Picture this: A television network during an NFL broadcast comparing the heart rates of star players doing the same workout -- or while they sleep. Say Tom Brady versus Cam Newton. Now picture being able to determine which player’s body was better prepared to play.
Read MoreDisruption 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 MoreThe 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 MoreCanadabased startup Essential Accessibility is taking steps to make web browsing and accessing online services easier for people with disabilities, and hopes to build out a substantial business with enterprises worldwide.
Read MoreWe 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 MoreVerily recently announced the launch of a new smartwatch called the Study Watch that will be focused on use in medical research studies.
Read More“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 MorePhysicians 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 MoreFederal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has decided to continue the work of the Connect2Health Task Force, created in 2014 to accelerate the adoption of healthcare technologies by leveraging broadband and other next-generation communications services.
Read MoreAre you developing a medical app and are concerned about Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) laws.
Read MoreBlockchain, the technology that made Bitcoin possible, has been getting a lot of attention in the IoT world, often because of its role in security. However, experts and practitioners said the potential of blockchain for IoT is deeper and broader than just keeping the bad guys out.
Read MoreThere’s no doubt that the Internet of Things (IoT) provides critical security challenges for healthcare organizations that need to be addressed.
Read MoreIf the internet of things is this year's big blockbuster, augmented reality may soon nab a breakout role as the technology enabler that lets workers easily gain access to what's happening with their smart, connected products.
Read MoreThe disciplines of user interface, industrial design and humanmachine interaction were born more than 20 years ago, in a world of desktop computers and heavy machinery. Yet, our notion and understanding of what it means to interact with technology, particularly the internet, are transforming radically. Our interactions are shifting from laptop to mobile and increasingly across other devices and connected form factors. As we add sensors and connectivity to our bodies, appliances, homes, cars, buildings, machines and just about everything else, interaction with the internet grows evermore indistinguishable from interaction with our physical world.
Read MoreLike it or hate it, 2016 was a turbulent year that provided a clear message: Our phones enable fantastic and fast communication. Here are 10 predictions about mobile technology trends in 2017, counting down to the most significant change to look out for.
Read MoreAfter 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 MoreAn MIT startup, Rendever, is providing the opportunity for elderly patients with restricted mobility to experience the outside world through virtual reality.
Read MoreWhen the four founders of the EVRYTHNG IoT platform started the company in January 2011, they realized that the IoT phenomena meant that every "thing" that could be digitized and connected would be in some shape or form. Therefore, it was inevitable that everything around us -- the physical objects in our lives from the beers we drink and the shoes we wear to the cities we live in and the homes where we reside -- would become digitally alive and connected and have some sort of data flowing to and from them, said EVRYTHNG co-founder and chief marketing officer Andy Hobsbawm.
Read MoremHealth wearables that fit into healthcare providers’ remote patient monitoring goals are expected to lead to a massive surge in the wearables market.
Read MoreWhere will this leave us? Well for one the security debate will flame up, like in Homeland where someone was assassinated by hacking his pacemaker. And once we start fiddling with our brains, we will see serious debates popping up suggesting that we are creating something like the cybernetic Borgs in Star Trek (“Resistance is futile.” “You will be assimilated.”).
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