mHealth Researchers Explore the Telehealth Value of a Tattoo
Researchers at the University of Missouri are developing a tattoo than can be drawn onto paper and attached to a patient, collecting biometric data for use in a wide variety of telehealth programs.
- mHealth researchers at the University of Missouri are developing temporary tattoos that could someday serve a wide range of uses in telehealth.
Once the domain of sailors, athletes, artists and rebellious teens, body art could be designed to capture biometric data in remote patient monitoring programs. The challenge lies in designing a digital health platform that can accurately capture data and transmit it to an online site.