Australia-based not-for-profit organisation Crohn’s Colitis Cure (CCCure) has recently launched subscription-based access to its registry of data on patients dealing with inflammatory bowel diseases.
The IBD-focused charity claims to have one of the world's largest databases of real-time patient-reported and clinical data on IBD, including Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and IBD-undetermined...
The UCLA Center for Inflammatory Bowl Diseases just completed the pilot phase of a program that equips patients who have Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis with iPads to help them track and monitor their conditions while staying in touch with their care team throughout the day as needed. Now that the pilot phase is over, UCLA is enrolling about 250 patients in the program.
"Using a tablet...
Mobile health startup WellApps is beginning to explore how its smartphone app, GI Monitor, which encourages its users to collect "observations of daily living" ODLs might be used to help some patient groups inform care providers on how best to treat their conditions. WellApps recently collected a set of data points from 50 ulcerative colitis (UC) patients who use its GI Monitor, which has more...
