by Kimberly Houston | February 1, 2018 | General News, Medical
A hospital stay usually involves being attached to a host of medical devices. But how useful is all that data, really? The FDA recently approved a new method of analyzing data to reduce preventable hospital deaths, which are estimated to number 400,000 yearly in the...
by Kimberly Houston | January 18, 2018 | General News, Medical
Medical grade biosensors that allow remote measuring of important diagnostics in hospital settings make patient stays more comfortable and help doctors improve care. They also reduce costs by minimizing manual hospital checks. Now an extended wear version of a...
by Bruce Brown | December 18, 2017 | General News, Health
Despite widespread attention in the 1980s and 1990s, eating disorder rates have not changed, according to the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA). Not limited to young women and girls, eating disorders plague males and females of all ages. NEDA surveys...
by Bruce Brown | December 8, 2017 | General News, Medical
The communication, collaboration, and coordination benefits of new healthcare technologies don’t pop out of the shipping boxes or gush from Internet connections. Just throwing technology at people in any environment nearly always guarantees failure, even if...
by Alfred Poor | November 21, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
One of the recurring themes here at Health Tech Insider is that consumer purchases will give way to large-scale enterprise purchases in the wearable technology industry. Already, we are seeing deals resulting in sales of 10,000 units or more fitness bands at a time. A...
