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As you might be aware, California Governor Newsom in his TV briefing yesterday referred to encountering an abundance of tech-inspired proposals -- as I understo

by a9h74j 7y ago

As you might be aware, California Governor Newsom in his TV briefing yesterday referred to encountering an abundance of tech-inspired proposals -- as I understood this, in the areas of monitoring and tracking. I also heard him to say there will be some attempt made to "pick one" so-to-speak, for a focus in participation, tech and data.

helloworld 7y ago
Thanks, I hadn't heard that yet. This might be one of those situations where it's preferable to "let a thousand flowers bloom." For example, in another comment, I mentioned a study that's using the Oura ring, which is a great product, but has a far smaller user base than the mass-market Fitbit and Apple Watch audience that our study is focused on. So it's really additive to have both of our research efforts going forward.
- a9h74j 7y ago
  To be fair Newsom might have implied several winners, but same point taken. ABC7 in SF just reported a collaboration as "Stanford and Fitbit", giving innovators.stanford.edu (not working) as a site to sign up. Relatedly I find the following: https://hitconsultant.net/2020/04/14/fitbit-scripps-stanford-to-study-role-of-wearables-to-detect-train-and-contain-infectious-diseases/#.XpeXJhnYrnE https://hitconsultant.net/2020/04/14/fitbit-scripps-stanford... I could imagine participants in any device-specific work opting-in to sharing anonymized data with one-or-more broader-based studies/analyses, if that is not part of opting-in to the device-specific work in the first place.
  - helloworld 7y ago
    It would be great if there were a way to join multiple studies at the same time. At the moment, though, you have to sign up separately for the Stanford COVID-19 Wearables Study: https://innovations.stanford.edu/#section-wearables https://innovations.stanford.edu/#section-wearables
de_watcher 7y ago
It's not a technical problem. We can start a useful tracking almost immediately, but it's a question of freedoms.

by a9h74j 7y ago

helloworld 7y ago

Thanks, I hadn't heard that yet. This might be one of those situations where it's preferable to "let a thousand flowers bloom." For example, in another comment, I mentioned a study that's using the Oura ring, which is a great product, but has a far smaller user base than the mass-market Fitbit and Apple Watch audience that our study is focused on. So it's really additive to have both of our research efforts going forward.

a9h74j 7y ago
To be fair Newsom might have implied several winners, but same point taken. ABC7 in SF just reported a collaboration as "Stanford and Fitbit", giving innovators.stanford.edu (not working) as a site to sign up. Relatedly I find the following: https://hitconsultant.net/2020/04/14/fitbit-scripps-stanford-to-study-role-of-wearables-to-detect-train-and-contain-infectious-diseases/#.XpeXJhnYrnE https://hitconsultant.net/2020/04/14/fitbit-scripps-stanford... I could imagine participants in any device-specific work opting-in to sharing anonymized data with one-or-more broader-based studies/analyses, if that is not part of opting-in to the device-specific work in the first place.
- helloworld 7y ago
  It would be great if there were a way to join multiple studies at the same time. At the moment, though, you have to sign up separately for the Stanford COVID-19 Wearables Study: https://innovations.stanford.edu/#section-wearables https://innovations.stanford.edu/#section-wearables

de_watcher 7y ago

It's not a technical problem. We can start a useful tracking almost immediately, but it's a question of freedoms.