MS Kinect Helps with Home Rehab [video]

by Alfred Poor | April 29, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical

The hot concept in everything from sales to human resources is “gamification.” The idea is that if you turn an activity into a game where you can keep score, it increases engagement and improves performance. Gamification is also finding widespread use in...

3D Printing Transforms a Child’s Life

by Alfred Poor | April 28, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical

Grace Kabelenga was born in 2008 in Zambia with what was described as severe craniofacial deformities, but that is an understatement. The bones in the middle of her face were missing, as well as large portions of her skull and the bones that separate her brain from...

New Partnership Tracks Discharged Patients [video]

by Alfred Poor | April 27, 2016 | General News, Medical

The HealthPatch MD From Vital Connect is a wearable sensor patch that we’ve covered before at Health Tech Insider. It has FDA clearance and CE approval, and is able to monitor eight vital signs and biometric measurements: Single-Lead ECG, Heart Rate, RR...

Economic Simulation Contest Examined Healthcare Inequality

by Alfred Poor | April 22, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical

Earlier this month, 120 econometric students from 30 universities around the world gathered in Amsterdam to play a game. They were competing for the Econometrics World Championship which was held for the 17th time. (Yes, I had to look it up, too. According to...

Synthetic nervous system helps paralyzed man regain use of his hand [video]

by Bruce Brown | April 21, 2016 | General News, Medical

We often write about curious, interesting, and impressive new Health Tech, but never have I been astounded as by the results of neural bypass surgery in a joint project by Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Neurological Institute and Battelle. The researchers...

Ramping Up Production of Wearable Insulin Device [video]

by Alfred Poor | April 15, 2016 | General News, Medical

About 5 million people in the U.S. have type 2 diabetes, but none of them can use the wearable PAQ insulin infusion device from CeQur. Yet. That’s because the device has not yet received FDA clearance for use in the U.S., though it has received CE approval in...