by Alfred Poor | December 4, 2015 | General News, Medical
A typical postage stamp is about 1.0 inch by 0.9 inches. The Swiss company Debiotech has created a miniature pump that is less than one third that size, and about as thick. This device is designed to be implanted under the skin to deliver drugs — such as insulin...
by Alfred Poor | September 17, 2015 | Medical
One of the biggest challenges for physicians and healthcare workers is patient adherence to treatment programs. This can be especially critical for conditions that require that medications be taken on a precise schedule. According to the World Health Organization, as...
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by Alfred Poor | September 15, 2015 | Enabling Tech
If you’re a frequent reader of Health Tech Insider, you may realize that we like to cover user interface technologies. This is because the tiny size of wearable Health Tech devices present significant challenges for the traditional user input strategies....
by Alfred Poor | September 9, 2015 | Enabling Tech
One of the big areas of interest in wearable Health Tech is the ability to gather massive amounts of data about individuals. This information can be used to improve the diagnosis and treatment of illness for those individuals, but it can also be analyzed to improve...
by Alfred Poor | June 23, 2015 | Enabling Tech
One of the most important questions that just about any wearable Health Tech device can ask itself is “Where am I?” This simple question is key to so many important pieces of information: whether the wearer at motion or rest, how much distance has been...
