by Bruce Brown | April 18, 2022 | Medical
Up to 700 nurses with Innovive Health will use a smartphone app from Healthy.io to help manage acute and chronic wound care in clinical and home settings, according to a joint news release. Chronic wounds such as diabetic ulcers require consistent observation and...
by Bruce Brown | March 17, 2020 | Medical
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) serves an important role in health and medical technology development. With its “invent the impossible” mindset, DARPA isn’t constricted by any boxes in the search for new solutions to...
by Kimberly Houston | November 14, 2017 | General News, Medical
An important care issue in nursing homes and senior living centers is appropriate and timely wound care, specifically the treatment of pressure ulcers, sometimes called pressure sores. Pressure ulcers are areas of damaged skin caused by staying in one position for too...
by Kimberly Houston | October 25, 2017 | General News, Medical
It’s no surprise that technological advances have driven the growth of virtual care and nursing telemedicine (remote diagnosis and treatment of patients) in recent years. One area of healthcare where that’s been especially useful is wound care. The need for wound...