by Alfred Poor | March 25, 2020 | Medical
One of the hot topics concerning the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S. is that many experts feel that testing for the virus started too late and too few patients are getting tested. Testing important to guide treatment and make efficient use of stressed healthcare...
by Alfred Poor | March 24, 2020 | Medical
Wearable health tech and the digitized self promise to help reduce illness by detecting disease even before symptoms appear. The hope is that early detection leads to early treatment that is more effective and lower cost. I can think of few situations where this might...
by Alfred Poor | March 23, 2020 | Medical
At the end of 2019, I held the position that an inflection point in healthcare had sneaked by us without most of us noticing. Telehealth had become a real “thing” and the forces driving its expansion were already unstoppable. What a difference a couple...
by Alfred Poor | March 20, 2020 | Medical
Given the current situation, it is easy to fall into an “all coronavirus all the time” editorial coverage. On the other hand, there are many important health tech stories that deserve to be told. It’s difficult to strike the right balance between the...
by Alfred Poor | March 19, 2020 | Enabling Tech
As the old joke goes, what do you call a device that stores a lot of energy in a very small space? You call it “a bomb.” Aside from blowing things up, storing more energy is an important goal in improving everything from wearable health tech devices to...
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by Bruce Brown | March 18, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Brain-computer interfaces figure in much of the research and development in new prosthetics technology. We’ve written about work mind-controlled prosthetics often, including the BrainGate consortium’s work with a mind-controlled mouse for people with...
