Survey Shows Increased Interest in Telemedicine

by Amantha May | July 24, 2020 | Health, Medical

For the third year, CVS Health has released findings from a survey concerning the current state of healthcare and patient/provider experiences navigating the healthcare landscape. The Path to Better Health Study was conducted in March 2020, just as the COVID-19...

Active Air Filtration Mask Promises Better Protection [video]

by Bruce Brown | July 23, 2020 | Health

Last year at this time, no one expected most people in the U.S. would be required, expected, or even asked to wear air filtration masks in public areas. The COVID-19 pandemic happened, however, and health experts are nearly unanimous in their support for masks as one...

Humans Plus Machines Outperforms Either Alone

by Bruce Brown | July 22, 2020 | Medical

Artificial intelligence is one of the most promising digital technologies in medicine. We’ve written about AI diagnostic apps with a diverse set of diseases and conditions. Earlier this year, we wrote about researchers at Radboud University Medical Center in the...

UPS Delivers Medical Supplies by Drone [VIDEO]

by Amantha May | July 22, 2020 | Enabling Tech

In September 2019, UPS became the first company to receive a Federal Aviation Administration certification to operate a drone delivery aircraft. UPS is now partnering with iQ Healthtech Labs to provide drone delivery of medical supplies and PPE to a network of...

Better Hearing One Ear at a Time [video]

by Bruce Brown | July 21, 2020 | Health

Hearables are the fastest growing segment of the wearables market, according to the latest IDC quarterly wearables marketing report. We’ve written about and looked at hearables before, including Nuheara’s IQBuds Boost and Wear and Hear’s BeHear Now....

Partners Seek No-Cuff Blood Pressure Monitoring

by Bruce Brown | July 20, 2020 | Health

Blood pressure is one of the most essential vital signs when it comes to monitoring a patient’s health. The traditional method is to use a pressure cuff on a patient’s upper arm and then listen to the sounds of blood flow as the pressure changes. The main...