by Bruce Brown | February 22, 2021 | Medical
Hearables will be a driving force in the wearables market for the next three to five years. We know that because IDC and Gartner have shown us the predicted global shipment market reports. Most hearables we write about are over-the-counter (OTC) devices that assist...
by Bruce Brown | February 19, 2021 | Health
Last week, wearable biometric pioneer VivaLNK announced a new remote patient monitoring (RPM) solution. We first wrote about VivaLNK in our CES 2015 coverage. VivaLNK brought the eSkin Thermometer to Las Vegas in January 2015. The eSkin Thermometer enables NFC...
by Bruce Brown | February 18, 2021 | Medical
For several years experts have warned about security threats to personal health data. In 2018, ECRI Institute singled out cybersecurity as the most significant in its 2019 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards report. Also in 2018, a group of studies and reports found that...
by Bruce Brown | February 17, 2021 | Medical
We write about wearables of all sorts. We’ve covered wearables to track steps, check heart rates, monitor breathing rates, measure blood glucose levels, and even record ECGs. Depending on how far you push the definition of a wearable, the field of devices and...
by Bruce Brown | February 16, 2021 | Health
The widening scope of telehealth, telemedicine, and remote patient monitoring (RPM) now extends to eating disorder treatment. San Diego’s Equip recently announced funding that will enable expansion of its evidence-based eating disorder treatment. Equip’s...
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by Bruce Brown | February 15, 2021 | Health, Medical
We don’t need to reiterate the U.S. and global statistics on obesity, overweight, and diabetes. The numbers are huge, scary, and in a good year, they hold at current levels. We’ve written many times about devices and programs to detect and manage Type 2...
