by Bruce Brown | March 28, 2017 | General News, Health
Connected devices are powerful agents of disintermediation, and Health Tech is no exception. Smartphones are taking sophisticated tasks away from professionals and literally putting them in the hands of consumers. We recently wrote about work by a group from...
by Bruce Brown | March 27, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
Getting a good night’s sleep is difficult for many people. Insufficient sleep is a public health problem according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC estimates between 50 and 70 million people in the U.S. have sleep or wakefulness...
by Bruce Brown | March 24, 2017 | General News, Health
Coordinating medical care with multiple doctors and specialists can be tricky for patients. While a growing number of physicians, medical groups, and providers use electronic health records (EHRs) with patient portals, patient buy-in has been slow, according to...
by Bruce Brown | March 23, 2017 | General News, Health
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a study of male infertility by the National Survey of Family Growth found that 7.5% of all sexually experienced men younger than age 45 reported seeing a fertility doctor during their lifetime....
by Bruce Brown | March 22, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Diagnostic imaging with MRI, PET, and CT scanners saves millions of lives with high-resolution images that let physicians see inside our bodies. A relatively new technology called “functional MRI” (fMRI) observes blood flow rather than just the structures...