FDA OKs Smart Watch for Epilepsy Patients — Embrace device detects grand mal, tonic-clonic seizures
/The FDA cleared marketing for Embrace, a smart watch that helps epilepsy patients and caregivers monitor seizures.
Read MoreSensor measures speech patterns in stroke patients
/A new wearable sensor designed to be worn on the throat is seen as a major advancement in rehabilitating stroke patients.
Read MoreBlockchains and health care: promising and moving quickly, though no silver bullet
/The buzz about opportunities for blockchains in the health care and pharmaceutical industries continues to ramp up. This technology can give us new tools to secure medical information, track pharmaceutical supply chains, and more. While blockchains have promise, they are not a panacea for health care.
Read More‘Tags’ sewn into clothes could monitor vital signs
/A new system for monitoring vital signs like blood pressure, heart rate, and breath rate uses a cheap and covert system of radio-frequency signals and microchip “tags,” similar to the anti-theft tags department stores place on clothes and electronics to prevent shoplifting.
Read MoreHow providers can better protect IoT devices from ransomware
/A slew of powerful cyberattacks this past year unveiled frightening vulnerabilities of some of the world’s most vital communications networks, and showed the potential risk that healthcare organizations will face from this point forward.
Read MoreInternet of Things market to grow by 15 percent annually
/Worldwide spending on the Internet of Things is forecast to reach $772.5 billion in 2018, an increase of 15 percent over the $674 billion that will be spent in 2017, according to a new report by International Data Corp.
Read MoreStretchy ‘Band-aid’ tracks stroke recovery in real time
/A stretchable wearable sensor designed to be worn on the throat can help monitor and treat stroke patients.
Read MoreHow does an Amazon Echo vulnerability enable attackers to eavesdrop?
/Research from MWR InfoSecurity Ltd. shows that threat actors can install malware on an Amazon Echo and turn it into a listening device. How effective is this attack, and is there any way to determine if an Amazon Echo has been compromised?
Read MoreAlibaba challenges Google, Amazon with new Echo-like device
/The competition in digital speaker-assistants is getting more intense, as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. unfurled an Amazon Echo-like device and fellow Chinese internet giants Tencent and Baidu prepare to develop their own.
Read MoreApp economy to grow to $6.3 trillion in 2021, user base to nearly double to 6.3 billion
/The global app economy will be worth $6.3 trillion by 2021, up from $1.3 trillion last year, according to a new report this morning from app analytics firm App Annie. During that same time frame, the user base will almost double from 3.4 billion people using apps to 6.3 billion, while the time spent in apps will grow to 3.5 trillion hours in 2021, up from 1.6 trillion in 2016.
Read MoreGoogle I/O 2017 Updates on Disability, Accessibility, Assistive Technology (AT), and Emerging Technologies
/An experience to be remembered and referred to throughout the year, Google I/O 2017 lived up to its hype. Sessions, sandbox demonstrations, Code Labs, and Google expert office hours boasted topics on Android, machine learning, Internet of Things, the Google Assistant, Accessibility, and others. By giving accessibility the center stage for a variety of sessions, sandbox demonstrations, and expert office hours, Google has again shown the AT community its dedication to closing the gap in accessibility and usefulness of technology for people with disabilities. Google’s many technologies and products also show big implications for the disabled community to leverage throughout life.
Read More21st Century Medicine: Where Big Tech Is Placing Bets In Healthcare
/Tech has already had a major impact on the healthcare industry in areas such as medical record systems, connected medical devices, telemedicine software, and a growing number of digital therapeutics startups that help patients manage chronic conditions at home. And over the last few years, the largest tech companies in the world have begun to bolster both internal development of healthcare products as well as their private market activity in the health sector.
Read MoreWhy digital disruption is only starting in healthcare
/Disruption often is viewed as a positive noun in the business world. Particularly in healthcare, such disruption can result in increased understanding and enhanced outcomes, among other benefits.
Read MoreNIST offers guidance for securing wireless infusion pumps
/The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued new guidance on securing wireless infusion pumps in hopes of hardening the devices against cyber attacks.
Read MoreQuality, Safety of Health Apps Remains Murky
/We have come to a place in mobile health (mHealth) where the problem is no longer a lack of available apps. Patients and healthcare providers are using health-related apps on their smartphones. Research studies have shown promising evidence that certain disease outcomes can be improved with the implementation of a mobile app.
Read MoreSmartphone Apps Meet Evidence Based Medicine
/“The future of medicine is in your smartphone,” proclaimed an eminent medical researcher in a 2015 Wall Street Journal essay. In a sense, the future is already here, judging from the proliferation of apps and medical devices that are connected to smartphones. One industry study in 2015 identified more than 165,000 healthrelated “apps” for smartphones on Google Play and the Apple iTunes store. But how much does this technology lead to improved patient outcomes? That question is one of evidence based medicine, to be answered by clinical trials and systemic reviews by medical experts.
Read MoreWearable tech enables hospital to deliver care at home
/Physicians in the emergency department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston are sending some patients back home with medical and technology support in a new “home hospital” program.
Read MoreNew York Attorney General puts mHealth app developers on notice
/After a year-long investigation, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has reached settlements with the developers of three popular health apps available online in Apple’s App Store and Google Play after they made misleading claims and implemented irresponsible privacy practices.
Read MorePlease take the 2017 Survey of Mobile Health Technology (mHealth) & Apps!
/The LiveWell RERC invites you to participate in the 2017 Survey on Remote Health and Technology.
Read MoreFrom Customized Shoes To Interactive Gaming, Nike Scores With Record High In Patent Grants in 2016
/Nike won a record high of over 690 patent approvals in 2016, partially driven by a major expansion of patent applications the previous year. For a retail brand, Nike has been active in the tech sector over the years, collaborating with Apple, launching various wearable apps and devices, and making private market investments in artificial intelligence (via startup Reflektion) and supply chain optimization (via startup Llamasoft).
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