by Alfred Poor | May 18, 2017 | General News, Health
Here at Health Tech Insider, we frequently beat the drum of “earlier treatment, better outcomes, and lower healthcare costs” for wearable Health Tech devices. Even so, we’re right in line with C-level corporate executives who say, “Really?...
by Alfred Poor | December 30, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical
In my last post, I highlighted some of the stories that got the most attention on the Health Tech Insider site this year. In this article, I’m going to call out the three most important developments in 2016, as I see it. FDA Becomes Friendly to Wearables: The...
by Alfred Poor | February 23, 2016 | Fitness, General News, Health
The Quantified Self: it’s a major goal of the wearable Health Tech industry. If we knew more about the bodies of more individuals and their health outcomes, we could detect disease sooner, discover which treatments are truly most effective, lower healthcare...
by Alfred Poor | September 21, 2015 | Fitness, Health
Target is a worldwide corporation with nearly 1,800 stores in the U.S. and 347,000 employees worldwide. And the company is getting Fitbit activity trackers for all of their employees. Yes, Target is getting more than a third of a million trackers and giving them to...
by Alfred Poor | July 30, 2015 | Health, Medical
Big Data is going to change the practice of healthcare worldwide, for both professionals and individual consumers alike. It will help patients be more active participants in their treatment, give physicians more information about individuals and populations on the...
