New Smart Shoes Help Prevent Ankle Injury

New Smart Shoes Help Prevent Ankle Injury

Have you ever heard the pop of a severe ankle sprain, even if it wasn’t your own ankle? Sprains can be painful, serious injuries. Simple bone fractures usually heal in about six weeks, but severely sprained ligaments can take six months or even longer to heal...
RPM Sensor System Now Covers 5 Key Vital Signs

RPM Sensor System Now Covers 5 Key Vital Signs

Biobeat’s PPG-based blood pressure monitoring technology continues to add value for remote patient monitoring (RPM) and home health applications. The FDA recently gave Biobeat 510(K) clearance for the company’s technology to monitor respiratory rate and...
Wearables: Double-Digit Growth Predictions Come True

Wearables: Double-Digit Growth Predictions Come True

IDC nailed it. Pulling back to look at global wearables market production and forecasts adds perspective when we write about new and emerging digital health technologies. We pay particular attention to periodic reports from established research firms such...
Do Smart Watch Alerts Actually Prevent Strokes?

Do Smart Watch Alerts Actually Prevent Strokes?

Just because wearable digital health devices can track biometric data and send alerts, that doesn’t mean the alerts make a difference in health outcomes. In 2015, we wrote about an Apple Watch user who contacted his cardiologist after noticing extreme heart rate...
Low Cost Smartwatch Measures Heart Health Five Ways

Low Cost Smartwatch Measures Heart Health Five Ways

Smartwatches have been in the mainstream for several years. The announcement of a new smartwatch generally doesn’t warrant coverage on Health Tech Insider unless the maker claims to have something special that’s relevant to health and wellness technology....