by Alfred Poor | December 30, 2014 | Health
Is your baby running a fever? Is the medicine kicking in and helping bring his or her temperature back down? You don’t have to wake your child up to take a temperature reading if you use the new Pacifi electronic pacifier from Blue Maestro. This device has a...
by Alfred Poor | November 11, 2014 | Health
For many reasons, it is important to help elderly individuals maintain as much mobility and independence as they can reasonably handle, in spite of physical and cognitive limitations. But as mentioned here recently (see “Are Health Tech Devices Designed for the...
by Alfred Poor | November 7, 2014 | Health, Medical
It feels like a tipping point. Big Data, miniaturized low-cost electronics, wearable devices, nearly limitless connectivity, cloud storage that costs almost nothing: these technologies and more seem to be maturing at the same time, bringing the opportunity for...
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by Alfred Poor | August 22, 2014 | Medical
One of the challenges for many medical treatments is patient compliance. Many of today’s medications require the careful administration of precise dosages, and often must be delivered at specific intervals throughout the day. Getting patients to reliably perform...
by Alfred Poor | July 30, 2014 | Medical
One of the biggest challenges for caregivers and health professionals is helping patients adhere to their prescription medication schedules. Many treatments require specific doses taken at regular intervals, and missed or late doses can cause problems ranging from a...
