by Alfred Poor | February 28, 2017 | General News, Medical
In the U.S. alone, we spend up to $300 billion extra every year in unnecessary healthcare costs, simply because people do not take their medications as prescribed. When you consider that more than half of the people in the country live with at least one chronic...
by Alfred Poor | February 27, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
We have often made the point that wearable Health Tech devices must “disappear” into our lives if they are going to get widespread adoption. If users have to fuss with connectors and recharging and data transfers and other tasks, they will soon grow tired...
by Alfred Poor | February 24, 2017 | General News, Health
Fitness devices were the low-hanging fruit of the wearable industry, and helped launch the market by appealing to early adopters with disposable income. As we’ve been predicting, the wearable market is shifting inexorably towards the health market. And now...
by Alfred Poor | February 23, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
If you’re a long-time reader of Health Tech Insider, you know that one of my favorite topics is the user interface for wearable Health Tech devices. While there’s no one solution, some approaches have clear limitations. For example, you can’t fit a...
by Alfred Poor | February 22, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical, Podcast
In this week’s Health Tech podcast, you can hear about how technology can now diagnose conditions such as heart disease or Parkinson’s just by listening to speech samples. You’ll find out that wearables can actually reduce stress in the workplace,...