Search Tag: wearables
2025 09 Apr
Technology-based health tools like fitness trackers, smartwatches, and mobile health apps have shown promise in helping people improve cardiovascular health. However, a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA), published in Circulation , highlights that people facing adverse social drivers of health often encounter barriers...Read more
2024 29 Nov
Digital technologies are transforming women's healthcare by addressing disparities and improving accessibility. Femtech apps and wearables drive awareness and health monitoring, particularly for reproductive and mental health. Emerging technologies like AI, ML, and wearables enhance precision care, while digital therapeutics offer new solutions for pelvic...Read more
2024 15 Oct
The landscape of consumer wearables has significantly grown over the last decade, transforming from simple fitness trackers into sophisticated health monitors. Popular devices like the Apple Watch, Fitbit Tracker, Whoop band, and Oura ring now provide users with a wide range of data points, from step counts to heart rate, sleep cycles, and even...Read more
2024 15 Oct
The landscape of consumer wearables has significantly grown over the last decade, transforming from simple fitness trackers into sophisticated health monitors. Popular devices like the Apple Watch, Fitbit Tracker, Whoop band, and Oura ring now provide users with a wide range of data points, from step counts to heart rate, sleep cycles, and even...Read more
2024 15 Oct
The landscape of consumer wearables has significantly grown over the last decade, transforming from simple fitness trackers into sophisticated health monitors. Popular devices like the Apple Watch, Fitbit Tracker, Whoop band, and Oura ring now provide users with a wide range of data points, from step counts to heart rate, sleep cycles, and even...Read more
2024 21 May
In the fast-evolving landscape of healthcare, wearables and monitoring devices are emerging as indispensable tools, particularly in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. These digital companions offer more than just convenience; they hold the potential to revolutionise how we approach healthcare delivery and management. However, their proliferation...Read more
2024 21 May
In the fast-evolving landscape of healthcare, wearables and monitoring devices are emerging as indispensable tools, particularly in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. These digital companions offer more than just convenience; they hold the potential to revolutionise how we approach healthcare delivery and management. However, their proliferation...Read more
2024 21 May
Emergency medicine is a field of healthcare that treats illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention, including disaster medicine, critical care medicine or emergency medical services, among many other specialisations. Within this context, technology has exerted a substantial influence alongside forward-thinking practices that radically...Read more
2023 01 Aug
A recent study reports that individuals with heart failure who increased their daily step count experienced notable improvements in their health status during a 12-week period. Consumer wearable devices to track health status and progress have become increasingly popular. However, interpreting data from these devices, including step count,...Read more
2021 29 Dec
In Current Medical Science , researchers at Huazhong University of Science and Technology discuss a patient-centric technical framework integrating artificial intelligence, blockchain, and wearable technology in chronic disease management. Wearable technology can record and monitor physiological and metabolic parameters for disease diagnosis...Read more
2021 10 May
There is a high demand for a comfortable, small and mobile solution for affordable blood pressure and vital sign monitoring in the general ward to improve patient safety and outcome, as mortality after surgery is a thousand times higher than intraoperative death. 1 CNSystems has enhanced its non-invasive CNAP® technology for perioperative...Read more
2021 28 Feb
An overview of novel medical devices, from an implanted simulator for better sensation of balance to robotic clothing and sensor-based asthma inhalers. You might also like: Researchers have developed a microneedle patch for the collection and analysis of biomarkers in interstitial fluid as a minimally invasive alternative...Read more
2020 04 Nov
A combination of symptom and sensor data from wearable devices could enhance detection of COVID-19 positive and negative cases in symptomatic individuals, a new study shows (Quer et al. 2020). You might also like: AI Tool Helps to Reduce COVID-19 Mortality Study authors, affiliated with the Scripps Research Translational...Read more
2020 06 Oct
A pilot study, led by Penn Nursing (Jacoby et al. 2020), indicates that mobile health (mHealth) technology could be used for real-time monitoring and assessment of long-term traumatic injury outcomes. You might also like: Smart Diagnostics with Wearable Devices: Principles and Applications In addition, the study shows that use...Read more
2020 03 Sep
New smart eyewear has been developed by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers that can track pulse and eye movement. This new technology can accurately monitor the ophthalmological and cardiac signals needed for studies on sleep quality and mental health, according to a recent study (Homayounfar et al. 2020). You might also like:...Read more
2020 29 Aug
Diagnostics in healthcare has always been an area that has been downplayed. That is probably why inaccurate and/or delayed diagnosis is something that has persisted in this field for decades. It is a systemic problem that continues to have an impact on patient treatment and outcomes. The solution could potentially lie in smart diagnostics...Read more
2020 29 Aug
Life expectancy has increased in the past few decades especially in developing countries, but quality of life of older population can be severely impacted by conditions such as neurodegenerative diseases (dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, etc.). Early detection and treatment of such conditions is key to increasing quality of life for patients...Read more
2020 29 Aug
The current pandemic has highlighted the importance and usefulness of wearable medical devices during an infectious disease outbreak. An expert on wearables explains the benefits of the technology and urges all the stakeholders to implement it as soon as possible. Key Points In isolation, people resort to calling an ambulance if there...Read more
2020 24 Aug
Contract tracing apps all of a sudden have proliferated as these digital tools are increasingly used, alongside other infection control measures, in battling the COVID-19 pandemic. However, results of a new systematic review (Braithwaite et al. 2020) suggest the usefulness of such apps in identifying or notifying contacts of an infected person...Read more
2020 19 Aug
A major challenge in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic is the 'silent transmission' of coronavirus caused – often unknowingly – by asymptomatic individuals. Leveraging mHealth technologies such as mobile apps and wearable sensors, which can help to monitor COVID-19 patients and suspected cases, is a good way to mitigate the effects of...Read more
2020 30 Jul
Wearables such as Fitbit watches and bands are empowering people to better monitor their health and fitness. These mHealth devices are a goldmine of health-related information – from heart rate and sleep patterns to level of physical activity, as well as mood and mental health. You might also like: Google Acquires Fitbit ...Read more
2019 11 Nov
Tech giant Google's formal purchase of Fitbit, the world's second largest wearable maker, in a deal worth $2.1 billion, finally put an end to a month of rumours. In a blog post announcing the acquisition, Google's SVP of devices and services, Rick Osterloh, wrote the company sees "an opportunity to invest even more in Wear OS as well...Read more
2019 16 Oct
Harnessing the power of healthcare data is key to developing innovative solutions that lead to better patient care. At Medtronic , two key approaches enable the medical device company to utilise data on people's health to help hospitals become more efficient and effective in their delivery of care. The first one entails developing devices that...Read more
2019 26 Sep
Digital technology and mHealth expansion not only enable patients to be more proactive in keeping themselves fit and healthy, these tech innovations are also underpinning the growth of consumerism in healthcare. With data collected from medical devices – including wearables and other mHealth tools – becoming increasingly valuable for disease...Read more
2019 10 Sep
Data has become an important asset in today's digital world; moreover, increasing IT use and automation results in more of this asset being created. Interestingly, other industries pale in comparison with healthcare when it comes to the amount of data generated – ie, about a trillion gigabytes of data each year coming from a variety of sources such...Read more
2019 26 Aug
Summary: Overview about the value of mHealth in cardiology exemplified by some promising tools that for sure will change the way cardiology is practiced, especially in the management of rhythm disturbances like atrial fibrillation. Where Are We Now? Nowadays, there is a lot of hype about the role of wearables and mobile health (mHealth)...Read more
2019 22 May
How and where can precision medicine and public health join forces to improve patient care and outcomes and, ultimately, lead to more efficient healthcare. HealthManagement.org spoke to four precision medicine experts for their views. You might also like: Precision Medicine: the future of health Tienush Rassaf Department Head...Read more
2019 27 Mar
Siemens Healthineers and Heart Center in Portugal partner for improved care continuum Red Cross Hospital in Lisbon opens one of the most modern heart centres in Portugal Siemens Healthineers will provide a digital service solution including clinical workflow design, management of the medical equipment and strategic consulting...Read more