Workplace Safety With AR-Empowered Wearables

by Bruce Brown | June 26, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health

In response to the magnitude of workplace dangers and health threats, in 1970 the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) spun off NIOSH: the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. NIOSH conducts research and recommends ways to prevent...

IoT Alert System Platforms Protect Diverse Groups [video]

by Bruce Brown | June 25, 2018 | General News, Health

Alert wearables such as pendants, helmet sensors, and smartphone apps have proliferated with developments in wireless connectivity, longer battery life, and ubiquitous mobile devices. We have written about special purpose alerts for wet diapers, citizen cardiac arrest...

Take Control of Personalized Electronic Health Records [video]

by Bruce Brown | June 22, 2018 | General News, Health

Electronic health records (EHR) are right up there at the top of the list of hot health technology topics, along with flexible sensors, telemedicine, and machine learning biometric sensor data analysis algorithms. We’ve written about a wide range of EHR-related...

AI Helps Troubled Kids Make Wiser Decisions

by Bruce Brown | June 20, 2018 | General News, Health

Healthcare employs artificial intelligence in growing number of applications. The machine learning is form of AI that is “taught” to recognize, categorize, diagnose, engage with patients, or recommend treatment. It shows up in many branches of medicine....

NurseCaller Home-Care Patient Call Button [video]

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...

Smartphone App Can Diagnose Sleep Apnea

by Alfred Poor | June 18, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical

Most people just want to get a good night’s sleep, but that’s not always easy. Snoring can disturb the slumber of both the individual who snores and anyone who shares the same sleeping space. The Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study found that nearly one in four...