FTC Weighs in on Data Privacy

FTC Weighs in on Data Privacy

In an insightful commentary, author Andy Oram published an article on EMR & EHR about the difficulties involved in securing personal data in the Internet of Things (IoT), especially when wearable Health Tech devices are involved. In the article, he cites a report...
Wireless Monitor System for Ebola Receives Grant

Wireless Monitor System for Ebola Receives Grant

The non-profit healthcare Scripps Health will lead a consortium of four companies to develop a turnkey system to wirelessly monitor possible Ebola patients, providing full-time acquisition and analysis of vital biometric measures. Sotera Wireless develops wireless...
New Survey Shows Growing Support for Health Tech

New Survey Shows Growing Support for Health Tech

Salesforce commissioned an online survey by Harris Poll last month, and has now released the results in their “2015 State of the Connected Patient” report. It provides a mix of encouraging and disappointing news, but little of it is surprising and the...
Wireless Platform for Health Tech Data [video]

Wireless Platform for Health Tech Data [video]

As we have mentioned here repeatedly, one of the big challenges in wearable Health Tech is to get the data from all these different sources uploaded and processed in a form that makes it easier for healthcare professionals and consumers to manage the information, and...
Wearable Health Benefits Depend on Software

Wearable Health Benefits Depend on Software

The potential benefits of the “quantified person” are huge, making it possible to improve diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of all sorts of diseases and chronic conditions. One of the biggest barriers to realizing these gains, however, are the...