Still here …

Hi all,

I realize that it’s been awhile since we’ve given you an update, so here goes …  I think it’s safe to say that things have been … slow recently … hence the slow forward progress … but it’s still progress!

We’re currently in the midst of testing our various account types to ensure that each group has the appropriate access, functions, views, etc. Once that is complete we will officially go into Beta with payment options following in the full release. While in private beta and beta access, uploads, graphing analysis, and all of eTrending’s features will continue to be offered for free – NO CHARGE!

So while things have been admittedly slow … at least they are all moving in the right direction which is to say “forward and onward”.

Thank you to all our current users, I hope you continue to enjoy the benefits of our web based graphing and analysis tool, and to those who still haven’t experienced the benefits of eTrending – What are you waiting for???

Sign up for free today and take it on a test drive!

So until next time … happy trending everyone!

explaining our Twitter account

Hi all,

Recently we’ve had some questions regarding our use of twitter … It seems as though people are confused as to what we’re supposed to be tweeting about.

Some people wanted to know why we don’t just post eTrending news … the simple answer to that is there just isn’t enough exciting news for us at the moment. We do post updates as the software adds new features, etc. but besides that we don’t have something going on every day or week for that matter. That’s why we choose to also post links to articles that we’ve read that day regarding the medical industry, apps, tech, advancements, etc.

Other people wanted to know what we choose to post vs. not post, and in that case I have to say we try and stick to medical related technology. Every now and then though we will post something if it is a tech advancement that we believe is interesting or if we think that it can affect the future development of medical apps in general. For example finding usage stats of the different mobile OS’s is handy for developers so that they know which ones are saturated with apps, its handy for doctors or hospital IT departments who are trying to figure out which handsets to deploy, and so on.

Our twitter account is more or less an amalgamation of all that is going on with eTrending along with interesting/related articles that we read or come across, and believe that others with similar interests might find useful.

In the end everyone is different, and I don’t think there really is a right or wrong way to use twitter … it really comes down to what you want and are willing to share.

I hope that clarifies things.

Until then happy trending!

Still here …

Hi all,

Well … we’re still here. Still plugging away at adding more features to the application.

Unfortunately the account management and user admin functionality is taking longer than we had originally envisioned. While this doesn’t affect or prevent people from using the private beta … we would really like to move on to beta as soon as possible.

However we are not willing to sacrifice quality just for the sake of moving into beta, so while we’re disappointed to have fallen slightly behind, we are committed to ensuring that we provide you with the best quality software possible … even if it is just a beta.

So in the meantime we have no choice but to keep plugging away, and hopefully limit the delay on the next release.

In the meantime we’ll keep updating twitter with news of our developments, along with links to interesting articles related to mobile health, whether that’s medical technical advancements, apps, applications, opinions, etc.

Until then happy trending!

Updates and Future Development

Hi all,

Last week we were able to put up a short video. We haven’t had time to put it on the site this week, and since this is a short week for us up here I have a feeling it won’t get up on the main site until next week.

In the meantime we’ve been busy working on the account, and user administration side of things … we hope to have that up and out by the end of the month, at which point eTrending will officially move into BETA.

Besides that we’ve been busy thinking of the future and considering different ideas for what other features could eventually become a part of the application. While our main goal at the moment is oximetry and all the devices currently used for overnight sleep studies, we do believe that eTrending is a platform. One which can … and will be expanded to eventually include all sorts of devices, allowing for other types of users the ability to take advantage of our powerful cloud-based graphing software,  as well as experiencing the benefits of storing and accessing their information via the cloud.

So while we are currently focused on oximetry we eventually will expand its capabilities to include a variety of devices were the graphing and trending of data would be useful. We just thought it would be a good idea to put it out there, and if anyone has suggestions as to what other devices would be useful we’d love to hear your them.

Until then … happy trending!

Updates and Private Beta

Hi all,

Well I thought I would take the time to update everyone about updates and how things are progressing over at eTrending.

First off some updates. We’re moving along incorporating some changes that have been suggested by our private beta users. The key changes have mainly been regarding the reports (adding new fields, as well as clarifying a few others), as well as to the consistency of the application in terms of matching the front end site, and adding more information, especially in terms of reference materials regarding events, desats, and calculations.

While most of the changes have been pushed, we are planning on taking some more time to improve the navigation of the application, as well as updating some icons, and adding some video to the help section. We’ve already improved the feature page detailing how one would go from pulling the data off their device to uploading, analyzing and eventually producing a report on that data set. We have also taken the time to rework some of the navigation menu to help streamline and organize the site.

In the pipeline … besides all the enhancements some of the other things we are looking at are adding the cooperative group setting with an administrative section to allow teams to easily share and score data together. With this we also plan on reorganizing our home page to display the shared studies and patients in a more coherent manner. Finally we plan on reexamining our charts and stats to ensure that we provide more useful information to you the user.

In the meantime we are still looking for more Private Beta Users. The feedback we have received so far has been invaluable, and so we would like to acquire more as we believe its really helping us build a stronger and better application. If you are interested please go to www.etrending.com and fill out the sign up form on the “Sign In” page. The account is free, and if you have any questions someone is always available to help.

We are excited about the progress we have made so far and look forward to the coming months.

Until then keep trending!