[Video] Integrating Biometric Devices with Pattern

Biometric data is a powerful addition to a study protocol, offering a variety of data about participants’ activity levels and well-being. Pattern has deep experience working with study teams to select the best-fit devices for their studies and integrating…

How to Choose the Best-Fit Biometric Devices for Research Studies

With the expanding market of biometric devices, selecting the right tools for research studies can be challenging. In this article, we provide guidance to healthcare researchers on selecting biometric devices, considering factors such as cost, provisioning process, battery life, user experience, device family, accuracy, and reliability.

Demystifying Digital Health Research Jargon

When working with researchers and clinicians to design trials that include digital elements, it's important to speak the same language. Just as clinical lingo must be precise so that everyone understands its meaning, adding digital elements to a clinical trial...

Study Incentives Drawing the Wrong Crowd?

How to incentivize study participation while avoiding fraud. It's a Catch-22. Research studies often pay participants for their time and involvement, but that payment can be a magnet, attracting people who don't actually qualify. Without the proper controls in place,...

Virtual Pets Motivate & Improve Outcomes

Another call to customer service comes in. “Please,” the patient begs, “Please help me get into the app. I haven’t seen Timmy in 3 days!” She goes on to explain how she doesn’t want to let him down, and we...

Custom App Development Vs. No-Code Apps: When to Use And Why?

  When a healthcare system or pharmaceutical company wants to create a digital health tool, whether a mobile health patient app, clinical decision-making tool, or a remote patient monitoring system to collect research data from wearables or remote sensors, often the...