L’e-santé face à la protection des données personnelles : quelles perspectives ?

La révolution de la santé numérique est en marche. Dans un monde toujours plus connecté, les données médicales transitent vers le Cloud comme n’importe quelle information. Comment concilier développement de la santé numérique et sécurisation des données personnelles ? (suite…)

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La stratégie nationale e-santé 2020 (partie 1)

La ministre des affaires sociales et de la santé, Marisol Touraine, a présenté le 4 juillet dernier la stratégie nationale e-santé 2020. Cette stratégie doit permettre, entre autres, de dépasser les problèmes de coordination entre professionnels et impliquer davantage le patient dans la prise en charge de son parcours de soin. (suite…)

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The spoon against tremor, a solution for Parkinson's disease patients

Companies that invest in technologies currently aim to address the health problems associated with aging, like Parkinson’s disease that affects about 100,000 people in France and thousands of new cases occur each year; novelty this time is a spoon that aims to make life easier for people ill from Parkinson’s and help them eat, but also find a certain pleasure in eating more calmly avoiding they spill their food when eating.
The giant Google shows more interest in new technologies related to health and medical science , it starts developping other innovative products such as “smart” contact lens , calculating the glucose levels in the diabetics.
Google bought LiftLabs in 2014, a company specialized in the creation of new technologies and underlining his interest in biotechnology aiming to help people  suffering from Parkinson’s disease.
A very tiring disease, its main symptoms are three: slowness, difficulty of movement, muscle rigidity and tremor (resting on a regular basis at 4-7 cycles per second). Parkinson’s is a disabling disease  for people who suffer from it because it creates difficulties in achieving the most everyday activities, like eating.
Parkinson’s patients have medical equipment needs as a hospital bed, a recovery bar, a bracket to help them up, a cane to help them move, even a walker, but also an anti-shake intelligent spoon.
Google currently provides anti-shake device that can improve the quality of life of millions of people. This device is a spoon that intelligently stabilizes human’s hand to improve the lives of patients. Mealtime will become a pleasure and stop being a source of stress and anxiety.
People willing to get that spoon called Liftware, must nevertheless pay 228 euros. It is possible to change the head of the Liftware LiftLabs, which may be used at the same time as a soup spoon, as a fork and key chain to facilitate the opening of locks.
Thanks to a mathematical calculation, spoon detects hand-shake and compensates them instantly; it stabilizes through a system powered by a battery.
The device comes in two parts: a removable spoon in order to be easily cleaned, and a thick line electronic sleeve, containing sensors, electronic chips and motors.
The developed electronics, sensors and mini motors, detect tremors and stabilize the head of the spoon in the opposite direction, essentially canceling the shaking of the arm and avoiding spilling the content of it.
The handle of the spoon contains an ultra-thin rechargeable battery with a battery life of seven days, allowing a constant repositioning of its interchangeable tip (spoon or fork), depending on the tremor of the user. It reduces 75% of the impact of tremors on the object. How it works?  When sensors detect movement tremors, they reposition the spoon in the opposite direction to adjust the head.
Moreover, the spoon can connect via Bluetooth to the dedicated application called Lift Pulse, which measures the frequency and the amplitude of tremors taking into consideration the peak frequency, in order to customize the fit.
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The Swedish Digitization

Why Sweden is the third most “digital” country of the European Union? The main explanation can be found in the economical, geographical and cultural context of Sweden. Some information we can find on the Wikipedia page dedicated to Sweden, concerning specificities of the Scandinavian country will be useful to understand…

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Contre les allergies, prenez Amazon

Pollens, allergies, rhum des foins, pensez Amazon !   L’arrivée du printemps s’accompagne inéluctablement de son lot d'allergies et les personnes qui en souffrent prennent régulièrement le chemin des pharmacies afin de s’armer de produits antihistaminiques ou de calmants. Amazon se voit ouvrir une boutique en ligne spécialisée dans la…

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L’économie numérique danoise

     En 2015, le Danemark a le DESI* le plus élevé des 28 Etats membres de l’Union Européenne et excelle notamment dans l'e-administration, l'e-santé et dans l’intégration des technologies numériques par les entreprises.   Le Danemark a une excellente connectivité et 92 % de la population sont des usagers…

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