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11/01/2023

From Ideas to Impact: Symposium on Digital Therapeutics

Article Excerpt: The Clinically-Validated Digital Therapeutics: Innovations in Scientific Discovery, Clinical Applications, and Global Deployment event convened health care leaders across academia, government, and industry at the Hanover Inn on Oct. 25. Hosted by the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, the digital heath summit, now in its second edition, is the only one of its kind situated in an academic institution. Besides clinical and computer science researchers, it brings together diverse stakeholders—providers, regulators, payers, and investors, as well as representatives from global pharma—to create pathways for translating ideas in the space of digital health to impact. In her welcoming remarks at the event President Sian Leah Beilock emphasized the urgency in realizing the potential of digital health in tackling mental health issues and other areas of health care.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/ms3swwv3

Article Source: Dartmouth News

10/15/2023

FDA Forms New Digital Health Advisory Committee to Cover Growing Role of Tech

Article Excerpt: From time to time, the FDA convenes an outside group of experts to weigh in on an experimental drug or medical device, or to offer insight on a scientific matter that raises questions. The FDA has 49 committees and panels oriented around various therapeutic areas and modalities. As regulatory submissions increasingly include digital components, the agency wants to ensure it is adequately informed about these technologies. It’s adding a digital health advisory committee charged with providing that perspective.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/4ysra39t

Article Source: MedCityNews

10/10/2023

A New Age for Mental Health and Tech

Article Excerpt: Technology and mental health have had a long, mutually beneficial relationship. Many argue that with the rise of social media smartphone technology has become detrimental to mental health, but there is evidence that medical technology holds the potential to diagnose and treat conditions. A combination of technologies and innovative medical devices are offering new hope to individuals grappling with mental health issues.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/6avefa85

Article Source: Medical Device Network

09/25/2023

Glucose Data Reveals Seasonal Patterns in Diabetes Care

Article Excerpt: People with diabetes tend to maintain healthier blood sugar levels in the warmer months from April to September, according to a Dartmouth study published on Friday in Science Advances. The researchers accessed data from wearable glucose monitors that showed how 137 people aged 2 to 76 living primarily with type 1, aka juvenile, diabetes managed their blood sugar on a daily basis. By analyzing more than 91,000 days of data, the study provides the most detailed look yet at how diabetes management can vary by month, day, age, and even how experienced a patient is with the condition. “We’re looking for specific patterns that could potentially inform clinical guidelines and set the stage for targeted interventions,” says Temiloluwa Prioleau, assistant professor of computer science, one of the study co-authors.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/2avxt7z2

Article Source: Dartmouth News

09/19/2023

Symposium Focuses on Digital Tech for Mental Health

Article Excerpt: Technology offers new avenues for mental health delivery. Digital record keeping, virtual consultations, wearables that monitor activity and well-being, mindfulness apps, and AI-based chatbots are just a few examples. But these advances have not been leveraged effectively enough, Cornell Tech Professor and HealthRhythms Co-Founder Tanzeem Choudhury said in a keynote talk Tuesday at the Digital Mental Health and AI Symposium organized by the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health. Choudhury explored the challenges that have forestalled digital mental health from delivering on some of its early promises and how to move the needle forward.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/ysvssb4s

Article Source: Dartmouth News

09/08/2023

Symposium to Spotlight Digital Mental Health Technology

Article Excerpt: Experts in the field of digital mental health will gather at Dartmouth on Sept. 19 to discuss opportunities and challenges in developing innovative digital tools that can transform mental health care. President Sian Leah Beilock will deliver opening remarks to kick off the Digital Mental Health & AI Symposium organized by the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health at the Hanover Inn. “The Center for Technology and Behavioral Health is a leader in the science of digital health as applied to health behavior,” says CTBH Director Lisa Marsch. “We are excited to host this event with the Dartmouth community to highlight the opportunities for using digital health tools to promote mental health anytime and anywhere.”

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/2kjjkb6t

Article Source: Dartmouth News

08/28/2023

Long-term participant retention and engagement patterns in an app and wearable-based multinational remote digital depression study

Zhang Y, Pratap A, Folarin AA, Sun S, Cummins N, Matcham F, Vairavan S, Dineley J, Ranjan Y, Rashid Z, Conde P, Stewart C, White KM, Oetzmann C, Ivan A, Lamers F, Siddi S, Rambla CH, Simblett S, Nica R, Mohr DC, Myin-Germeys I, Wykes T, Maria Haro J, Penninx BWJH, Annas P, Narayan VA, Hotopf M, Dobson RJB. (2023). Long-term participant retention and engagement patterns in an app and wearable-based multinational remote digital depression study. NPJ Digital Medicine, 6(1), 25–25. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-023-00749-3

This paper reported findings related to long-term participant retention and engagement in a large observational digital study for depression, using survey and passive sensor data collected via smartphones and Fitbit devices. Participants (N=614) were recruited from three sites in the United Kingdom, Spain and Netherlands. Data were collected for up to 2 years by the EU research program RADAR-MDD. The majority of participants (68%) remained engaged in the study after 43 weeks. Smartphone and Fitbit usage data showed 3 distinct engagement subgroups for each data stream (most engaged, medium engaged, and least engaged). The least engaged group tended to have the highest depression severity and took significantly longer to respond to survey notifications. The least engaged were on average 5 years younger than the most engaged group. Roughly 45% of participants who stopped completing surveys after 8 weeks continued to share Fitbit data (average of 42 weeks). Findings could inform the design of future digital health studies to enable equitable and balanced data collection from diverse populations.

08/07/2023

Identifying Desired Features That Would Be Acceptable and Helpful in a Wrist-Worn Biosensor–Based Alcohol Intervention: Interview Study Among Adults Who Drink Heavily

Richards VL, Rajendran S, Cook RL, Leeman RF, Wang Y, Prins C, Cook C. Identifying Desired Features That Would Be Acceptable and Helpful in a Wrist-Worn Biosensor–Based Alcohol Intervention: Interview Study Among Adults Who Drink Heavily. J Med Internet Res 2023;25:e38713. doi: 10.2196/38713

Researchers identified desired features that could help people reduce their drinking in a wrist-worn biosensor-based alcohol intervention for adults who drink heavily. Wearable alcohol biosensors can passively and continuously measure ethanol excreted through the skin. Participants were at least 40 years old, drank at least twice per week, and were interested in reducing their drinking, and were recruited via an alcohol contingency study, a contact registry, and referrals. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted on Zoom with 20 participants. Interviews included questions about participants’ thoughts about a wrist-worn biosensor, potential helpfulness to reduce drinking, and what information they would want to receive from the biosensor. Participants reported five major desired feature themes: 1) comfort and look of the biosensor, 2) personalized prompts and feedback, 3) time wearing the biosensor, 4) sharing data with friends, family, and providers, and 5) incorporation of mental health support. In general, participants were open to wearing the biosensor, but were only inclined to engage with the biosensor content if had they were motivation to reduce drinking. Findings also indicated that a mobile app that stores and interprets sensor data for participants to track drinking patterns could be beneficial. Engaging potential end-users to identify desire intervention features can inform and optimize development of interventions that use wrist-worn biosensors to reduce alcohol use.

07/06/2023

AI In Mental Health: Opportunities And Challenges In Developing Intelligent Digital Therapies

Article Excerpt: Clinicians, therapists, and researchers are increasingly finding that artificial intelligence (AI) can be a powerful tool in the provision of mental healthcare. As I will cover in this article, a growing body of evidence suggests that AI can help with diagnosing conditions, developing therapies, and enabling more personalized approaches and treatments.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/35at64cr

Article Source: Forbes