by Bruce Brown | January 11, 2021 | Health
Biosensor wearables, telemedicine, and remote patient management (RPM) feature in our posts frequently. The pace of RPM and telemedicine developments increased with COVID-19 due to the increased risk from person-to-person contact. Santa Clara-based HD Medical Group...
by Amantha May | January 11, 2021 | Health
A group of retirees travels together to see the Pyramids of Giza, just outside of Cairo. As they enter the site, a woman tilts her head to the side, pondering the Sphinx. Two men set their sights on the Great Pyramid, while others in the group slowly take in the...
by Bruce Brown | January 8, 2021 | General News
AI-powered hearables continued to be an important part of CES in 2021. Last year we wrote about Phonax’s Audeo Paradise hearing aids that use AI for continuous environment sensing and to focus microphone sensitivity in the direction of people with whom you are...
by Amantha May | January 8, 2021 | Health
Beyond the tragedy of the disease itself, COVID-19 has compounded factors that impact the health of aging adults: social isolation, difficulty traveling, lack of cognitive engagement, and emergency concerns. Several assistance robots have emerged to assist with mental...
by Bruce Brown | January 7, 2021 | Health
Wearable ECG monitors have two primary advantages. Continuous ECG signal tracking provides physicians greater insight to patient heart health than one-off readings. Wearable devices also can enable remote patient monitoring (RPM) by transmitting real-time or periodic...
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...