by Bruce Brown | January 1, 2021 | Medical
Sudden cardiac arrest is a killer. According to the CDC, approximately 209,000 people in the U.S. are treated for in-hospital cardia arrest (IHCA) annually. Those were the lucky ones, because they were already in the hospital. In 2015, for example, about 357,000...
by Bruce Brown | August 31, 2017 | General News, Medical
Respiratory depression leading to death under sedation remains one of the greatest dangers of anesthesia, 170 years since William Thomas Green Morton demonstrated the controlled use of ether to produce insensitivity to pain Massachusetts’s General Hospital in...
![Non-contact Baby Health and Sleep Monitor [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/02/RayBaby-with-video-600x278.png?resize=600%2C278)
by Bruce Brown | February 8, 2017 | General News, Health
Parents are rightly concerned about their newborns’ health. According to the latest CDC statistics, in 2015 there were 3,700 sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUIDs) including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS, 1,600), unknown causes (1,200), and accidental...
![Oxitone Pulse for Continuous Remote Oximetry Monitoring [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/01/oxitone-with-video-600x277.png?resize=600%2C277)
by Bruce Brown | January 11, 2017 | General News, Health
Patients with chronic diseases or conditions who need frequent biometric checks often must reside in medical facilities for regular readings by healthcare staff. Pulse oximeter fingertip sensors take one-time readings of the oxygen saturation of a patient’s...
![Heart Monitoring Clothing Gets FDA Clearance [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/12/Nanowear-with-video-600x274.png?resize=600%2C274)
by Bruce Brown | December 8, 2016 | General News, Health
The tsunami of Health Tech device development keeps growing. In spite of apparent waning market interest in fitness wearables, research continues at a rapid pace by university, hospital, private industry, and government researchers. Digital health development is...
