by Amantha May | December 23, 2020 | Health, Medical
Digital health innovation features heavily in the 3rd annual P&G Ventures CES Innovation Challenge. The four finalists will pitch leading-edge health tech solutions in the live, virtual challenge on January 13th, 2021. The live challenge, part of Proctor &...
by Bruce Brown | December 22, 2020 | Medical
We’ve written about the telehealth expansion for several years. Early applications focused on remote patient care, resource-allocation by budget-strained institutions and governments, and patient access to specialists. As telehealth and telemedicine developed,...
by Bruce Brown | December 21, 2020 | Health, Medical
This week marks a significant step in the global campaign to detect and defeat the COVID-19 virus. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for COVID-19 home tests from two companies. After successful clinical studies of...
by Amantha May | December 21, 2020 | Medical
Chiesi Group, an international therapeutic research and development group, has announced it will help bring to market a mobile app designed to assist individuals in managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Designed by digital therapeutics company Kaia...
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...
by Amantha May | December 18, 2020 | Enabling Tech
In the quest to develop a reliable artificial skin sensor, engineers face three primary concerns–sensitivity and durability. Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia have developed an electronic skin that performs...