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Mashup Score: 0Consumer Expectations and Attitudes About Psychotherapy: Survey Study - 11 month(s) ago
Background: Although mental illness is common among adults in the United States, access to, and public perception of, mental health care continue to present as key barriers to care. Objective: Given the importance of attitudes toward, and perceptions of, mental health treatment in the successful access to mental health care and treatment of mental health issues, the primary goal of this survey…
Source: JMIR Formative ResearchCategories: Future of Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0
Background: Heated tobacco products (HTPs), including I Quit Ordinary Smoking (IQOS), are new tobacco products that use an electronic device to heat compressed tobacco leaves to generate an aerosol for consumers to inhale. Marketing of HTPs is prevalent on Instagram, a popular social media platform. Objective: This study aims to characterize posts related to HTPs on Instagram and their…
Source: JMIR Formative ResearchCategories: Cardiologists, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 14
Background: Diabetes mellitus is a severe disease characterized by high blood glucose levels resulting from dysregulation of the hormone insulin. Diabetes is managed through physical activity and dietary modification and requires careful monitoring of blood glucose concentration. Blood glucose concentration is typically monitored throughout the day by analyzing a sample of blood drawn from a…
Source: JMIR Formative ResearchCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 4COVID-19 Variant Surveillance and Social Determinants in Central Massachusetts: Development Study - 2 year(s) ago
Background: Public health scientists have used spatial tools such as web-based Geographical Information System (GIS) applications to monitor and forecast the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic and track the impact of their interventions. The ability to track SARS-CoV-2 variants and incorporate the social determinants of health with street-level granularity can facilitate the identification of…
Source: JMIR Formative ResearchCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1Modification and Validation of an mHealth App Quality Assessment Methodology for International Use: Cross-sectional and eDelphi Studies - 2 year(s) ago
Background: Over 325,000 mobile health (mHealth) apps are available to download across various app stores. However, quality assurance in this field of medicine remains relatively undefined. Globally, around 84% of the population have access to mobile broadband networks. Given the potential for mHealth app use in health promotion and disease prevention, their role in patient care worldwide is ever…
Source: JMIR Formative ResearchCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 3
Background: With the aging of populations worldwide, early detection of cognitive impairments has become a research and clinical priority, particularly to enable preventive intervention for dementia. Automated analysis of the drawing process has been studied as a promising means for lightweight, self-administered cognitive assessment. However, this approach has not been sufficiently tested for…
Source: JMIR Formative ResearchCategories: Latest Headlines, NeurologyTweet
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Mashup Score: 2Governing Data and Artificial Intelligence for Health Care: Developing an International Understanding - 2 year(s) ago
Background: Although advanced analytical techniques falling under the umbrella heading of artificial intelligence (AI) may improve health care, the use of AI in health raises safety and ethical concerns. There are currently no internationally recognized governance mechanisms (policies, ethical standards, evaluation, and regulation) for developing and using AI technologies in health care. A lack…
Source: JMIR Formative ResearchCategories: Future of Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0A New Tool for Public Health Opinion to Give Insight Into Telemedicine: Twitter Poll Analysis - 3 year(s) ago
Background: Telemedicine draws on information technologies in order to enable the delivery of clinical health care from a distance. Twitter is a social networking platform that has 316 million monthly active users with 500 million tweets per day; its potential for real-time monitoring of public health has been well documented. There is a lack of empirical research that has critically examined the…
Source: JMIR Formative ResearchCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 8
Background: Persistent smoking after a cancer diagnosis predicts worse treatment outcomes and mortality, but access to effective smoking cessation interventions is limited….
Source: JMIR Formative ResearchCategories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
78% of people receiving mental health treatment prefer online therapy to in-person appointments or have no preference about where they receive care. https://t.co/hS6J3N1G8E https://t.co/atJoDPkFZO