Telemedicine a Priority for Health Care Execs

by Bruce Brown | May 17, 2018 | General News, Medical

Telemedicine has yet to reach its stride, but the adoption rate is picking up with estimated annual compound growth rates between 18% and 27.5%, according to Sage Growth Partners. Healthcare executives increasingly see appropriate telemedicine as an essential...

Smartphone AR App Helps Parkinson’s Patients [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 16, 2018 | General News, Health

“Gait-freezing” is a common symptom of advanced Parkinson’s disease. It occurs when foot movement pauses while the upper body keeps moving. The pause can be for just a few seconds or several minutes. Researchers have discovered that intentional foot...

Digital Health Helps Diabetes Patients

by Alfred Poor | May 16, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical

It would seem logical that connected health devices and digital health systems would result in better outcomes for patients, but it’s good to have hard numbers from clinical studies to provide proof. Evidence-based programs demonstrate the return on investment...

Conductive Tattoos for Long-Term ECG Monitoring

by Bruce Brown | May 15, 2018 | General News, Medical

If you’ve ever had an electrocardiogram, you may have experienced the gel electrodes placed on various parts of your chest coming loose or getting pulled off. If it’s necessary to get another reading during the same doctor’s office or emergency room...

Smart Pads Detect UTIs

by Alfred Poor | May 15, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are surprisingly commonplace among older adults in the U.S. It is the first-listed diagnosis for 880,000 patients at emergency rooms every year. The average patient ends up spending four days in the hospital and more than $26,000 ,...

Neurostimulation Reduces Migraine Frequency [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 14, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical

Migraine headaches are the third most prevalent and the sixth most disabling disease in the world, according to the Migraine Research Foundation. Migraines affect 39 million men, women, and children in the U.S. and one billion people worldwide. We have written about...