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AATP Interactive is the weblog of the American Association for Technology in Psychiatry. en-us2008-05-13T09:19:27-05:00A Memory Lifebook for Dementia
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A device called the MEMENTO Memory LifeBook is designed as a wearable mobile memory aid for elderly individuals with mild-to-moderate dementia. The goal was to design a user friendly, ergonomic device to serve the unique needs of this population. The...rsk2008-05-13T09:19:27-05:00Who Should Own Data Captured in Personal Health Records?
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According to a survey by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), 92 percent of health care IT professionals said patients should own the data captured in personal health records. Four percent of respondents said providers should own PHR...rsk2008-05-08T21:57:07-05:00Structured Clinical Interview Training And Virtual Patients
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Virtual Human Agent (VHA) technology has evolved to a point where researchers may begin developing mental health applications that make use of virtual reality patients. In an ongoing study from the University of Southern California of virtual patients (VP). Researchers...rsk2008-05-05T16:44:21-05:00Virtual World For Addiction Cravings
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Research funded by National Institutes of Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institutes for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism from University of Houston and published in Addictive Behaviors Journal, demonstrates that a virtual reality (VR) environment can...rsk2008-04-29T22:35:03-05:00Human Brain Appears "Hard-Wired" for Hierarchy
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have conducted imaging studies that have identified how the brain reacts to social status. They believe that social hierarchies strongly influence motivation as well as physical and mental health and that different brain...rsk2008-04-25T22:59:53-05:00Warnings For Online Health Record Systems
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An article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, raises some concerns about using personal health records online and allowing them to be managed by third parties not bound by HIPAA regulations. The authors of the article point out...rsk2008-04-18T00:38:04-05:00VR for Paranoia
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Research, funded by the Wellcome Trust and published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, demonstrates that suspicious or paranoid thoughts are much more common in the general population than was previously thought and that they are almost as common as...rsk2008-04-11T22:58:01-05:00Smartphones As A Clinical Tool
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More and more physicians are using smartphones not just to manage phone calls and email but to use them in clinical practice. Unlike laptops and tablet PCs, smartphones are small enough to carry everywhere, their battery life lasts longer than...rsk2008-04-07T08:15:10-05:00Children and Social Networks
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According to a survey published in the UK today(Ofcom), almost half of children online use social network sites. Over a quarter of eight to 11-year-olds in the UK have a profile on a social network Sites such as Bebo, MySpace...rsk2008-04-02T09:07:42-05:00Study of E-mail Access to Physicians
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The "2008 Survey of Health Care Consumers" polled more than 3,000 Americans between the ages of 18 and 75. It was directed by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. Nearly 80 percent of healthcare consumers are interested in having e-mail...rsk2008-03-26T08:35:37-05:00Interest in Online Health Access By Consumers
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A new survey by Deliotte shows that nearly eight out of 10 adults are interested in having online access to their medical records and test results, and 26% said they would be willing to pay extra for the service. Only...rsk2008-02-28T12:43:25-05:00Brain Control Headset For Games
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A neuro-headset which interprets the interaction of neurons in the brain will go on sale later this year. It works by picking up electrical activity from the brain and then sends wireless signals to a computer. It has been created...rsk2008-02-20T12:07:42-05:00Whose Data Is It Anyway?
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A special report from the California Healtcare Foundation discusses data ownership. The changing landscape of health information technology and the ability to exchange personal health information requires that the legal foundation that facilitates consumers’ access to, and control and use...rsk2008-02-14T08:08:19-05:00Medical Publisher Launches Health Wiki
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Publisher Elsevier has launched a clinical health information wiki called WiserWiki. It is geared toward consumers and built on the premise that there is a lack of trust about online health care information. The basis for the wiki is Elsevier's...rsk2008-02-02T08:27:36-05:00Google to Host Open-Source Science Data
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As Google continues in its attempt to organize the world of information for us all, Google research has disclosed that it will soon provide a home for terabytes of open-source scientific datasets. The storage will be free to scientists and...rsk2008-01-23T13:34:27-05:00