New Handheld Device Provides Early Bedsore Detection [video]

by Bruce Brown | December 31, 2020 | Medical

According to a study published by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), more than 2.5 million people in the U.S. develop pressure ulcers each year. Pressure ulcers — also called bedsores — occur often with patients in hospitals but...

CES 2021: New Low-Cost Smart Watch Packs Fitness Features

by Bruce Brown | December 30, 2020 | Health

It wasn’t that long ago when fitness bands and smartwatches were markedly different devices. Successive Apple Watch and Samsung Galaxy smartwatches generations have added exercise tracking and health monitoring features. Newer Fitbit and Garmin models continue...

CES 2021: Connected Cap Brings EEG to the Home [video]

by Amantha May | December 30, 2020 | Enabling Tech

Last year, biotech startup iMediSync devoted a booth at CES 2020 to its signature product, a clinical, AI-driven platform for quantitative analysis of electroencephalography (qEEG), called iSyncBrain. This year, the company will showcase iSyncWave, a portable brain...

CES 2021: Widex Moment is Best of Innovation Award Honoree

by Bruce Brown | December 29, 2020 | Medical

A panel of expert judges named the Widex Moment machine-learning hearable technology a CES 2021 Innovation Awards Honoree in two categories: Health & Wellness and Wearable Technologies. We wrote about Widex Moment in November. The Consumer Trade Association (CTA)...

Remote Patient Monitoring Better Than In-Person Rehab

by Bruce Brown | December 28, 2020 | Medical

We write frequently about telemedicine and remote patient monitoring (RPM). RPM platforms typically enable healthcare professionals to interact with patients in their own homes and track clinical data from wearables or other connected devices. People cite many...

At-Home Device Diagnoses Sleep Apnea in Atrial Fibrillation Patients [VIDEO]

by Amantha May | December 28, 2020 | Health

A recent study provides clinical validation for the use of WatchPAT, a digital at-home sleep apnea test, in diagnosing sleep apnea in patients with atrial fibrillation. Published in the journal Nature and Science of Sleep in December, the study compared WatchPAT to...