Comments on: Why No One Uses Your Health, Medication, or Exercise Trackers http://www.doseofdigital.com/2010/04/no-one-uses-your-health-medication-exercise-tracker/ Improving Healthcare Through Digital Technology -- Effectively using digital technology and social media in pharma and healthcare Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Was ist mHealth? Ein Kommentar zum Start einer Artikelserie auf mobile zeitgeist | mobile zeitgeist http://www.doseofdigital.com/2010/04/no-one-uses-your-health-medication-exercise-tracker/#comment-10284 Was ist mHealth? Ein Kommentar zum Start einer Artikelserie auf mobile zeitgeist | mobile zeitgeist Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:38:07 +0000 http://www.doseofdigital.com/?p=2612#comment-10284 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Richman http://www.doseofdigital.com/2010/04/no-one-uses-your-health-medication-exercise-tracker/#comment-9797 Jonathan Richman Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:11:00 +0000 http://www.doseofdigital.com/?p=2612#comment-9797 Tim, Well, of course, you're right on with your comments. This is a pretty big oversight on my part, so I apologize for that. I've updated the post to reflect this information. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Jonathan Tim,

Well, of course, you’re right on with your comments. This is a pretty big oversight on my part, so I apologize for that. I’ve updated the post to reflect this information. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Jonathan

]]> By: Tim Roberts http://www.doseofdigital.com/2010/04/no-one-uses-your-health-medication-exercise-tracker/#comment-9795 Tim Roberts Thu, 03 Mar 2011 01:04:00 +0000 http://www.doseofdigital.com/?p=2612#comment-9795 Hey John... good article. But I disagree with Zeo over Fitbit for 3 reasons. (Full disclosure here.. I am VP, Interactive of Fitbit) 1) Fitbit does have display on the device, so it really isn't an advantage for Zeo. 2) Zeo requires you to wear a headband to bed. This isn't a particularly natural behavior and can be a little awkward. Wearing the Fitbit is very discrete and no one knows you are wearing it. 3) Getting the data off the Zeo requires taking an SD card out of the device and plugging it into your computer via USB. Thanks. Tim Hey John… good article. But I disagree with Zeo over Fitbit for 3 reasons.

(Full disclosure here.. I am VP, Interactive of Fitbit)
1) Fitbit does have display on the device, so it really isn’t an advantage for Zeo.
2) Zeo requires you to wear a headband to bed. This isn’t a particularly natural behavior and can be a little awkward. Wearing the Fitbit is very discrete and no one knows you are wearing it.
3) Getting the data off the Zeo requires taking an SD card out of the device and plugging it into your computer via USB.

Thanks. Tim

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]]> By: Jonathan Richman http://www.doseofdigital.com/2010/04/no-one-uses-your-health-medication-exercise-tracker/#comment-7273 Jonathan Richman Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:19:54 +0000 http://www.doseofdigital.com/?p=2612#comment-7273 Thanks for responding and clarifying this. I like the SMS addition, which I'd actually categorize as "Routine Integrated", which is even better than "Handheld." Here's why: among those who use SMS and are likely to use your feature, SMS is a ubiquitous part of their life. They probably send and receive a bunch of messages per day meaning that they have it open and active pretty regularly. So, it's pretty simple to send one more SMS. It's similar to the Tweetdeck example I gave in the post. I will say this, though, I search through each of the five sites for about 15 minutes each and even opened an account with Keas. In that entire time I did not discover this SMS functionality. So, I might recommend making it a bit more prominent, as it's an important feature. I'll update the post with this new information. Will look forward to seeing what people do with the API and how the Twitter integration works. That would fit under "Routine Integrated" as well. I don't see the Google Health integration as "Fully Automated" simply because it's not really ongoing tracking. You can pull in test results and such, but not the types of things that Keas is designed to track such as diet and exercise. So, it's not really tracking in the sense I'm talking about in the post. Yes, it pulls the data automatically, but it's not tracking the type of data I'm talking about in the post. Thanks for your comments...I'll make an update. Thanks for responding and clarifying this. I like the SMS addition, which I’d actually categorize as “Routine Integrated”, which is even better than “Handheld.” Here’s why: among those who use SMS and are likely to use your feature, SMS is a ubiquitous part of their life. They probably send and receive a bunch of messages per day meaning that they have it open and active pretty regularly. So, it’s pretty simple to send one more SMS. It’s similar to the Tweetdeck example I gave in the post.

I will say this, though, I search through each of the five sites for about 15 minutes each and even opened an account with Keas. In that entire time I did not discover this SMS functionality. So, I might recommend making it a bit more prominent, as it’s an important feature. I’ll update the post with this new information.

Will look forward to seeing what people do with the API and how the Twitter integration works. That would fit under “Routine Integrated” as well.

I don’t see the Google Health integration as “Fully Automated” simply because it’s not really ongoing tracking. You can pull in test results and such, but not the types of things that Keas is designed to track such as diet and exercise. So, it’s not really tracking in the sense I’m talking about in the post. Yes, it pulls the data automatically, but it’s not tracking the type of data I’m talking about in the post.

Thanks for your comments…I’ll make an update.

]]> By: Jonathan Richman http://www.doseofdigital.com/2010/04/no-one-uses-your-health-medication-exercise-tracker/#comment-9479 Jonathan Richman Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:19:00 +0000 http://www.doseofdigital.com/?p=2612#comment-9479 Thanks for responding and clarifying this. I like the SMS addition, which I'd actually categorize as "Routine Integrated", which is even better than "Handheld." Here's why: among those who use SMS and are likely to use your feature, SMS is a ubiquitous part of their life. They probably send and receive a bunch of messages per day meaning that they have it open and active pretty regularly. So, it's pretty simple to send one more SMS. It's similar to the Tweetdeck example I gave in the post. I will say this, though, I search through each of the five sites for about 15 minutes each and even opened an account with Keas. In that entire time I did not discover this SMS functionality. So, I might recommend making it a bit more prominent, as it's an important feature. I'll update the post with this new information. Will look forward to seeing what people do with the API and how the Twitter integration works. That would fit under "Routine Integrated" as well. I don't see the Google Health integration as "Fully Automated" simply because it's not really ongoing tracking. You can pull in test results and such, but not the types of things that Keas is designed to track such as diet and exercise. So, it's not really tracking in the sense I'm talking about in the post. Yes, it pulls the data automatically, but it's not tracking the type of data I'm talking about in the post. Thanks for your comments...I'll make an update. Thanks for responding and clarifying this. I like the SMS addition, which I’d actually categorize as “Routine Integrated”, which is even better than “Handheld.” Here’s why: among those who use SMS and are likely to use your feature, SMS is a ubiquitous part of their life. They probably send and receive a bunch of messages per day meaning that they have it open and active pretty regularly. So, it’s pretty simple to send one more SMS. It’s similar to the Tweetdeck example I gave in the post.

I will say this, though, I search through each of the five sites for about 15 minutes each and even opened an account with Keas. In that entire time I did not discover this SMS functionality. So, I might recommend making it a bit more prominent, as it’s an important feature. I’ll update the post with this new information.

Will look forward to seeing what people do with the API and how the Twitter integration works. That would fit under “Routine Integrated” as well.

I don’t see the Google Health integration as “Fully Automated” simply because it’s not really ongoing tracking. You can pull in test results and such, but not the types of things that Keas is designed to track such as diet and exercise. So, it’s not really tracking in the sense I’m talking about in the post. Yes, it pulls the data automatically, but it’s not tracking the type of data I’m talking about in the post.

Thanks for your comments…I’ll make an update.

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