by Bruce Brown | June 19, 2018 | General News, Health
When a hospital admits you, the call button is one of the first items brought to your attention. The button is often tied to a bed rail or pinned to your sheets. Trains, buses, and airplanes have an emergency cords stop or help buttons. Even the ride-sharing company...
by Bruce Brown | June 18, 2018 | General News, Medical
Connected mobile devices, wearable sensors, and electronic health records (EHR) play a major part in how the Internet of Things (IoT) is changing healthcare. People responsible for Healthcare IT face the daunting challenge of integrating these fast-moving technologies...
by Bruce Brown | June 15, 2018 | General News, Medical
Artificial intelligence (AI) — specifically in the form of machine learning — plays an increasingly important role in medicine and healthcare. Machine learning is a type of AI in which the “learning” is derived from statistical analytics...
by Bruce Brown | June 14, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
It’s still early days for responsive living environments. Amazon Alexa and other voice-activated personal assistants open the door for access to information, services, assistance, and extended independence for the elderly and disabled. People unable to use...
by Bruce Brown | June 13, 2018 | General News, Health
Wearables that measure blood pressure without bulky upper arm cuffs and attached electronics are on the way. The devices will be a boon to people with irregular heartbeats and to others for whom continuous monitoring is more useful than occasional one-time readings....