New Home Healthcare Partnership Reaches 80 Million in U.S.

by Bruce Brown | October 13, 2020 | Medical

For home telehealthcare to advance in scale requires clinically-accurate connected biomedical devices, telehealth platforms, medical professionals, and patient populations. Tyto Care first got our attention in early 2019 with its partnership with Best Buy. Best Buy...

Get Glasses Prescription Online [video]

by Bruce Brown | October 6, 2020 | Medical

We’ve written extensively about advances in and adoption of telehealth and telemedicine, often in combination with remote monitoring, AI, and mobile apps. In-home testing applications for COVID-19 and other diseases are invaluable during the current...

Lab-on-Chip Tests for COVID-19 in 10 Seconds [video]

by Bruce Brown | October 5, 2020 | Medical

Recently developed technologies continue to play significant roles in the war against the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last few months, we’ve written about AI applications that predict COVID-19 in hospital admissions, HoloLens2 augmented reality headsets assisting...

7 Digital Health Projects Win New NIH Funding

by Amantha May | October 5, 2020 | Medical

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced new contracts with seven businesses and academic institutions focusing on digital health innovation. The NIH reviewed nearly 200 ideas for digital health tools before awarding the seven contracts. The...

Anxious Kids Feel Better with Immersive Game

by Bruce Brown | October 1, 2020 | Medical

Pediatric anxiety was a significant mental health issue even before COVID-19. According to the CDC, 7% of children in the U.S. aged 3-17 years have been diagnosed with anxiety. Citing early data from a Bristol University research study, London-based BfB Labs states...

Smart Inhalers Lead Asthma Patients to Better Breathing

by Amantha May | September 30, 2020 | Medical

Using an inhaler for asthma might seem straightforward; press the button to deliver the medicine and breathe in, right? Well, not really. Proper inhaler technique is more complicated than it appears. Patients under duress from an asthma attack often fumble during the...