Remote Health Monitoring Surges

Remote Health Monitoring Surges

“COVID-19 changes everything.” The “new normal” that follows the lock-down caused by the virus crisis will look different in many ways from the recent past. Some changes will be for the worse, but some will be for the better. One particular...
Home Test for COVID-19 on the Way

Home Test for COVID-19 on the Way

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...
Study Uses Smart Ring to Predict COVID-19

Study Uses Smart Ring to Predict COVID-19

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...
Telehealth in the Time of Coronavirus

Telehealth in the Time of Coronavirus

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...