by Alfred Poor | December 31, 2015 | General News, Health, Medical
Digital communications in the form of the Internet, cell phones, and wireless data access have transformed the way people communicate around the world. The impact is not just limited to interpersonal communications, however. 15 years ago, who would have guessed that...
by Bruce Brown | December 23, 2015 | General News, Medical
“The impact of the integration of behavioral health in cancer care is significant; a positive frame of mind can help patients through all phases of their diagnosis and treatment,” said Generosa Grana, MD, FACP, director of the MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper....
by Alfred Poor | April 17, 2015 | Enabling Tech
The technology for wearable Health Tech devices is expanding at about the same rate as the Universe, or so it appears at times. Sensors, watches, wireless technologies, cloud analytics, automated data processing, energy harvesting, and battery technology are just a...
by Alfred Poor | January 29, 2015 | Enabling Tech
In my opinion, one of the largest challenges for interactive wearable devices of all sorts, but especially those for Health Tech applications, is the user interface. Touch screens are wonderful, but when you want to make a display as small as possible, it does not...
by Alfred Poor | November 3, 2014 | Medical
According to a report in Mobile Health News last month, Apple has a problem with patient-entered glucose readings in its Health app. Devices in the U.S. and some other countries measure blood glucose levels in “milligrams per deciliter” (mg/dL). In some...