In-Home Monitoring for the Elderly Expands to Include Health [video]

by Bruce Brown | July 2, 2021 | Medical

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) and telemedicine are major themes in our health tech coverage these days. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated telemedicine adoption, but we have been writing about telemonitoring and telehealth applications since 2014. Essence SmartCare...

Telehealth Service Now Provides Patients with Language Translation in Real-Time

by Amantha May | July 2, 2021 | Health, Medical

According to the US Census Bureau, more than 8% of United States residents struggle to communicate well in English. In some states, as high as 45% of residents would benefit from having a translator to communicate in English. VeeMed recently integrated Voyce virtual...

New Smart Skin Lets You Sweat

by Alfred Poor | July 2, 2021 | Enabling Tech

Have you every worn a pair of rubber gloves to complete a task on a hot summer day? The gloves may stay dry on the outside, but in a short time the insides will be sopping wet because your hands sweat in the heat. And that liquid has no place to go because it’s...

Robotic Arms Are Faster with Tactile Sensors [video]

by Bruce Brown | July 1, 2021 | General News, Health

Bioengineers at the University of Pittsburgh Rehab Neural Engineering Labs achieved a breakthrough in brain-controlled prosthetics. This new approach provides tactile feedback through a brain/computer interface (BCI) to help a human subject control a robotic arm. The...

Temperature Tracking Smart Patch Aids New Cancer Treatment Trials

by Bruce Brown | June 30, 2021 | Health

Wearables continue to prove their worth in clinical trials. We originally wrote about Blue Spark Technologies’ TempTraq in June 2015. At the time we took note of the wearable’s thin, lightweight, and convenient wireless continuous temperature monitor...

Alexa Skill Gives Patients Voice-Enabled Access to Online Tools [video]

by Amantha May | June 30, 2021 | Health

Westmed Medical Group, a multispecialty outpatient practice serving Westchester County, NY and Fairfield County, CT, has launched a new Amazon Alexa skill designed to enhance digital connectivity for its patients. The skill provides Westmed’s community the option to...