[Reblog] My Health Data Is Killing Me | The Health Care Blog

My Health Data Is Killing Me | The Health Care Blog.

Excerpt from the 20 January post

We are still in the dark ages when it comes to health and fitness data. It reminds me of the early 1990s when I had a paper day planner for a calendar, a business card holder for contacts, and a map.

Then along came the Microsoft Outlook and LotusNotes platform. These two platforms slugged it out like Uber verses Lyft. Then Microsoft integrated MS Office with MS Outlook and it was “game over.” I finally had one place to find everything I needed to do 90% of my job.

I’m waiting for that moment to come to the realm of my fitness data. It’s extremely difficult for me to access my medical and fitness data as it is, and yet the recent CES conference presented hundreds of new ways to collect more of my data. There will be wearables, scales, patches, contact lenses, smartphones, watches, etc. Maybe even a drone to fly overhead and watch what I eat for lunch. It is overwhelming. How overwhelming, you ask?

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Mobile Medical Resources Geared Towards Health Professionals (Lists, Guides, and More)

These resources may also be of interest to the general public. This guide, of course, is not all inclusive!
Some sites are fee-based.

Information, Lists

** Mobile Device Information (Medical College of Wisconsin)
Includes links to about 30 free mobile device resources and free iPhone & iPod touch Applications

**Kresge Library List (Scripps Clinic and Green Hospital)
Links to Medical RSS Feeds, Medical Podcasts, Mobile Ready Web Sites and Resources, PDF or PDB Format Materials,         Medical Apps, PubMed Search Apps, and Consumer Health and Medicine Apps.
Last updated December 2009.

**Smart Phone Apps (University of Maryland)
Sites are arranged by category (anatomy,cardiology, clinical tools, drug information, etc)

**Pepid Medical Information Resources (Pepid LLC)
Fee-based applications for health care practitioners (physicians, nurses, etc) and students

Includes Guides, Advice, and Reviews

**iMedical Apps online medical publication written by a team of physicians and medical students who provide commentary and reviews of mobile medical technology and applications (iPad/iPhone & Android)

**Medical and Healthcare iPhone Apps from the BMJ Group (British Medical Journal)
Includes (free) Student BMJ with articles, news, educational materials, blogs, and more.

**Mobile Device Resources for Clinicians (University of Kentucky)
Includes free resources, guide to apps for medical students, mobile device options

**Mobile Apps for Medicine (Mercer University)
Includes free resources, advice/reviews

Sources

**MedLib-L discussion list

** LibGuides