by Bruce Brown | May 12, 2021 | Health
We wrote about Abbot’s BinaxNOW COVID-19 home test last December when the FDA issued Emergency Use Authorizations (EUA) for BinaxNOW and Ellume Health’s Elllume COVID-19 home tests. BinaxNOW is in the news again for testing outside the home: in this case...
by Bruce Brown | May 7, 2021 | Medical
We began covering telehealth and telemedicine back in 2014 when healthcare professionals and technology companies were exploring potential applications of remote care and the required communications infrastructure. Skip ahead seven years and telemedicine is now...
by Bruce Brown | April 30, 2021 | Medical
If continuous health monitoring in the home is to be successful, systems must require minimal interaction by the patient. Few people will accept hooking up to sensor wires, patches, or clips that can be inconvenient and uncomfortable. Apparently the FDA agrees, and...
by Bruce Brown | March 16, 2021 | Health
Nearly every day brings new announcements or reports of studies about remote patient management (RPM). The COVID-19 pandemic boosted the pace of RPM adoption, but the requisite technologies were already in place. According to a recent survey by VivaLNK, RPM will be...
by Bruce Brown | March 9, 2021 | Medical
Amidst the global push to vaccinate enough people to establish COVID-19 herd immunity, the medical and pharma communities continue the search for effective treatments for patients infected with the virus. ObvioHealth and RedHill Biopharma recently launched a COVID-19...