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by Bruce Brown | April 2, 2020 | Medical
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have made gradual inroads in health and medical care. We noted a Cedars-Sinai study of VR used to reduce maternal labor pain. In late 2019 we wrote about StoryUP Studios’ Healium project that combines wearables...
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by Bruce Brown | April 1, 2020 | Medical
In half of the counties in the U.S. women have no access to an obstetrician-gynecologist, according to a 2018 study published by the Association of American Medical Colleges. That amounts to more than 10 million women. In addition, 56% of the counties in America do...
by Bruce Brown | March 31, 2020 | Health
COVID-19 dominates worldwide news while healthcare professionals attempt to learn more about the virus and make accurate determinations of its progress, status, and potential timelines. We’ve written a great deal already about COVID-19 including the role of...
by Bruce Brown | March 30, 2020 | General News, Medical
Patient access to online healthcare information continues to grow, which turns out to be particularly helpful during the COVID-19 pandemic. Xealth recently surveyed almost 1,000 new and expectant mothers to gauge their digital health expectations and priorities. The...
by Bruce Brown | March 27, 2020 | Medical
There is seemingly no end to applications for digital voice assistants such as Siri, Google Assistant, and Amazon Alexa. We’ve written several times about Alexa Skills developed for health and medical applications. Ambulance and EMS personnel associated with...
by Bruce Brown | March 26, 2020 | Health
In 2018, Juniper Research predicted that smart clothing would lead the growth in the wearable market. In 2015, Tractica forecast the market for smart clothing would grow rapidly. In line with those early predictions, Tokyo-based Xenoma, Inc.’s e-skin wearable...
