Smartphone App Helps Avoid Opioid Relapse

Smartphone App Helps Avoid Opioid Relapse

The opioid addiction epidemic crosses all demographic groups and all geographic regions in the U.S. according to the CDC. Exploring interventions in any form to help stem and hopefully reverse this deadly tide, public and private agencies, universities, and companies...
Blue Cross Blue Shield Partners with Fitbit

Blue Cross Blue Shield Partners with Fitbit

Approximately 40% of American adults are obese; according to the CDC’s latest figures this adds $140 billion in healthcare costs each year. You can bet that the insurance industry would like to see a turnaround in these figures. Long-term adherence to fitness...
Two Arms Good, Four Arms Better?

Two Arms Good, Four Arms Better?

Robotics in various forms has multiple applications in medicine and healthcare. Point of view (POV) is a helpful starting point in assessing potential uses for robotics. For example when a physician uses a workstation to insert a stent using robotic arms in a remote...