by Amantha May | January 18, 2021 | Health, Medical
Biotricity, a health technology company focused on chronic disease management, showcased a new personal heart monitor at Pepcom’s Digital Experience at CES 2021. Known as Bioheart, the wearable chest band sports a sensor that continuously collects cardiovascular data...
by Bruce Brown | January 12, 2021 | Medical
AI enhancements have made hearing aids more powerful than ever. They can make dynamic adjustments in response to changes in ambient sound, or enhance select frequencies to make conversation more intelligible, such as NuHeara’s IQ Buds Max. Phonak’s Audeo...
by Bruce Brown | January 6, 2021 | Medical
We’ve written many times about the just-in-time and reduced contact benefics of telemedicine, telehealth, and remote patient monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before painting the picture with too rosy a brush, however, a new report based on research by...
by Amantha May | January 6, 2021 | Medical
Like telemedicine, home hospitalization programs existed well before 2020, but these services were hardly front and center when it came to standard health care practices. The coronavirus pandemic spotlighted telehealth out of necessity while bringing remote patient...
by Amantha May | January 4, 2021 | Health, Medical
A preliminary study conducted by the University of California (UC) San Francisco and UC San Diego suggests that a health tracker could detect early signs of COVID-19. An analysis of health data recorded by the Oura Ring showed that the device accurately identified...
by Bruce Brown | January 1, 2021 | Medical
Sudden cardiac arrest is a killer. According to the CDC, approximately 209,000 people in the U.S. are treated for in-hospital cardia arrest (IHCA) annually. Those were the lucky ones, because they were already in the hospital. In 2015, for example, about 357,000...
