by Bruce Brown | April 4, 2022 | Health, Medical
From ICUs to the most remote locations, COVID-19 accentuated the demands on healthcare resources and staffing worldwide. The need for professional staff has been particularly acute in schools. During the pandemic, school nurses play multiple roles keeping students and...
by Bruce Brown | September 28, 2021 | Medical
We write about telehealth and remote care just about every week. We’re elated to see advances in remote care development and the growing acceptance of digital health models. It sure would be a happier and healthier world without COVID-19, but there’s no...
by Bruce Brown | September 27, 2021 | Medical
As we’ve written many times, the optimal wearable is one you’re not aware of. If you can forget you’re wearing an assistive device, it’s less likely to end up in the back of some drawer. That’s why, when I describe the Widex Moment...
by Bruce Brown | September 21, 2021 | Health, Medical
We’ve been covering wearable ECG devices since 2014 when Alfred Poor wrote about the Zio XT Service ECG patch monitor. Among other developments in ECG, in 2019 we noted VivaQuant‘s RX-1 Rhythm Express wearable arrhythmia device. More recently I had hands on...
by Bruce Brown | September 10, 2021 | Health, Medical
The COVID-19 pandemic boosted health system interest in many of the topics that we cover regularly. Overcrowding, staff shortages, and infection risk-avoidance gave regional health agencies little choice but to explore alternative care modes. The result was growing...
