by Bruce Brown | December 5, 2018 | General News, Health
Worldwide wearable sales are ramping up dramatically and smartwatches get most of the credit, according to recent reports on the wearables market by IDC and Gartner. We referenced the same trend noted in an IDC report earlier this year when the market analysis firm...
by Alfred Poor | December 3, 2018 | General News, Health
Part of a worldwide epidemic, more than 72,000 people in the U.S. died from drug overdoses in 2017. Opioid pain killers — both prescribed and illicit — pay a major role in this statistic. The FDA is actively involved in addressing this crisis. One part of...
by Alfred Poor | November 30, 2018 | General News, Health
One of the themes that we repeat here at Health Tech Insider is our market analysis that the wearables market is shifting. Instead of selling single units to individual consumers, companies will sell tens or hundreds (or thousands) of units at a time to large...
by Alfred Poor | November 29, 2018 | General News, Health
Conventional wisdom says that people quickly tire of their fitness bands, and shove them into the back of a drawer somewhere. New research from Valencell paints a very different picture. An online survey provides an update for the study that the company conducted two...
by Alfred Poor | November 28, 2018 | General News, Health
Some say that we are now living in the Information Age, as we transition from industrialized business models to one where digital data processing takes over the controls. Key to this concept is the fact that data has value in itself, as it guides actions to make...
by Bruce Brown | November 23, 2018 | General News, Health
Industrial safety wearables exist in a unique space due to industry’s controlled environments where employees are more likely to comply with technology requirements. Casual athletes, discharged hospital patients, students, and even adults concerned about their...