by Bruce Brown | June 5, 2017 | General News, Health
Insurance industry adoption or study of wearable health tech has so far been limited to health insurance companies. For example, under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) encouraged health insurance companies to adopt...
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by Bruce Brown | June 2, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Tattoos and body art offer intriguing possibilities for health tech wearables. We’ve written previously about tattoo stickers used to measure blood glucose and check vital signs. Rotex introduced a tattoo sensor at CES 2017 and temporary tattoos to check...
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by Bruce Brown | June 1, 2017 | General News, Health
Wearable Health Tech for young children typically focuses on monitoring vital signs of sick kids. Another use case is a wearable that tracks health records in remote areas in the world where healthcare is intermittent and parents may not understand or value regular...
by Bruce Brown | May 31, 2017 | General News, Medical
Venous thrombosis is a significant health threat, affecting about 300,000 to 600,000 Americans each year. According to the American Heart Association, venous thrombosis (VTE) is the third most common vascular diagnosis after heart attacks and strokes. VTE occurs when...
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by Bruce Brown | May 30, 2017 | General News, Health
Most humans breathe bad air. 92% of the world population lives in places where the air pollution levels exceed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Ambient Air Quality Guidelines, according to a September 2016 WHO report. The WHO guidelines refer to annual mean...
