The emerging field of mobile health
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Mobile technologies can transform clinical research and health care worldwide—and save money.
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Wearable devices can be conformably placed on the epidermis, inserted through the skin or body orifices for measuring electrophysiological or biochemical signals, and delivering drugs.
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The WEARABLE SENSORS section describes skin patches that monitor cardiac rhythm and sensors that track electrodermal activity and blood glucose. This supports skin-worn devices measuring physiological signals, but the copy does not describe devices inserted through the skin or body orifices, or wearable devices delivering drugs. (LLM, conf=0.87)
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- Authors
- Steinhubl, S. R., Muse, E. D., & Topol, E. J.
- Affiliations
- Scripps Translational Science Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
- Corresponding author
- Steinhubl, Steven R.
- Venue
- Science Translational Medicine
- Published
- 2015-04-15
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 283
- Pages
- 283rv3-283rv3
- ISSN
- 1946-6234 (ISSN-L)
- 1946-6242
- PMC
- PMC4748838
- OpenAlex
- W2005314874
- Cited by
- 822
- References
- 23
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- FWCI
- 10.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Science Translational Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- NIH (8 KL2 TR000110)
- Qualcomm Foundation
- U.S. NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) (UL1TR001114)
- NIH NCATS (UL1TR001114)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Technology and Human Factors in Education and Health
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Mobile Learning in Education
- Keywords
- mobile health, wearable sensors, point-of-care testing, clinical decision support, clinical research, regulatory challenges, data security, evidence base
- MeSH terms
- Automation, Decision Making, Humans, Software, Telemedicine, Point-of-Care Systems, Decision Support Systems, Clinical, Biomedical Technology, Computers, Handheld, Cell Phone, Lab-On-A-Chip Devices
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