![IoT Alert System Platforms Protect Diverse Groups [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/WearSafe-with-video-600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | June 25, 2018 | General News, Health
Alert wearables such as pendants, helmet sensors, and smartphone apps have proliferated with developments in wireless connectivity, longer battery life, and ubiquitous mobile devices. We have written about special purpose alerts for wet diapers, citizen cardiac arrest...
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by Bruce Brown | June 19, 2018 | General News, Health
When a hospital admits you, the call button is one of the first items brought to your attention. The button is often tied to a bed rail or pinned to your sheets. Trains, buses, and airplanes have an emergency cords stop or help buttons. Even the ride-sharing company...
![Amazon Alexa Supports Senior Independent Living [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/Alexa-Reminder-1-with-video-600x272.jpg?resize=600%2C272&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | June 14, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
It’s still early days for responsive living environments. Amazon Alexa and other voice-activated personal assistants open the door for access to information, services, assistance, and extended independence for the elderly and disabled. People unable to use...
by Alfred Poor | March 16, 2018 | General News, Health
Incontinence is a problem for the very young and the very old, as well for patients with certain conditions or following surgery (such as removal of the prostate). Infants don’t notice it for the most part, but it can be a frustrating and embarrassing problem...
![Smartwatch WaaS Protects Workers, Kids, and Seniors [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/Omate-Arkea-On-Life-with-video-600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Bruce Brown | January 25, 2018 | General News, Health
Single-purpose wrist, pendant, or pin-on emergency alert devices have been available for decades. Smartwatches paired with smartphones running health and wellness apps are commonplace. In a further step for wearable alert products, Shenzhen-based mobile device...
