by Bruce Brown | March 17, 2022 | Health
We’re well aware of the double-edge challenge that elderly people present to wearable digital health technology. The same cohort of older folks who prefer to age in their own homes also present several barriers to using wearable devices. Medical Guardian, a...
by Bruce Brown | March 15, 2022 | Medical
The specter of head impact trauma is real for every parent of every kid who regularly collides with others on playing fields. Active adults don’t get a pass from concerns about head injuries that could result in concussions, either. We’ve written about...
by Bruce Brown | March 14, 2022 | Health, Medical
Just because wearable digital health devices can track biometric data and send alerts, that doesn’t mean the alerts make a difference in health outcomes. In 2015, we wrote about an Apple Watch user who contacted his cardiologist after noticing extreme heart rate...
by Bruce Brown | March 11, 2022 | Medical
The FDA recently granted Breakthrough Device Designation for the use of Dexcom’s continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) with diabetic patients in hospitals. Chalk up yet another potential digital health tech win with direct ties to the COVID-19 pandemic. The FDA...
by Bruce Brown | March 8, 2022 | Medical
Alexa made it to the big leagues. When we first wrote about Amazon’s smart voice assistant Alexa’s role in digital health the topics included applications such as on-demand news and weather reports for visually impaired people, explaining medications, and...
