Artery Sensor Reduces Hospital Readmissions

Artery Sensor Reduces Hospital Readmissions

Last year, we covered a device called the CardioMEMS HF System that monitors the pressure of the blood pumped by a patient’s heart. The tiny electro-mechanical device is inserted in a patient’s pulmonary artery, where it transmits data wirelessly. The...
Doctors to Enlist Your Smartphone [video]

Doctors to Enlist Your Smartphone [video]

Your health typically is what happens between office visits. No matter whether you see your physician once a year or once a week or even once a day, most of your time will be spent away from the doctor’s office. And it can be difficult to accurately document...
Are Health Tech Devices Designed for the Elderly?

Are Health Tech Devices Designed for the Elderly?

Our world faces challenges dealing with an aging population as individuals live longer than ever before. Wearable Health Tech and other mobile devices hold forth the promise of helping provide more effective healthcare for the elderly, save costs, and give individuals...