by Alfred Poor | January 18, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
Remote monitoring of patient health is one of the most effective ways to identify and deal with conditions before they turn into expensive and potentially life-threatening situations. One important key is to make systems easy to use and unobtrusive, so that patients...
by Alfred Poor | January 16, 2017 | Fitness, General News, Health
I often write about the need for wearable Health Tech devices to “disappear” into our lives. The more that users are required to make an active choice to use a device or fuss with maintenance tasks such as recharging, the more likely it is that they will...
by Alfred Poor | January 12, 2017 | Fitness, General News, Health
Smart watches are still struggling to gain traction in the market beyond early adopters, but they do have the potential to bring a wide range of functions to a convenient wearable device. With the right sensors, they can also provide useful Health Tech data such as...
by Bruce Brown | January 11, 2017 | General News, Health
Patients with chronic diseases or conditions who need frequent biometric checks often must reside in medical facilities for regular readings by healthcare staff. Pulse oximeter fingertip sensors take one-time readings of the oxygen saturation of a patient’s...
by Alfred Poor | January 9, 2017 | General News, Health
One of the big themes that emerged from CES 2017 was the fact that wearable Health Tech products can not just spew out measurements without regard to their accuracy. “Clinical grade” data is now the table stakes in the wearables game, as more companies...