by Alfred Poor | May 15, 2019 | Medical
Telehealth services are changing how healthcare services are delivered in the U.S. and around the world. These can provide immediate interactive access for patients in under-served areas or who have mobility challenges. Video service provider Vidyo conducts an annual...
by Alfred Poor | October 11, 2018 | General News, Medical
One of the recurring themes that we’ve covered in the past two years is that fitness wearables are going to have to pivot to health and medical applications in order to survive. Selling devices one at a time to fitness enthusiasts is not a strategy for long-term...
by Bruce Brown | November 24, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Wearable health tech devices are so 2015. The market for wristbands, clip-on sensors, and pendants has just begun to take off, but health tech research and development increasingly focus on invisible technology. Sensors woven into material used to manufacture...
by Alfred Poor | November 21, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
One of the recurring themes here at Health Tech Insider is that consumer purchases will give way to large-scale enterprise purchases in the wearable technology industry. Already, we are seeing deals resulting in sales of 10,000 units or more fitness bands at a time. A...
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by Kimberly Houston | October 5, 2017 | Fitness, General News, Health
Smartwatches promise to make our lives easier and more efficient, but there’s a drawback. While traditional watches can run for months or even years, the battery life on most smartwatches is typically one to three days. A watch that harvests energy from outside...
