CES 2022: Patients Now Can Engage and Learn Through Video Content [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 3, 2022 | Medical

At its best, digital healthcare promises to improve health and medical systems for patients and for providers. Empowered patients in an ideal system will learn to use care networks effectively. Physicians and other medical professionals will increase their reach and...

CES 2022: Smart Companion Helps Vision Impaired Users [video]

by Alfred Poor | February 3, 2022 | Health

We first covered an OrCam product in 2015. The company had a novel concept for “smart glasses.” Rather than try to cram the electronics into a pair of glasses, they came up with the idea of an electronics module that would hang onto the earpiece of the...

New Credit Card ECG Device Receives FDA Clearance

by Unber Shafiq | February 2, 2022 | Medical

Heart diseases are the top killer in the U.S, accounting for more than 20% of deaths. We believe that technologies dedicated to timely diagnosis and early treatment of heart diseases can make a significant difference to these statistics. AliveCor is a company...

CES 2022: Stay Connected With New Smart Gameboard

by Amantha May | February 2, 2022 | Health

An innovative gameboard levels up the digital board game experience by integrating tactile and digital elements. Launched in the AARP Innovation Labs exhibit at CES 2022, Gameboard enhances tabletop gameplay by interacting with handheld game pieces. With a Gameboard...

CES 2022: Health Tech Takes to the Main Stage [video]

by Alfred Poor | February 2, 2022 | Health, Medical

For the past few years, CES has been growing into one of the most important health tech shows of the year. This year, that trend took a giant step forward as the Chairman and CEO of Abbott Robert Ford presented the first keynote from a health tech company in CES...

CES 2022: Now Track Hypertension With Light [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 1, 2022 | Medical

We’ve covered several wearables that use photoplethysmography (PPG) technology for monitoring hypertension, most recently Biobeat’s 24BP Kit. PPG devices emit light at different wavelengths and employ optical sensors to gather biometric data. This can...