16 March
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User engagement is essential for the success of eHealth apps, yet effective engagement remains a persistent challenge. A new approach to addressing this problem has been proposed in November 2022 in a viewpoint published by JMIR Publications in the Interactive Journal of Medical Internet Research. In their publication titled “A New Approach to Enhancing Engagement in eHealth Apps,” Dr Oakley-Girvan and Dr Docherty from Medable Inc. propose a three-phase conceptual model to optimize user (patient) engagement with eHealth apps and comment on how the knowledge gleaned from psychosocial, behavioral, and cognitive science can be incorporated into this model to enhance user engagement. According to theRead More →

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JMIR Publications published “A Revised Hippocratic Oath for the Era of Digital Health” in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, which argues that the Hippocratic Oath, which contains a set of ethical rules designed to guide physicians through their profession, should be updated to reflect the new realities of digital health and articulate updated principles that govern the practice of modern medicine. The original Hippocratic Oath still embodies ideals that are timely and relevant even in the 21st century: To treat patients to the best of one’s ability To preserve a patient’s privacy To faithfully teach the art of medicine to the next generation DespiteRead More →

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JMIR Publications recently published “Effectiveness of Pediatric Teleconsultation to Prevent Skin Conditions in Infants and Reduce Parenting Stress in Mothers: Randomized Controlled Trial“ in JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting which reported that mothers of infants are prone to experiencing parenting stress, which adversely affects mothers’ and children’s well-being. Additionally, studies have reported that atopic dermatitis (AD) among offspring enhances parenting stress, and postnatal maternal psychological problems can increase the risk of AD in children. Eligible pairs of infants and mothers were randomly assigned to the intervention group or the control group. In addition, participants in the intervention group had the option to combine routine pediatric servicesRead More →

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JMIR Publications recently published “Nonfungible Tokens as a Blockchain Solution to Ethical Challenges for the Secondary Use of Biospecimens: Viewpoint” in JMIR Bioinformatics and Biotechnology in which the authors discuss how current practices of de-identifying human samples  for research is reminiscent of the treatment of Henrietta Lacks’s tissue in 1951. They highlight how current standards continue to release researchers and health systems from obligations to promote respect, beneficence, and justice for patients. This historical case illuminates ethical challenges for the secondary use of biospecimens, which persist in contemporary learning health systems. De-identification and broad consent seek to maximize the benefits of learning from care byRead More →