The emergence of personalized health technology

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Allen, Luke Nelson ^a   Christiel, Gillian Pepall ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VITALITY GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Frugal innovation; Health; Inequalities; Personalized health technology; Population health; Socioeconomic factors; Technology

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HUMAN; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ACTIVITY TRACKER; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE APPLICATION; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; FITNESS TRACKERS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PRECISION MEDICINE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84973442870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5357     Document Type: Review

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