A total of 1,000 Apple Watches have been awarded to five digital health projects at Stanford University. The Stanford Center for Digital Health awarded the watches to the projects which are designed to study whether the creative uses of smartwatches can achieve meaningful health care outcomes. Mintu Turakhia, MD, associate professor of cardiovascular medicine and senior director of research and innovation at the centre, said: “Our goal, simply stated, is to enable the Stanford community to do cool stuff to improve health care with technology.” Lauren Cheung, MD, MBA, clinical assistant professor of medicine and senior director of strategy and operations at the centre, said: “We aim to facilitate novel and transformative research with health care technology, leveraging the expertise and academic rigour of Stanford.” Projects that have received funding include a virtual therapist for stroke patient arm recovery, artificial intelligence projects for health mindsets and adherence behaviours, mindsets in health and reducing hyperactivity and supporting attention for youths with ADHD.
The Stanford Center for Digital Health has awarded five Apple watches to 1,000 Stanford University projects that will investigate how smartwatches can support practices in healthcare. Projects include a virtual therapist for arm recovery among stroke patients, artificial intelligence for improving patients' adherence to medical regimes, as well as support for young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.