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Monthly Archives: August 2011
The doctor-patient relationship in the age of web 2.0
The widespread usage of the Internet has made health care much more intelligible to the public, who no longer need a medical degree to be able to make sense of a prescription or a diagnosis. The public’s open access to medical knowledge and information has consequently led to a change in the relationship between patients and doctors. Read more
The Withings Smart Baby Monitor is nearing release
As you probably know, Withings has been working for some time on a new product: the Smart Baby Monitor. The release date is now drawing close and in the coming weeks we will unveil more and more features of this great product.
The boom of smartphone health applications
Keeping in touch with your professional and personal network, listening to music, posting photos of your own life, geotagging, etc.
Smartphones are now part of our everyday life. As the above-mentioned examples show, smartphone applications have become part of a lot of people’s lives, and in the future they will also change people’s relationship to healthcare. Read more
Welcome to the era of 2.0 doctors and connected health
The Web is full of resources that enable doctors to learn, train, conduct research, etc. A doctor can now ask his colleagues around the world for advice on a difficult clinical case, ask for diagnostic help or simply discuss the various treatment options. Read more
The Withings Smart Blood Pressure Monitor is now compatible with Runkeeper
Withings has a long-standing partnership with Runkeeper, one of the leading online plat-forms of fitness self-monitoring. For over a year, the Withings body-scale has been compatible with Runkeeper, meaning that users of Runkeeper who have connected their Withings scale with their account have their weight graphs update automatically and instantly on Runkeeper every time they weigh themselves. Read more
Have you ever heard of the QuantifiedSelf?
The QuantifiedSelf is an essential subject to Withings. In this article we describe this emerging trend originating from the U.S.
