by Alfred Poor | October 20, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
One of our favorite themes here at Health Tech Insider is how the “quantified self” movement is going to produce mountains of Big Data that can be mined to find useful correlations. This will lead to earlier diagnosis and more effective treatment of...
by Alfred Poor | October 3, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Technology development is expensive, and there are no guarantees that a company will be a financial success. Still, money continues to flood into the digital health industry, according to a new report from Rock Health, a venture capital fund dedicated to encourage...
by Alfred Poor | September 20, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
The enticing appeal of “the quantified self” centers on the idea that if we knew enough about enough factors for enough individuals, we could discover all sorts of useful insights into how we can help people stay healthy. Pool all that information into one...
by Alfred Poor | September 6, 2016 | Health, Medical
As our population ages, our society faces the challenges of how to support and care for our older citizens. For many good reasons — not the least of which are saving on healthcare and other costs — seniors want to live independently in their own homes as...
by Alfred Poor | August 29, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Telemedicine technology has the potential to revolutionize healthcare delivery, lowering costs and improving outcomes. It could eliminate long delays in physician waiting rooms, remove the need to spend time traveling to and from office visits, and could result in...