by Alfred Poor | October 4, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
One of the big advances in modern medicine is the electronic health record (EHR). If we could tap their full potential, they will make it easier for patients to track their own health (through patient portals) and give healthcare professionals quick access to a...
by Bruce Brown | October 3, 2018 | General News, Medical
Augmented reality (AR) applications in health and wellness abound. From helping the blind navigate to gamifying interaction for people on the autism spectrum to helping people with Parkinson’s Disease, AR is there. When you can supplement real-world...
by Alfred Poor | October 3, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
At a recent CES show in Las Vegas, I met someone who was developing a smart insole to measure the pressure forces at multiple locations on the subject’s foot. As we discussed the design challenges, she said “The biggest problem is figuring out where to put...
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by Bruce Brown | October 2, 2018 | General News, Health
First, they counted steps. Then fitness trackers gained additional types of exercise monitoring and record-keeping, followed by biometrics. Today wrist-borne activity wearables are stepping up to address the needs of enterprises that seek packaged solutions to...
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by Alfred Poor | October 2, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Ever since the blockbuster movie “Fantastic Voyage,” we’ve been intrigued by the idea of sending a microscopic mobile device into the human body to perform specific tasks. It could move around on its own, without a tether, to deliver payloads or grab...
by Bruce Brown | October 1, 2018 | General News, Medical
The opioid epidemic and telemedicine feature frequently in medical and health press, the first for its challenging, damaging, hard to fight nature and the second as a mode for patient monitoring, consults, and treatment. According to the CDC, 63,632 Americans died of...
