Smart Phone At-Home Sleep Test Now Cleared by FDA

Smart Phone At-Home Sleep Test Now Cleared by FDA

Australian digital health smartphone app company ResApp Health is not a stranger to long -time readers of Health Tech Insider. In 2016, we covered ResApp’s eponymous smartphone app that captures and identifies the sounds of coughs. ResApp uses machine learning...
Assess Anemia with Eyelid Selfie [video]

Assess Anemia with Eyelid Selfie [video]

Physicians use complete blood count (CBC) tests to address and diagnose anemia by measuring the number, size, volume, and hemoglobin content of red blood cells. In 2015, we wrote about STAT Innovations’ early work with Eyenemia, a mobile app that estimates...
Smartphone App Accurately Screens for Anemia

Smartphone App Accurately Screens for Anemia

Anemia affects 1.6 billion, or 24.8% of Earth’s population, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Many blood disorders include anemia among their symptoms, which also varies depending on gender, age, and the region of the world. Complete Blood Counts...
Smartphone Coaching Reduces Infections

Smartphone Coaching Reduces Infections

A recent study published in the American Journal of Medical Quality promotes gameplaying for nurses and health techs. The study argues that smartphone game apps can save potentially thousands of lives and billions of dollars annually. The dramatic outcomes occur by...