by Alfred Poor | May 21, 2015 | Medical
As the story goes, when the notorious Willy Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, he replied “Because that’s where the money is!” In the wearable Health Tech market, the mainstream media pays a lot of attention to the fitness bands and smart watches,...
by Alfred Poor | May 1, 2015 | Health, Medical
No man is an island, and if designed properly, few wearable Health Tech devices should live in isolation, either. Part of the benefit of these new devices comes from being able to aggregate data from many different sources for each individual, and then apply Big Data...
by Alfred Poor | April 17, 2015 | Medical
In a Forbes article, Kevin Hrusovsky, CEO of Quanterix is quoted making a distinction between “healthcare” and “sick care.” His point is that in most cases, we wait until a patient gets sick — showing symptoms — and then test to...
by Alfred Poor | March 23, 2015 | Health, Medical
When healthcare professionals can track a patient’s vital signs and biometric data outside of a hospital or other clinical setting, outcomes are improved and costs are lower. Honeywell Life Care Solutions has just released the latest version of their Genesis...
by Alfred Poor | February 27, 2015 | Health, Medical
Another day, another health survey showing that Americans are ready to embrace technology when it comes to their healthcare, including wearable Health Tech devices. This time, it is the fifth annual “Pulse of Online Health” survey by Makovsky Health and...