Telemedicine Use Grows Rapidly

Telemedicine Use Grows Rapidly

Technology has advanced to the point where it is now practical for healthcare professionals to use remote contact to connect with patients and other professionals. It appears that we’ve reached an inflection point, causing the use of telemedicine to increase...
FDA Challenge to Fight Opioid Addiction

FDA Challenge to Fight Opioid Addiction

Part of a worldwide epidemic, more than 72,000 people in the U.S. died from drug overdoses in 2017. Opioid pain killers — both prescribed and illicit — pay a major role in this statistic. The FDA is actively involved in addressing this crisis. One part of...
Employee Exercise: Carrot or Stick?

Employee Exercise: Carrot or Stick?

One of the themes that we repeat here at Health Tech Insider is our market analysis that the wearables market is shifting. Instead of selling single units to individual consumers, companies will sell tens or hundreds (or thousands) of units at a time to large...
Wearables Staying Out of the Drawers

Wearables Staying Out of the Drawers

Conventional wisdom says that people quickly tire of their fitness bands, and shove them into the back of a drawer somewhere. New research from Valencell paints a very different picture. An online survey provides an update for the study that the company conducted two...