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2016 – Spring Forum: An App a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

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MarilynBAn App A day Keeps the Doctor Away, the title of the Spring Forum intrigued a large crowd of the curious at the Peretz Centre on Sunday, April 3rd 2016. Marilyn Berger, President of Jewish Seniors Alliance, acknowledged the excellent piano playing by Stan Shear. He then delighted the audience by playing the harmonica and singing the song ‘Accentuate the Positive- Eliminate the Negative’, by Johnny Mercer, suggested by his wife Karon Shear.

Berger introduced Dan Ruimy, the Liberal Member of DanRuimeyParliament for Pitt Meadows – Maple Ridge. Ruimy said that living in Maple Ridge doesn’t give him much opportunity to meet many Jews. It was only on a recent trip to Israel as a parliamentarian that he rediscovered his Jewish roots and he was honoured and touched to talk to a group of his ‘compadres’. He hopes to put much effort in helping the government in Ottawa become better equipped to meet the needs of seniors.

Berger called upon Larry Shapiro, to introduce our speaker Dr. Kendall Ho, a practicing emergency doctor at Vancouver General Hospital and Director of the University of BC’s eHealth Strategy Office. Ho is leading a new digital emergency group within the Department of Emergency, focused on research in the context of Primary and Community Care and Emergency medicine.

Dr. Kendall Ho

Dr Ho, charismatic and confident, said he was turning to mobile apps as a way of helping patients help themselves. In a newly launched project “Health eApps” with the tag line ‘Improve your Health in a Mobile Minute’, one can find many new apps that can help people achieve better health, some are free. Ho mentioned ‘My Fitness Pal’ a fun app which Dr. Ho has used to help him lose 10 lbs easily as it determined the amount of calories he needed, based on his answers to the questions of height and level of activity.

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В воскресенье, 3его апреля, в Peretz Centre, Альянс (JSA) проводил свой весенний форум. Людей пришло очень много, зал был просто битком набит. Все радовались возможности встретиться с друзьями, посмеяться, пообщаться, расслабиться, отдохнутьи, конечно, послушать интересную лекцию. О докторе Хо они уже были наслышаны. Всё было предусмотрено: внесено нужное количество столов и стульев, людям с недостаточно хорошим слухом отвели места ближе к сцене.

Форум начался с выступления Стэна Шэр. Он всю свою жизнь был активным певцом и развлекателем гостей. На форуме он пел песни, аккомпанируя себе на своей гармонике. Ведущей форума была Президент Альянса Маrilyn Berger. На форуме присутствовал Dan Ruimy, MP, Liberal Candidate in Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge. Larry Shapiro представил публике Д-ра Кендалл Хо, гостя, выступление которого люди с нетерпением ждали. Д-р Хо практикующий врач неотложной помощи в отделении экстренной помощи Ванкуверского Генерального Госпиталя. Сейчас он возглавляет электронную группу экстренной медицины, которая входит в отделение медицинского факультета UBC. Д-р Хо исследует лечение с помощью электроники, т.е. использует современные технологии в медицине. Он показал нам некоторые вэбсайты неотложной помощи и электронные инструменты для оказания помощи в чрезвычайных ситуациях. Он также поделился полезными советами о том, как пользоваться этими инструментами и как использовать их должным образом в сотрудничестве с врачами и работниками здравоохранения.

 

Ещё один девиз форума: “Live to 120 Thriving”. По словам д-ра Хо, наши смартфоны, компьютеры, телевизоры могут обеспечить нас полезной и нужной нам информацией. Вот, например, 3 любимые программы д-ра Хо, явно почерпнутые в интернете или в телепередаче. Первая-упорядочение веса и соответственно-питания. Всё это тесно связано с количеством калорий и с количеством и качеством потребляемой пищи. Сам доктор успешно похудел на 8 паундов за 2 месяца. У него хватило силы воли отказаться от бургера с луком, содержащих1050 калорий. И он купил вместо бургера сашими (род рыбы) и калифорнийский ролл, которые содержат всего 500 калорий. Он не допустил переедания и поэтом чувствовал себя отлично. Сколько кг. сбросить-это решает каждый для себя индивидуально, т.к.у всех разный метаболизм.

2ая любимая программа д-ра Хо-работа сердца. Те, кто обеспокоен работой своего сердца, могут записывать данные об этой работе и приносить их к своему семейному врачу.

3я любимая программа д-ра Хо-сон. Теперь уже не реkомендуется, чтобы глубокий сон был нарушен громким звонком будильника. Вместо этого вас тихонько подталкиает АПП, который следит за вашим сном и постепенно нежно будит вас, и вы постепенно отходите от сна прежде чем наступит время для того, чтобы проснуться.

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Your smart phones or computers can offer impartial tools and actual lifesaving information.

Medical emergencies can be alarming and those tools and health apps can provide immediate access to help. Ho said the statistics in a study of seniors were as follows:

63% used wearable data for monitoring

76% read online reviews to select a doctor

74% book online appointments and pay bills

73% doctors use mobile devices to share information

61% are interested in 3D printing for prosthetic and hearing aids

57% use cutting edge devices.

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A list of free apps and demonstrated how easy it was to download.

He encouraged the audience to download the app while he went through the procedure step by step.

1) THE RED CROSS FIRST AID APP– full list;

Run down the list choose the one you think you will use.

2) MEDISAFE MEDICATED REMINDER– free for trial period.

This will help you manage taking your pills- even colour coding – and will send an alarm to vibrate your phone or watch as a reminder.

3) MINDSHIFT WORLD (most popular app and was developed in BC)

You slide the bar indicating how you are feeling at the moment. It tracks symptoms; explains common situations which may cause anxiety – taking an exam, talking in public, approaching retirement, trouble communicating.

4) BELLY BO (recommended) by Relaxline, correct way to breathe

5) INSTANT HEART RATE (heart rate monitor- free by Azumio) by Gemini

6) SLEEPTIME  Detects your motion, place under pillow: light sleep = less motion, when you dream there is no movement. It can be programmed to allow you to complete your dream as it can detect when you are in REM.

7) MY FITNESS PAL A personal favourite of Dr. Ho’s


 

Important Websites Recommended:

www.healthlinkbc.ca
like 811 to connect to a nurse or a health professional 

www.myeheakth.ca
to get results of a blood test (deleted after 30 days)

www.medlineplus.gov
(research) best site for basic info translated into everyday language


 

Sensors Available Now

Wristbands, orthotics, helmets which detect concussions.

UV patch by L’Oréal; MED WAND: patches for your skin-monitoring hydration for cyclists; RALPH LAUREN has t-shirts with sensors embedded in the material shirts.

WHY or HOW do those APPS help?

Patient engagement is the BLOCKBUSTER’ DRUG’ of the century!

88% of the patients feel engaged in their health care. Using wearables shows a reduction of cardiac related deaths and a 76% reduction in overall mortality when a patient is actually involved in his own health.

Studies show that 2 out 3 seniors, 65 and over want to use technology to support their own health, i.e wearables to monitor symptoms and vitals at home; want to manage health needs remotely; want to navigate health needs and communicate with health professionals; want access to outcome-related data health records. Seniors now are tech savvy!

Ho said his aim was to work with the patient to know what the ’emergency’ is; to improve health care. To develop a public partnership for best digital health but most important, that along with iPhone, is using the iTouch, maintaining the hands-on touch of the doctor. He continued to advise the audience to question whether the app was suitable and to ask your medical advisor which apps would work best and not cause unnecessary anxiety with results being misunderstood.

Gyda Chud, who along with Jackie Weiler, convened the Forum, asked the audience if they had questions for Dr. Ho. He walked among the audience to answer the questions. He was visibly moved by Al Stein, who said he would be forever grateful to him since Dr. Ho had saved his life during an emergency cardiac problem. Others gathered round to thank him fervently for helping them. Dr. Ho reiterated that the app was there to help both you and the doctor. You still need to have the right doctor to guide you on your journey to health.

Gyda Chud thanked Dr. Ho again, saying that he was approachable, and inspiring. Chud added a slogan which Dr. Ho enjoyed ‘Beat the Stats – use more Apps’.StanShear1

We thank Barbara Bronstein and Larry Shapiro for the delicious refreshments provided by Gala; our hardworking volunteers who were everywhere from set-up to shalom. This would never have been as successful as it was without our ‘guiding light’ Karon Shear and her office partner, Rita Propp. Her husband
Stan Shear, and son David videographed the whole event, capturing it for our website.

See you at one of our next events- Shalom U’Lehitraot!

Binny Goldman
Binny Goldman- April 3, 2016

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