Summer Institute: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the first NIH mHealth Summer Institute set for this summer. The week-long workshop will bring together leaders in mobile health technologies, behavioral science researchers, federal health officials and members of the medical community to provide early career investigators with an opportunity to learn about...