by Bruce Brown | February 18, 2019 | Enabling Tech, Medical
The benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) on global healthcare far surpass those of any conceivable sensor or individual wearable tech. AI’s influence stems from its accuracy, speed, and relatively low cost. Machine learning and neural networking by...
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by Bruce Brown | February 15, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Wearable sensors are typically worn on the wrist, but we’ve written about sensors pinned to clothing, carried in a pocket, woven into garments, and even ingested. For example, in 2017 we wrote about Abilify MyCite, the first FDA cleared ingestible sensor. That...
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by Bruce Brown | February 14, 2019 | Health
Wearable with ECGs take home health monitoring further than most consumers would have deemed likely so soon after the heath tech began to emerge from fitness trackers. We’ve written about Cambridge Heartwear’s Heartsense 3-lead ECG device. We also covered...
by Bruce Brown | February 13, 2019 | Enabling Tech, Medical
Prosthetics enable mobility and independence but fitting the apparatus and helping recipients learn to use an artificial arm or leg can be obstacles in the way of success. Powered prosthetic legs, for example, typically require “tuning” by trained clinical...
by Bruce Brown | February 12, 2019 | Medical
Electronic health records (EHRs) promise improved patient care coordination among healthcare professionals. Long-touted benefits of EHRs include faster and more accurate diagnosis, more effective treatments, and lower healthcare costs. Pushback from physicians and...
by Alfred Poor | February 12, 2019 | Health, Medical
CES has become the leading show for health tech. The number of exhibitors with health and medical products has grown rapidly in recent years. Nowhere else can you find so many companies in one place, from huge multinational corporations to tiny startups and university...
