by Bruce Brown | November 9, 2018 | General News, Health
Many seniors live in dread of falls. If you fall and break your hip, as my Mother did as we were leaving a restaurant in early February a few years back, you might not get home for months. My Mom didn’t go home until the end of May. As we wrote in June this...
by Bruce Brown | October 25, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
The value of digital health technology rises and falls on the quality of data that it produces. Inadequate biosensors, invalid measurement methods, faulty algorithms, and poor quality control can all render data useless. Medical applications require clinically...
by Bruce Brown | October 24, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical
New healthcare technology faces many challenges, with cybersecurity threats right at the top. It’s not enough that new tech produces clinically valid data, works well with existing systems and protocols, and meets affordability and ease of use requirements. If...
by Bruce Brown | September 20, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Health and medical technology developments comprise the majority of our coverage on Health Tech Insider, especially for wearable and mobile devices. We also write about wearable tech that protects, alerts, or enhances in the workplace and everyday life. For example,...
by Bruce Brown | September 17, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Developments in threads, fibers, and fiber optics used for displays, data transmission, and biometric sensors open many paths for wearable applications. We’ve written about pressure-sensitive flexible plastic fibers that incorporate electrode materials and...