Smart Ring Helps Predict COVID Symptoms [video]

by Amantha May | July 8, 2020 | Health, Medical

Current research suggests that a person infected with COVID-19 can infect others as early as three days before they begin to experience symptoms. In fact, the most contagious period likely occurs during the 48 hours before they start to feel unwell. A new digital...

Open Source Necklace Discourages Face Touching [video]

by Amantha May | July 6, 2020 | Health

In March, as COVID-19 cases in the United States began to escalate, the Centers for Disease Control and other public health officials encouraged people to avoid touching your face as this could help protect you from the disease. Responding to those guidelines, the...

Computer Company Launches Remote Care Service

by Alfred Poor | July 6, 2020 | General News, Health, Medical

As we’ve said here frequently, the virus crisis has accelerated changes throughout the U.S. and the world. In most cases, these changes were already underway but the response to the pandemic has made those changes happen even faster. Telehealth and remote...

Robot Guides Upper Body Physical Rehab [video]

by Amantha May | July 3, 2020 | Health

Rehabilitation after a stroke takes persistence and time, and the requirements and duration of therapy can vary significantly between patients. Harmonic Bionics, Inc. has developed the Harmony SHR, a robotic rehabilitation system designed for clinical use that can...

UK Startup Launches Universal Doctor-Patient Call Service

by Bruce Brown | July 2, 2020 | Medical

We’ve written about telehealth and telemedicine numerous times. Most examples of telemedicine we cover involve a subset of patients, businesses, or regions. For example, in 2018, we wrote about Penn Medicine’s Brain Tumor Center’s telemedicine second...

Remote Monitoring Partners with Clinician Outsourcing Provider

by Bruce Brown | July 1, 2020 | Medical

Flexible patch wearables with biometric sensors paired with remote monitoring capabilities are a wonderful example of just-in-time technology with the COVID-19 pandemic. Telemedicine is another rapidly developing concept that gained traction during these trying times....