There are apps to find the best restaurant or to find you when you’re lost, but an app for epilepsy? Now that just blows my mind. In a two second Google search, I found links to information on at least three apps relating to epilepsy. Here’s what I found:
First, there’s the one launched by The National Society for Epilepsy (NSE), which promises to offer essential first aid information, including a step by step guide to the recovery position, along with information about epilepsy.
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Next, there’s the one launched by Epilepsy.com called My Seizure Diary. The promote it as a state-of-the-art, comprehensive data-gathering and reporting tool designed to improve epilepsy care.
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Then, there is the Epilepsy Detector which is an accelerometer based mobile phone application that uses advanced signal processing to detect epileptic seizures.
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There are probably even more apps for epilepsy out there and in development. I can’t wait to see what’s next.
Jessica Keenan Smith is a patient advocate and epilepsy community leader with more than 15 years of experience. As Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy and Executive Director of ASENT she bridges the gap between the scientific and patient communities, with a particular focus on the needs of the epilepsies. Jessica Keenan Smith is Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy, an award winning online resource for people affected by epilepsy to share stories and access in-depth information on the disease. Since 2009, Living Well With Epilepsy (https://livingwellwithepilepsy.com) has been featured in Forbes, Wired, NBC, NPR and the cover story of Epilepsy Advocate Magazine and has partnered with companies such as UCB, Lundbeck, Sunovion, Eisai, and more. Ms. Smith is also the Executive Director of the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT) (https://asent.org), an organization that brings together leaders from industry, academia, government and advocacy who are engaged in bringing drugs and devices to market across all neurologic disease states. In this role she is responsible for leading a successful scientific journal and annual scientific conference with speakers from all over the world.
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