Vanderbilt Uses Voice Interface to Humanize EHR

Vanderbilt Uses Voice Interface to Humanize EHR

Electronic health records (EHRs) promise improved patient care coordination among healthcare professionals. Long-touted benefits of EHRs include faster and more accurate diagnosis, more effective treatments, and lower healthcare costs. Pushback from physicians and...
Expressive Robot Helps Autistic Kids Learn [video]

Expressive Robot Helps Autistic Kids Learn [video]

Robotics continue to find meaningful applications in health care. A.I.-empowered robots in a pilot program in Canada help reduce hospital emergency department wait times and VGo’s telepresence robot augments clinical staff access in a variety of healthcare...
EarlySense Racks Up Impressive Monitoring Stats

EarlySense Racks Up Impressive Monitoring Stats

When we first wrote about EarlySense in January 2017 following CES, we noted the multisensory patient under-mattress monitor’s versatility and accuracy. The second part of the article focused on the potential benefits to patients and hospitals in early patient...
Withings Pulse HR  Retro Fitness Tracker

Withings Pulse HR Retro Fitness Tracker

We’ve followed Withings before, during, and after its purchase and sell back by Nokia. Not long after Withings regained its independence, the company launched the Steel HR Sport hybrid digital and analog smartwatch, a variation of the Steel HR introduced when...