How to Integrate "Mind-Body" and "Digital Health" - Preview of Upcoming Book

Recently, I asked on Social Media this question - "Is there any way to merge "mind-body" and "digital health"? 

I also added these words...maybe merge isn't the right word - maybe integrate, include, or .... 

 Anyhow, no answers and very little interest.  Humpf!

Well, I said to myself - Let's see "What Others have Done Before" - So, I looked and here's what I found.  I was surprised at the activity in this area - and it is increasing!

Let's start with definitions.

"Digital health is the convergence of digital technologies with health, healthcare, living, and society to enhance the efficiency of healthcare delivery and make medicines more personalized and precise"

"Bodymind is an approach to understand the relationship between the human body and mind in which they are seen as a single integrated unit."

Here's what "What Others have Done Before", to Merge "Mind-Body" and "Digital Health".... 

Some Patents/Patent Applications are below, others are Literature Prior Art.  I focused on using Science and Technology, rather than someone's opinions.

References:

Digital health meets consumer electronics and brain training ...

20180301054 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING MIND-BODY-EMOTION STATE SELF-ADJUSTMENT AND FUNCTIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT BY WAY OF BIOFEEDBACK AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Digital Devices and Mindfulness: A Day of Exploration - Nalanda West

Can We Measure the Mind Body Connection? - DrBonnie360 presents

Development and/or Validation of Devices, Electronic Systems to ...

WO/2018/016459 MIND/BODY STATE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MIND/BODY STATE MEASUREMENT METHOD, MIND/BODY STATE MEASUREMENT PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

20160066837 Personal Device and Method for Integration of Mind/Body Focus Energy

2013078543 AUTONOMIC NERVE ACTIVITY INDEX CALCULATION METHOD AND AUTONOMIC NERVE ACTIVITY INDEX CALCULATION DEVICE, AND VISUAL DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR MIND-BODY BALANCE USING THE SAME

2569928 MIND-BODY CORRELATION DATA EVALUATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF EVALUATING MIND-BODY CORRELATION DATA

Body Mind Machine Interface and Method

Physiological monitors and method of using the same in treatment of disease

2012259507 Systems, apparatuses, devices, and processes for synergistic neuro-physiological rehabilitation and/or functional development

2735480 WELLNESS ESSENCE SYSTEM
 
PI 2018701471 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING MIND – BODY – EMOTION STATE SELF-ADJUSTMENT AND FUNCTIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT BY WAY OF BIOFEEDBACK AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

2013078543 AUTONOMIC NERVE ACTIVITY INDEX CALCULATION METHOD AND AUTONOMIC NERVE ACTIVITY INDEX CALCULATION DEVICE, AND VISUAL DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR MIND-BODY BALANCE USING THE SAME

2016203428 Customised Complimentary Tailored Made Health Packages for Individuals based on Age, Physical Health, Disease, Affliction, Allergy, Gender. CAM designed Health Packages are designed for Individuals to reach normal Homeostasis without any out side factors that would inhibit optimum health recovery. There are differing levels or stages until peak health is achieved incorporating Total Mind, Body and Spirit as a whole, using sole Health Therapy &/or combination of Therapies that enhance Optimum Health recovery, known generally as "CAM" in the Health Industry.

Personal Device and Method for Integration of Mind/Body Focus Energy

Method and Apparatus for Analysis of Psychiatric and Physical Conditions

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• Do you want to know my conclusions about what I found? 
• Are you interested in "What Else Might be Done?" to  Integrate "Mind-Body" and "Digital Health"?

Well, you're going to have to wait until next year, when I'll write books on this topic and much more.  Stay tuned.  The best is yet to come.

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Search Strings I used for above:

"digital health" mind body spirit

 "digital health" ("mind body" OR mindbody OR bodymind)

digital  ("mind body" OR mindbody OR bodymind)

(detect OR sense OR sensor OR detector OR monitor OR track) ("mind body" OR mindbody OR bodymind)

(computer OR pc OR microprocessor ) ("mind body" OR mindbody OR bodymind)

biofeedback ("mind body" OR mindbody OR bodymind)

(arduino)  ("mind body" OR mindbody OR bodymind)

diagnosis  ("mind body" OR mindbody OR bodymind) 

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#integrativemedicine #mindbody #digitalhealth

Disclaimer - Article is for information only, and is not medical advice.

Consider Recycling Medical Devices as “Alternative or Complementary” Therapy Tools

A New and Unique Way to Recycle Broken or Obsolete Medical Devices

Consider Recycling Medical Devices as “Alternative or Complementary” Therapy Tools

Medical devices and equipment become obsolete too. Sometimes, these devices are recycled for use in poverty areas, which is very good. 

Some equipment cannot be refurbished for further use, however. What happens to those devices? 

 

Usually, medical devices that cannot be refurbished are destroyed. This seems like a waste to me.
Could these devices be converted to placebo healing devices? The devices would not have to work; they just have to look like they work.

 

The Placebo Effect is well known. Whether anyone likes it or not, the placebo response is a part of any medicine or medical treatment. Much of alternative, complementary, and/or integrative medicine seems to be the placebo effect. 

A device does not have to be in working condition for the placebo effect to work. The patient just has to believe, even a little, that it is working for the placebo effect to start. 

Therefore, please consider recycling unusable medical devices into "healing machines", instead of destroying them. 

Below are some thoughts on how to implement such a plan, if so desired. 

1. First, check around and see if the above is legal in your locality. In addition, check if you are legally able to heal in your locality. Many areas of the world require a license to "practice medicine". Also, see if there is a demand for placebo powered healing machines, before you go to too much trouble. With legal clearance, go ahead with below.

2. Thoroughly clean and disinfect the device.

3. Disable the devices electrically and mechanically. Remove any spring tensions, etc. You do not want to hurt someone while trying to heal them.

4. Remove manufacturer labels or anything to show that made the device initially.

5. Now, that you have a "dead" device comes the fun part.

6. Augment the device with battery powered lights, sounds, smells, vibrations, etc. Really make it look like it is doing something. Make it impressive. Have others review the emotional impact. See if they are "wowed". Again, it should not do anything, but just look good.

7. A big part of the placebo response is the healing ritual. Develop a performance surrounding the healing machine. Involve the patient in the healing procedure, if possible. Make it believable.

8. At the end of the performance, reassure them of the healing process. Give them a small token as a remembrance of this healing process. If symptoms recur, ask them to rub the object to remind them of the ongoing healing. 

Since this a new concept, it might take a while to catch on, if at all. This might be a new and exciting field for biomedical engineers. Most medical designs do not consider the Placebo Effect at all, yet about 30% of healing is attributed to the Placebo Effect, the "Will to Live", and so on. 

Takeaways:

• Broken or obsolete medical devices could be recycled into Alternative or Complementary Healing Devices.
• Biomedical engineers could design to maximize the Placebo Effect, and therefore maximize overall healing efficiency.
• A completely new medical industry lies in wait.

For more information:

• Do medical devices have enhanced placebo effects?
• Placebo Controlled Study - See section on Medical Devices in Overview
• Placebo responses to medical device therapy for pain.
• The Importance of Placebo Effects in Pain Treatment and Research
• The placebo effect in alternative medicine: can the performance of a healing ritual have clinical significance?
• Placebo effect behind many natural cures
• Think yourself better - Alternative medical treatments rarely work. But the placebo effect they induce sometimes does
• "Placebo Therapy as an Ethical Alternative"
• How to Make Your Own Healing Machine

Disclaimer - Article is for informational use only and is not medical and/or legal advice. Seek professional help, as needed or wanted.