smartphone data collection

Review: Detection of mood disorders from smartphone voice analysis has a long way to go

By Dave Muoio 12:18 pm September 14, 2017

Despite early interest and clinical potential, a recently published literature review suggests that additional research into adherence and engagement is still needed to confirm whether diagnoses of mood disorders using smartphone voice recording strategies have a place in healthcare. In the study, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers...

NIH seeks feedback on how to collect clinical data via smartphones, wearables

By Jonah Comstock 10:20 am July 7, 2015

Fitbit Surge It looks like the NIH may be the next big stakeholder to look to mobile tools for data collection in clinical research, joining the likes of Apple and Google. As part of the White House's Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI), announced in January during the State of the Union address, the NIH is considering using smartphones and wearables for data collection, according to a new...