by Bruce Brown | July 24, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Machine learning and diabetes are popular topics with Health Tech Insider readers. The growing global prevalence of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) drives tech development to diagnose and manage the disease. Machine learning models make headlines as researchers explore myriad...
by Bruce Brown | July 23, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Digital voice assistants already help with timely information in a variety of healthcare environments. Amazon’s Alexa helps ambulance attendants follow protocols in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Alexa assists GoodRx members looking for the best price for...
by Bruce Brown | July 22, 2019 | Health
Approximately 60% of all babies have jaundice according to the CDC. Mild cases of jaundice in newborns go away in a few weeks, but higher levels of bilirubin, a substance that indicates jaundice severity, may require treatment. The most common treatment for newborn...
by Bruce Brown | July 19, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Mental health treatment plans can involve medication and other physical treatment options, but talk therapy remains a nearly universal component. In the 1960s, MIT AI Laboratory’s Joseph Weizenbaum wrote the ELIZA program to talk with patients as a reflective...
by Bruce Brown | July 18, 2019 | Enabling Tech
When we wrote about technology and human breast milk previously, the focus was wearable breast pumps from Willow and Chiaro. We also wrote about JustMilk’s work developing a breastfeeding drug delivery system to use in remote regions where children may not...