by Bruce Brown | July 4, 2022 | Health, Medical
Engineers at the University of Missouri’s MU College of Engineering took pandemic-mandated public mask-wearing to another level. Going beyond filtering incoming and outgoing breath, the newly-developed a smart face mask can monitor the wearer’s health by...
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by Bruce Brown | June 2, 2022 | Health
Before COVID-19, I don’t remember reading about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) emergency use authorization (EUA). After the nearly two and half years of pandemic response, EUA is now common parlance in the health tech industry. The FDA...
by Bruce Brown | November 18, 2021 | Medical
We’ve covered a smattering of COVID-19 detection technologies that use voice samples, smart rings, smartphone apps that listen to coughs, and even fitness band data. In late October, OSU announced that researchers from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical...
by Bruce Brown | September 2, 2021 | Medical
Change is hard, but COVID-19 doesn’t care. Significant changes in the organization and practices of major institutions typically require years and even decades. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, telemedicine was available but adoption was slow. Mental health...
by Bruce Brown | August 31, 2021 | Enabling Tech
The U.S. is increasingly multi-lingual. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2015 people in homes in the U.S. spoke more than 350 different languages. Hospitals and healthcare clinics often employ translators or subscribe to translation services to help patients...
