by Bruce Brown | March 8, 2022 | Medical
Alexa made it to the big leagues. When we first wrote about Amazon’s smart voice assistant Alexa’s role in digital health the topics included applications such as on-demand news and weather reports for visually impaired people, explaining medications, and...
by Bruce Brown | March 7, 2022 | Health
Smartwatches have been in the mainstream for several years. The announcement of a new smartwatch generally doesn’t warrant coverage on Health Tech Insider unless the maker claims to have something special that’s relevant to health and wellness technology....
by Amantha May | March 4, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Draw the drapes and watch TV on them. Let your carpet power your home electronics. Tell your shirt to send messages to your friend’s socks. Sure, all that sounds a bit like an off-the-wall sci-fi movie, but multifunction smart textiles aren’t just a futuristic fantasy...
by Bruce Brown | March 3, 2022 | Health
World Hearing Day is today, March 3, 2022. On this day each year the Office of Prevention of Blindness and Deafness of the World Health Organization (WHO) hosts an event at the WHO headquarters. Activities related to preventing hearing loss and improving hearing care...
by Amantha May | March 2, 2022 | Medical
A new survey by global digital healthcare company Vivalink shows a majority of clinicians trust the accuracy of mobile cardiac telemetry (MCT) over the Holter monitor. Of 100 participants, 68% said MCT provides better detection rates and more accurate diagnoses of...
by Bruce Brown | March 1, 2022 | Health
Tinnitus, commonly described as a ringing sound in the ears, is the false perception of sound when no real sound exists. According to a CDC fact sheet, 10% or more of U.S. adults experience tinnitus at least once a year. The specific causes of tinnitus are not known...
