Health Tech Usage on the Rise Among Seniors

by Amantha May | August 19, 2020 | General News, Health, Medical

Technology use has increased for many adults in the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and seniors are no exception. Seniors still aren’t the highest demographic when it comes to being technological savvy. However, a recent survey by Healthinsurance.com...

Wear and Hear BeHear Access Hearable Is No Dropout [video]

by Bruce Brown | August 18, 2020 | Health

Wearable marketing reports from IDC and others have predicted for two years that shipments of hearables will help drive market growth for wearables worldwide. In the past few years, we’ve looked and written about at hearing assistance devices from NuHeara, Olive...

Full Face Mask: Fashion Design or Effective Disguise?

by Bruce Brown | August 17, 2020 | Health

After the initial shortage of protective face masks in the fight against the COVID-19 virus, consumers now have many mask choices. Surgical masks, NIOSH-approved N95 masks, and a variety of cloth masks are readily available in a wide range of prices. We’ve also...

Remote Wearable System Monitors COVID-19 Patient Vital Signs

by Amantha May | August 17, 2020 | General News, Medical

A wearable monitoring system that helps reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 in hospitals and care facilities is now available in the United States. The system, designed specifically for the COVID-19 crisis by VivaLNK, has been used successfully in 15 hospitals in...

Come Together, But Not Too Close [video]

by Bruce Brown | August 14, 2020 | Health

Pre-pandemic, it would have been hard to imagine that 2020 would see a raft of new products to protect people’s health by keeping them apart. Today, however, social distancing is a new term to describe a key prophylactic measure to prevent — or at least...

TraceSafe Provides Easy Contact Tracing [video]

by Amantha May | August 14, 2020 | General News, Health

Early this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread across Asia, one company made a fast pivot to provide a solution that could help to flatten the curve. Drawing on monitoring technology initially used in maternity wards and nursing homes, TraceSafe developed a...