Smartwatches and Hearables Lead Growth for Wearables

Smartwatches and Hearables Lead Growth for Wearables

Do you check your resting heart rate or track your step count on your smartwatch? Do you rely on a hearable device to manage sounds? According to London-based GlobalData, growing markets for wearable tech play a major role mobile health and wellness. In a September 7,...
You Can Now Ask Alexa for Answers to Health Questions

You Can Now Ask Alexa for Answers to Health Questions

Amazon’s Alexa digital voice assistant currently converses with more than 384 million people worldwide, according to the Alexa device sitting on my desk when I asked just now. We’ve written about diverse Alexa implementations in health and wellness, from...
Physicians Warm to Digital Health

Physicians Warm to Digital Health

If doctors aren’t willing to use new digital health and medical technologies, then the best engineering, design work, and clinical studies won’t make it far beyond the labs and publications. We wrote in 2015 about consumers accepting health data...