Watches Dominate But Smart Clothes Growing Fast

by Alfred Poor | April 3, 2017 | Fitness, General News, Health, Medical

International Data Corporation (IDC) is a technology market tracking firm, and their analysts recently released their latest “Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker” report. The company points out that the wearable industry as a whole hit the pause...

Sleep Software Features and Interconnectivity Set High Standard [video]

by Bruce Brown | March 31, 2017 | General News, Health

Sleep deprivation and other sleep-related issues are pervasive in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between 50 to 70 million Americans have some form of sleep disorder. We’ve looked at passive sleep trackers but active apps...

Cognition and Brain Health Home Monitoring

by Bruce Brown | March 30, 2017 | General News, Health

As our aging population increases, the incidence of mental health problems, memory issues, and cognitive disabilities increases as well. The World Health Organization predicts brain and cognitive health will cost $6 trillion annually by 2030. Early in 2016, we wrote...

Patient-Generated Data Growing in Importance

by Alfred Poor | March 30, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical

  “The Quantified Self” holds great promise for healthcare, as we replace once-a-year checkups with a rich data set of biometric information collected around the clock, all year long. The question is whether or not healthcare professionals perceive...

Smartphone-based Live Sperm Home Test [video]

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...

Bridging Wearable Health Tech and Smart Homes [video]

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...