by Bruce Brown | June 23, 2016 | General News, Health
The 2016 “The State of Wearables Today” Survey covers both fitness and health wearables. The results show that the most important feature is measurement accuracy, according to North Carolina biometric sensor developer Valencell and the MEMS & Sensors Industry...
by Alfred Poor | April 6, 2016 | General News, Health
“Connected Health” is the hot concept that allows consumers to gather data about their bodies so that it can be stored, analyzed, and shared. You can tell when a concept reaches a critical mass in the marketplace; major retailers sit up and take notice....
by Alfred Poor | February 12, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
If patients can monitor their own vital signs and other biometric data at home, and share this with healthcare professionals, we will be able to detect illness earlier, resulting in better treatment, lower costs, and better outcomes. At least, that’s what the...
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by Bruce Brown | January 26, 2016 | General News, Health
Not to stress money too heavily, but what do you think the U.S. could do with an extra $46 billion added to the annual budget? That’s the estimated overall cost of hypertension, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Approximately 1 in 3 American...
by Alfred Poor | December 24, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Fitness, General News, Health, Medical
Since we launched Health Tech Insider more than a year and a half ago, we have published more than 700 stories about wearable devices for health and medical applications, as well as coverage of new enabling technologies. As we near the end of the year, it is...
