Stephen Gilbert

2 months ago | fis.tu-dresden.de | Magdalena Wekenborg |Stephen Gilbert |Jakob Nikolas Kather

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing healthcare, but its true impact depends on seamless human interaction. While most research focuses on technical metrics, we lack frameworks to measure the compatibility or synergy of real-world human-AI interactions in healthcare settings. We propose a multimodal toolkit combining ecological momentary assessment, quantitative observations, and baseline measurements to optimize AI implementation.

Sep 9, 2024 | nature.com | Paul Wicks |Stephen Gilbert |Kamil J. Wrona |Moritz Hofmann |Ashley Stratton-Powell |Quentin de Snoeck | +3 more

Smartphone applications are one of the main delivery modalities in digital health. Many of these mHealth apps use gamification to engage users, improve user experience, and achieve better health outcomes. Yet, it remains unclear whether gamified approaches help to deliver effective, safe, and clinically beneficial products to users. This study examines the compliance of 69 gamified mHealth apps with the EU Medical Device Regulation and assesses the specific risks arising from the gamified nature of these apps. Of the identified apps, 32 (46.4%) were considered non-medical devices; seven (10.1%) were already cleared/approved by the regulatory authorities, and 31 (44.9%) apps were assessed as likely non-compliant or potentially non-compliant with regulatory requirements. These applications and one approved application were assessed as on the market without the required regulatory approvals. According to our analysis, a higher proportion of these apps would be classified as medical devices in the US. The level of risk posed by gamification remains ambiguous. While most apps showed only a weak link between the degree of gamification and potential risks, this link was stronger for those apps with a high degree of gamification or an immersive game experience.

Mar 20, 2024 | nature.com | Stephen Gilbert |Francesco Ricciardi |Tauseef Mehrali |Constantinos Patsakis

The hospital at home concept integrates key digital medicine technologies and concepts in a single platform approach, with telemedicine, wearables, and sensors. It could bring benefits to patients, who face lower risks from hospital infections and who want to be at home with their loved ones. Moreover, it may lead to efficiency savings, through its seamless integration of data flows, and therefore is likely to be an increasingly implemented model. But what happens when the platform succumbs to exploited platform/infrastructure vulnerabilities or cyber attacks like ransomware that have been weaponized to bring networked systems crashing down? Exploring the attack modes and their consequences could help prioritize adequate safeguards.

Feb 9, 2024 | sentinelsource.com | Steve Gilbert |Stephen Gilbert

Originally, Samantha Hill wanted to be a mortician. How ironic considering her lively personality is infectious, a people-person trait tracing back to Keene High School when she immersed herself in academics and after-school activities. From Teens for Christ to an informal LGB club — “before the TQ and the plus came along,” she quips — working with fellow teens cultivated her sense of community and brought her personality to life. That hasn’t changed.

Dec 18, 2023 | sentinelsource.com | Stephen Gilbert

By Stephen Gilbert When Feb. 1 rolls around, New Hampshire utility customers are slated to see very different dollar figures on their bills compared to the same time last year. The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects natural gas prices to decline by 24 percent from last winter. In New England, natural gas is used to produce roughly half of the region's electricity. This story originally appeared in the N.H. Bulletin.