Wearable Heating and Cooling Device [video]

by Bruce Brown | July 30, 2020 | Health

Occasionally when we write about wearables on Health Tech Insider, the topic is clothing. Smart shirts are most common. In the past few months, for example, we wrote about Chronolife’s KeeSense smart t-shirt developed for remote patient monitoring. We covered...

Not a Wheelchair [video]

by Amantha May | July 29, 2020 | Enabling Tech, Health

People who rely on a wheelchair have limited access to natural landscapes because wheelchairs don’t have the power or strength to handle off-road conditions. All-terrain wheelchairs can help, but these vehicles have a high price tag; reliable models can cost...

Dual Sensor Wearable Monitors Your Sleep

by Bruce Brown | July 27, 2020 | Health

During the past six years, we’ve written about a wide variety of sleep technology devices designed to improve sleep duration and quality. Most devices simply report on the quality of your sleep, measured most often in the amount of time you spend in light sleep,...

Survey Shows Increased Interest in Telemedicine

by Amantha May | July 24, 2020 | Health, Medical

For the third year, CVS Health has released findings from a survey concerning the current state of healthcare and patient/provider experiences navigating the healthcare landscape. The Path to Better Health Study was conducted in March 2020, just as the COVID-19...

Active Air Filtration Mask Promises Better Protection [video]

by Bruce Brown | July 23, 2020 | Health

Last year at this time, no one expected most people in the U.S. would be required, expected, or even asked to wear air filtration masks in public areas. The COVID-19 pandemic happened, however, and health experts are nearly unanimous in their support for masks as one...

Better Hearing One Ear at a Time [video]

by Bruce Brown | July 21, 2020 | Health

Hearables are the fastest growing segment of the wearables market, according to the latest IDC quarterly wearables marketing report. We’ve written about and looked at hearables before, including Nuheara’s IQBuds Boost and Wear and Hear’s BeHear Now....