by Alfred Poor | December 30, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical
In my last post, I highlighted some of the stories that got the most attention on the Health Tech Insider site this year. In this article, I’m going to call out the three most important developments in 2016, as I see it. FDA Becomes Friendly to Wearables: The...
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by Alfred Poor | November 2, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
One of the engines that powers the digital health revolution is the smartphone. Most of us now carry a power computer in our pockets, capable of performing a wide range of useful tasks. But there are more than 245,000 health-related apps in the Apple Store alone; how...
by Alfred Poor | October 21, 2016 | General News, Health
The “quantified self” strategy only works if you have a way to quantify the self. Wearables — including smart watches — offer a handy way to collect such data, but these tend to be fairly expensive and not everyone sees them as a necessity that...
![Apples for Replacement Body Parts [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/07/Pelling-apple-ear.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | July 26, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
The human body comes with few spare parts, and unlike some other animals, we’re not generally able to regrow a part that has become damaged or lost. We’ve been working on creating functional replacements for centuries (think of George Washington’s...
![Apple Launches Platform for Personal Health Apps [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/05/Apple-CareKit-with-video-600x273.jpg?resize=600%2C273)
by Bruce Brown | April 29, 2016 | General News, Health
Apple has taken a big step with two healthcare developmental platforms. The first platform, ResearchKit, has been used by doctors and researchers to create smartphone apps to gather data to better understand health and disease processes. Now they’re launching...
