by Alfred Poor | March 14, 2019 | Enabling Tech, Health, Medical
Most articles about wearable tech focus on the health-related uses of biometric data. Measurements of body functions such as heart rate, temperature, and breathing rate can help identify disease and other conditions. But there’s another big problem facing...
by Bruce Brown | February 12, 2019 | Medical
Electronic health records (EHRs) promise improved patient care coordination among healthcare professionals. Long-touted benefits of EHRs include faster and more accurate diagnosis, more effective treatments, and lower healthcare costs. Pushback from physicians and...
by Bruce Brown | October 24, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical
New healthcare technology faces many challenges, with cybersecurity threats right at the top. It’s not enough that new tech produces clinically valid data, works well with existing systems and protocols, and meets affordability and ease of use requirements. If...
by Bruce Brown | October 22, 2018 | General News, Medical
Electronic health records (EHRs) may have a greater impact on global medicine than any other new technology. Cast against a wide field of developing technologies with potential significance for health and wellness, EHRs aren’t all that exciting. Wearable...
by Bruce Brown | October 10, 2018 | General News, Medical
Electronic health records (EHRs) are a good thing, right? According to HealthIT.gov, the advantages of EHRs are legion, starting with accurate, up-to-date, and complete patient information and including secure data sharing, improved provider productivity, reducing...
