by Bruce Brown | October 4, 2022 | Medical
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) technology continues to make strides improving healthcare outcomes by combining wearable sensors with mobile apps linked to artificial-intelligence-driven, cloud-based monitoring software. Sensoria Health recently announced a new RPM...
by Bruce Brown | November 15, 2021 | Medical
Here’s a slam dunk story about a home-based smart device paired with AI-driven analysis to improve health and wellbeing. Independence Blue Cross and virtual care management company Podimetrics recently agreed to use the Podimetrics’ SmartMat to detect...
by Bruce Brown | December 6, 2019 | Medical
This month marks the beginning of a significant new Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program to prevent lower limb loss. In 2018, the VA health care system treated more than 75,000 cases of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). The new program — previously tested in...
by Bruce Brown | September 10, 2019 | Medical
The latest CDC diabetes report found nearly 10% of the U.S. population — more than 30 million people — have diabetes and another 84 million have prediabetes. From 10% to 15% of the people who have diabetes will have a foot ulcer during their lives....
by Bruce Brown | January 2, 2018 | General News, Medical
The worldwide diabetes epidemic shows no signs of slowing. Treating diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), a related medical issue for approximately 6% of older adults with diabetes, costs billions of dollars each year. DFU’s lead to amputation in one in 12 cases. Two...