by Amantha May | July 20, 2020 | Health
Experts believe that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused first responders and frontline healthcare workers to experience trauma and distress. Such experiences could increase their risk for mental health conditions, especially post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The...
by Amantha May | July 17, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Sometimes, the future arrives as a low-tech innovation that redefines simple technology from the past. It doesn’t get much simpler than a graphite pencil: a device widely used today that has barely deviated from its original design from the 1500s. What goes hand in...
by Amantha May | July 15, 2020 | Health
In keeping with the telemedicine and remote patient monitoring trend, AliveCor has announced KardiaCare which is a new service that helps patients monitor their hearts’ health at home. KardiaCare works with AliveCor’s consumer ECG devices: KardiaMobile and...
by Amantha May | July 13, 2020 | Medical
Health tech offerings of late have frequently focused on remote patient monitoring and its benefits in reducing the risk of COVID-19 for healthcare workers. Obtaining high accuracy biometrics, however, usually requires a stationary device available only in onsite...
by Amantha May | July 10, 2020 | Health, Medical
In a recent brief, the American Medical Association expressed concern over “an increasing number of reports from national, state and local media suggesting increases in opioid-related mortality” due to the COVID-19 crisis. Now, Masimo has announced its latest product,...