Vanderbilt Uses Voice Interface to Humanize EHR

Vanderbilt Uses Voice Interface to Humanize EHR

Electronic health records (EHRs) promise improved patient care coordination among healthcare professionals. Long-touted benefits of EHRs include faster and more accurate diagnosis, more effective treatments, and lower healthcare costs. Pushback from physicians and...
Camera AI Helps You Remember Names [video]

Camera AI Helps You Remember Names [video]

Many adults start to notice memory loss in their mid-40s, but mild age-related cognitive decline among healthy, educated adults typically starts in the 20s and 30s, according to a study by the National Institute of Health. Remembering other people’s names can be...
Pain Relief Device Gets Upgrade [video]

Pain Relief Device Gets Upgrade [video]

As concerns grow about the abuse of pain medications, professionals and patients are looking first to non-chemical solutions. We saw several products in this category at CES 2019, including the Quell product from Neurometrix. We’ve reported on this product in...
Pew: AI Will Be Good for Most People

Pew: AI Will Be Good for Most People

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and big data have already disrupted conventional health tech research and development in significant ways; many of our posts on Health Tech Insider mention the technology, the algorithms, and the bits and bytes....
Smart Home Robot Supports Daily Activities

Smart Home Robot Supports Daily Activities

We’ve written before about smart homes for seniors and ways in which wearable health tech and smart homes can work in conjunction. We’ve also covered robots of various types, from telepresence enablers to smart exoskeletons and prosthetics that aid human...