Mobile Apps Can Reduce Hospital Readmissions

by Bruce Brown | April 17, 2017 | General News, Medical

Avoidable hospital readmissions threaten healthcare quality. Unlike most businesses, hospitals don’t like to see customers return for more service.  Medicare fines hospitals when readmission rates exceed specified levels, to make sure that hospitals have...

A Biometric Smartwatch You Can’t Buy [video]

by Alfred Poor | April 17, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical

It sounds tempting: a watch that can monitor and record multiple biometric and environmental measures including electrocardiogram (ECG), heart rate, skin electrical activity, and motion. It runs for up to a week on a single charge. It stores enough data for a week or...

Waterproof Wheelchair Runs on Compressed Air [video]

by Bruce Brown | April 14, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News

Wheelchairs and mobility assist device development appears to be speeding up. Research and study projects by engineers and medical professionals keep tweaking the component technologies. Last year we wrote about SoftWheel’s in-wheel suspension system, the ReWalk...

Biodegradable Silk Battery for Temporary Implants

by Alfred Poor | April 14, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News

As digital Health Tech devices become more powerful and versatile, they open up new ranges of applications. In addition to devices worn outside the body, implants can be used to monitor body functions, deliver chemical treatments to specific locations, and more. These...

Health Tracking Added to Fitness Wearable [video]

by Bruce Brown | April 13, 2017 | Fitness, General News, Health

“It’s a candy mint. It’s a breath mint. It’s two, two, two mints in one.” Garmin’s Vivosmart 3 isn’t a mint. It can, however, be viewed in the same light as Certs mints in the late 60s television ads. We generally don’t...

Light Helps Chemo Patients Grow Hair

by Alfred Poor | April 13, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical

The number of deaths in the U.S. due to cancer have declined steadily since the early 1990s, while the number of cancer survivors continues to climb. Innovations in medical treatments have resulted in improved outcomes, though the process is not easy for many...