by Bruce Brown | June 16, 2017 | General News, Health
Paradigm shifts often have ripple effects. Most wearable fitness and health devices are easily separated by category. On Health Tech Insider, we write about health-centric technology, usually but not restricted to wearables. Our sister site Wearable Tech Insider...
by Alfred Poor | April 19, 2017 | General News, Health
We have often shared our view that Health Tech wearables won’t take off in a major way until they produce a clear return on investment. This won’t come about from fitness enthusiasts buying devices in ones and twos. It will be driven by the entities that...
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by Alfred Poor | April 17, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
It sounds tempting: a watch that can monitor and record multiple biometric and environmental measures including electrocardiogram (ECG), heart rate, skin electrical activity, and motion. It runs for up to a week on a single charge. It stores enough data for a week or...
by Alfred Poor | April 10, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
At 415,000 square miles, the Canadian province of Ontario is larger than any of the United States except Alaska. Yet it has a population that is only a bit larger than that of Pennsylvania (at just 46,000 square miles). These two numbers alone make it clear that...
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by Bruce Brown | March 24, 2017 | General News, Health
Coordinating medical care with multiple doctors and specialists can be tricky for patients. While a growing number of physicians, medical groups, and providers use electronic health records (EHRs) with patient portals, patient buy-in has been slow, according to...
