by Alfred Poor | June 29, 2016 | General News, Medical
As wearable and mobile health tech devices become more accurate and more affordable, a whole new world of affordable healthcare opens up. Through “telemedicine” operations, patients don’t have to spend time traveling to a doctor’s office or...
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by Alfred Poor | April 26, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
Google Glass is dead, right? Then how come Augmedix just announced $17 million in new investment from five leading healthcare systems across the U.S.? The fact is that augmented reality (AR) is finding a home at the enterprise level, and one particularly successful...
by Alfred Poor | September 1, 2015 | Health, Medical
Wearable Health Tech devices not only collect biometric data about patients around the clock, they also make it practical for healthcare workers to consult with patients without having to meet with them face to face under some circumstances. The market research firm...
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by Alfred Poor | May 11, 2015 | Medical
As we’ve experienced repeatedly, technology can be a double-edged sword, often creating new problems as it solves old ones. One recent example is the case of electronic health records (EHR), which are mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in an effort to...
by Alfred Poor | April 27, 2015 | Health, Medical
The practice of healthcare in the U.S. has resulted in patients spending less time speaking with their physicians and other professionals. According to a presentation by Nick van Terheyden, Chief Medical Information Officer with Nuance, about three quarters of...
