by Alfred Poor | September 17, 2015 | Medical
One of the biggest challenges for physicians and healthcare workers is patient adherence to treatment programs. This can be especially critical for conditions that require that medications be taken on a precise schedule. According to the World Health Organization, as...
by Alfred Poor | September 16, 2015 | Health, Medical
For the average person, the loss of a hand or arm can be an enormous physical and emotional challenge. Unfortunately, our military forces have to deal with this problem far too often. For this reason, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) spends a lot...
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by Alfred Poor | September 15, 2015 | Enabling Tech
If you’re a frequent reader of Health Tech Insider, you may realize that we like to cover user interface technologies. This is because the tiny size of wearable Health Tech devices present significant challenges for the traditional user input strategies....
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by Alfred Poor | September 14, 2015 | Enabling Tech
One of the problems with wearable Health Tech devices is that they tend to be small. In fact, the smaller they are, the better because they are more likely to “disappear” into the wearer’s daily life. But as we’ve discussed before, this does...
by Alfred Poor | September 11, 2015 | Health, Medical
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the gatekeeper for health and medical products in the U.S. Applications for approvals and reports of adverse events are a matter of public record and have been available in databases that are accessible online. The FDA...
