Stanford Medicine X – a patient-centric academic conference. I wasn’t sure what to expect, and while I was absolutely honored to be a part of this, I didn’t know how it was all going to play out. This is how I broke down what I was going to experience in my head:
When I was invited to join the mPOWEr team as a patient advisor, I was thrilled. I had the opportunity to help build a tool that could improve the post-discharge …
When I started working on the mPOWEr project, my goal was straightforward–to build a wound assessment app and test it out to see if it would improve care. I really …
One of the most important and frequently overlooked aspects of implementing a new technological innovation is complementing existing workflows. Regardless of how effective or well-intentioned this intervention can be, without …
mPOWEr’s first appearance in The Daily was a feature, the third in a series on innovative medical apps that have been developed at the University of Washington. We’re in good …
In developing mPOWEr as a mobile health application we faced an early decision about whether to build using native code or a more general HTML5-based web app. We’ve decided to …
One of the things I love most about the mPOWEr is our approach to user-engagement! We employ techniques from human-centered design to ensure that our mobile platform is not only …
Surgical site infection (SSI) is a leading cause of death & disability among patients following surgery, and the most common healthcare associated infection. It’s a concern across the healthcare system …
