TTAC

Mobile Blood Pressure – Assessment Results

The Assessment Results section of the toolkit provides information gathered in the course of the TTAC’s testing efforts.  Average (mean) data for each subject and each device are included, as are general summaries of each device.  Additionally, the TTAC has produced two separate presentations on mobile blood pressure devices and the assessment process. Mobile Blood […]

Mobile Blood Pressure – Assessment Process

The Assessment Process section of the toolkit provides information on how the TTAC approached the testing process for the mobile blood pressure devices.  We also summarize product data in a table format, and include a series of images and documentation links for each product evaluated. Mobile Blood Pressure – Assessment Plan Mobile Blood Pressure – Product Comparison […]

Mobile Blood Pressure – About This Technology

The “About This Technology” section aims to bring our readers up to speed on the available options for home blood pressure monitoring and the different points to consider prior to purchase.  This section will also look at what it takes to deploy and support home blood pressure monitoring, with additional outside resources provided for further […]

mHealth – VTC Testing Results

We tested 9 different tablets and smart phones in this evaluation. The goal of this testing serieswas to discover the efficacy of each device for video teleconferencing, given variables in connection method and video standards. We wanted to test each device over both standards-based and non-standards-based video teleconferencing technology, using both a Wi-Fi connection and […]

mHealth – VTC Testing Process

The “Assessment Process” section of the video teleconferencing toolkit looks at key information driving our assessment process and decisions. We include an overview of our methodology, a description of how to perform functional and quality analyses of different video teleconferencing devices, and a list products tested. The Testing Process Selecting the “best” of any video […]

mHealth – Tested Devices

We at the TTAC brought nine different mobile platforms to our lab to test as a part of this toolkit.  The devices included four smart phones and five tablets, each representing the state-of-the art for their respective manufacturers.  The devices were selected to showcase a pool of various processor speeds and configurations.  As the market […]

mHealth – Presentation

The mHealth webinar was recorded for your convenience and can be accessed, along with any accompanying documents, in our Webinar Archives file for 2012.  

mHealth – Software

Software is critical to many parts of the mHealth market, as it gathering and display of important data. This section talks briefly about different categories of software, including Clinical Reference & Clinical Decision Support, Epidemiology & Public Health, Electronic Health Records, and Personal Wellness & Fitness applications. Clinical Reference Electronic Medical Records Epidemiology & Public Health Personal […]

mHealth – Hardware

Due to the rapidly-changing nature of the mobile device market, this section does not address specific products within the market. General categories of devices will be described, with their individual merits and issues discussed at some length. There is a lot of change taking place within the mobile market.  Some phones are getting simpler while others get […]

mHealth – Definitions

Access Point (AP) – Access points join wireless users to a wired Ethernet network. APs act as a central transmitter and receiver of wireless local area network radio signals, also known as Wi-Fi. Android – Android is an open-platform, Linux-based mobile phone operating system developed by Google. App Store – An online marketplace for the purchase of applications used with […]