IoT Alert System Platforms Protect Diverse Groups [video]

by Bruce Brown | June 25, 2018 | General News, Health

Alert wearables such as pendants, helmet sensors, and smartphone apps have proliferated with developments in wireless connectivity, longer battery life, and ubiquitous mobile devices. We have written about special purpose alerts for wet diapers, citizen cardiac arrest...

Take Control of Personalized Electronic Health Records [video]

by Bruce Brown | June 22, 2018 | General News, Health

Electronic health records (EHR) are right up there at the top of the list of hot health technology topics, along with flexible sensors, telemedicine, and machine learning biometric sensor data analysis algorithms. We’ve written about a wide range of EHR-related...

Patient Monitoring Wearable Reduces Pressure Injuries [video]

by Bruce Brown | June 21, 2018 | General News, Medical

More than 2.5 million people in the United States develop pressure ulcers each year, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Also known as bedsores, these ulcers result from a lack of movement, usually involving immobile patients in bed or...

AI Helps Troubled Kids Make Wiser Decisions

by Bruce Brown | June 20, 2018 | General News, Health

Healthcare employs artificial intelligence in growing number of applications. The machine learning is form of AI that is “taught” to recognize, categorize, diagnose, engage with patients, or recommend treatment. It shows up in many branches of medicine....

NurseCaller Home-Care Patient Call Button [video]

by Bruce Brown | June 19, 2018 | General News, Health

When a hospital admits you, the call button is one of the first items brought to your attention. The button is often tied to a bed rail or pinned to your sheets. Trains, buses, and airplanes have an emergency cords stop or help buttons. Even the ride-sharing company...

White Paper: Best Practices for Choosing Mobile and IoT Devices

by Bruce Brown | June 18, 2018 | General News, Medical

Connected mobile devices, wearable sensors, and electronic health records (EHR) play a major part in how the Internet of Things (IoT) is changing healthcare. People responsible for Healthcare IT face the daunting challenge of integrating these fast-moving technologies...