by Bruce Brown | November 8, 2019 | Medical
Patient adherence to medication regimes remains a major healthcare threat. Hospital readmittance, cost containment, and overall outcomes all suffer when patients don’t take their meds as prescribed. We’ve written about Montefiore Medical Center’s...
by Bruce Brown | November 7, 2019 | Health
it was just this past August that we wrote about the U.S. Veterans Administration’s early adopter role in telehealth technology. In a multi-strike effort to provide services to veterans who live in rural or remote areas, the VA announced in August it was...
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by Bruce Brown | November 6, 2019 | Medical
When people lose functional control of their arms due to neuromuscular conditions or injuries, the loss threatens their independence as well. We’ve written about various assistive technologies in the past. Kinova’s Jaco Assistive Robot attaches to a...
by Bruce Brown | November 5, 2019 | Medical
Compliance with therapy instructions can mean the difference between a diabetic foot ulcer that heals and one that eventually results in foot amputation or even death. The pain and severity of this life-threatening development inspire research and development such as...
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by Bruce Brown | November 4, 2019 | Medical
Macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and other visual impairment conditions can severely limit a person’s ability to live independently and to participate in accustomed activities. We’ve written about several technologies for the visually...
by Alfred Poor | November 4, 2019 | Health
We don’t usually cover mergers and acquisitions here at Health Tech Insider, but this news warrants an exception. Fitbit has announced that it will be acquired by Google for about $2.1 billion. We won’t dwell on the fact that the company is only 12 years...
