Faster Tracking and Treatment for Heart Failure Patients [video ]

by Bruce Brown | December 18, 2020 | Medical

COVID-19’s disruptions continue to accelerate the adoption of telemedicine and remote patient monitoring (RPM). Restrictions on non-essential travel and in-person meetings may not strictly apply to doctor’s visits, but people who take the pandemic’s...

New Research: Your Smartphone Can Tell If You Have COVID-19

by Amantha May | December 9, 2020 | Medical

Health Tech Insider has kept an eye on research and development of AI diagnostic tools that use voice and sound samples since we first covered ResApp in 2016. A patient with a cough can use this smartphone app — which analyzes the sound of coughing and breathing...

Fitness Band Paired with Diabetes App Lead to Improved Health

by Amantha May | December 4, 2020 | Medical

In the fall of 2019, Fitbit announced a collaboration with Taiwan-based diabetes management software company Health2Sync. The partnership gave Fitbit users in Japan and Taiwan the option to sync their personal health and fitness data with the Health2Sync mobile app. A...

Pandemic Helps Grow Acute Care in the Home [video]

by Amantha May | November 30, 2020 | Medical

On Tuesday, November 24th, as hospitals in more than a dozen states neared capacity, the U.S. reported 2,203 confirmed COVID-19-related deaths which was the highest number since early May. On Wednesday, November 25th, Medically Home, a leader in the field of home...

Heart Patients Get Help from Virtual Clinic

by Bruce Brown | November 23, 2020 | Medical

We have written about Biotricity several times, starting in 2016 when the FDA cleared the company’s Bioflux 3-lead ECG wearable monitoring device including supporting software and real-time analysis. Last week Biotrictity introduced Biocare Telemed, remote...

CareBand Conducts Broad Alzheimer’s Research [video]

by Amantha May | November 23, 2020 | Medical

An estimated 5.8 million older adults in the United States live with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). CareBand, the maker of a wearable activity and location monitor for patients with ADRD, has partnered with various institutions to conduct research...