Sleep Optimization and Doziness Alert on Your Wrist [video]

by Bruce Brown | August 29, 2016 | General News, Health

Sleep insufficiency hasn’t gone away, no matter how much we write about it. We’ve covered Health Tech that purports to help with sleep by controlling brainwaves, with smart earplugs, by cutting down on social media use, by reducing blue light exposure,...

New Survey Reveals Patient Skepticism about Telehealth Services

by Alfred Poor | August 29, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical

Telemedicine technology has the potential to revolutionize healthcare delivery, lowering costs and improving outcomes. It could eliminate long delays in physician waiting rooms, remove the need to spend time traveling to and from office visits, and could result in...

Wearables Gap: Sedentary Lifestyle Trackers Needed

by Bruce Brown | August 26, 2016 | General News, Health

Wearable tech developments for fitness and health applications sparked a wave of wristbands, headbands, necklaces and lanyards, pins and brooches, and belt packs in the past few years. Starting with step counters and thermometers, an ever-wider variety of biosensors...

2016 Connected Patient Report

by Bruce Brown | August 25, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical

Previously we’ve covered medical community interest in telemedicine, and more recently, the AMA telemedicine recommended guidelines. Turning to the other end of the stethoscope, most patients support telemedicine and the use of newer technologies for medical...

Haven Gets Accurate Location Info To First Responders [video]

by Bruce Brown | August 24, 2016 | General News, Health

If you’ve ever had to call  9-1-1 in an emergency, most likely it was an unexpected situation. Often you don’t know your precise location. Most people are not accustomed to dealing with emergency situations. Conveying the details of the emergency and the...

Snap Personalized Wearable for Anxiety and Autism [video]

by Bruce Brown | August 23, 2016 | General News, Health

  Passive wearable health tech to sense, measure, monitor, and store data may be useful in addressing anxiety problems. Researchers at the Lancaster University’s School of Computing and Communications, however, took a new approach. Rather than use a device...