Telehealth Survey Reveals Rapid Adoption

by Alfred Poor | May 15, 2019 | Medical

Telehealth services are changing how healthcare services are delivered in the U.S. and around the world. These can provide immediate interactive access for patients in under-served areas or who have mobility challenges. Video service provider Vidyo conducts an annual...

AI Predicts Medical Outcomes with Device Data

by Bruce Brown | May 14, 2019 | Medical

Machine learning applications in medicine usually entail analysis and prediction. It’s easy to imagine multiple applications for AI in public health, resource allocation, disease trends, and cost containment. From a patient’s perspective, however, machine...

Latest Fitbit Goes Corporate [video]

by Alfred Poor | May 14, 2019 | Health

For a long time, I’ve been predicting that the future of fitness trackers is with the enterprise customers, not consumers. While these devices are “nice to haves” for individuals — especially exercise enthusiasts — they don’t save...

Smart Pill Bottle

by Bruce Brown | May 13, 2019 | Medical

Adherence to medication prescriptions is a cornerstone of positive patient outcomes. A 2018 study of medication nonadherence at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine found that 40% to 50% of patients with chronic conditions do not follow their...

First Transplant Donor Kidney Drone Delivery [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 10, 2019 | Enabling Tech

Someday, medical supply deliveries by autonomous vehicles may become commonplace, but today it’s still a big deal. Various agencies and teams have already demonstrated that drones — the common term for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) — can deliver...

Wearable ECG Monitor Accurately Detects Arrhythmias [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 9, 2019 | Medical

Every time I visit my primary care physician’s office, they start by taking my weight and blood pressure (both of which are higher than I’d like). I use an Omron upper arm cuff device at home to measure my blood pressure periodically, following the...