by Raymond Hino Telemedicine systems, including remote presence technology, have evolved over the years from stationary workstations to mobile carts to the latest “robotic” units that self-propel themselves down our hospital corridors without a driver, according to preprogrammed GPS instructions. This technology has been credited with bringing specialists, including critical…

Abstract The clinical efficacy of electro-therapy in the treatment of chronic wounds is currently debated, and a in-vivo evaluation of stimulation parameters will provide the statistical evidence needed to direct clinical guidelines. A low-cost, wearable electrical stimulation bandage has been developed for use with an established rat ischemic wound model….

In a move that propels mobile health apps and fitness trackers from a mostly amateurish realm into the formal health care setting, Apple AAPL +1.06% announced that it is working with Mayo Clinic to integrate medical information via its platform HealthKit, a part of its new operating system iOS 8…

  SOURCE Nov 8, 2013 The benefits of mobile technology in a healthcare setting have not, it’s safe to say, gone unnoticed. A throng of companies is trying to turn the smartphone into an assortment of medical devices, from blood pressure cuffs to otoscopes. Such devices offer patients a chance to keep…

Emerging diagnostic heart devices are going mobile. And by leveraging advances in smartphones and sensors, they’re able to perform their functions better, faster and cheaper than traditional heart monitoring equipment. For example, the CADence, shown above, detects blocked arteries from the surface of the chest by identifying the noisy signals…

We now know that Apple held closed-door talks with Tesla, a meeting of two innovative companies that hints at a number of possibilities. But buried in that same report from the San Francisco Chronicle is the news that Apple may also be preparing to release a heart-attack prediction device. According…

Whether it is Google Glass or an inevitable, Apple-branded iDevice, wearable technology will eventually find the right way to capture consumer interest. Wired magazine predicts that “the wearable revolution could take shape much faster than the mobile revolution.” Thanks in part to the “peace dividend” of the smartphone battles, computer chips have gotten…

By William Rusnak We are just beginning to see the full potential of the use of sensors in healthcare. In fact, the day may soon come when acute changes in a patient’s vitals may be sent as an alert to the phone of a primary care physician. Giant fluctuations of…

What are cardiac biomarkers? Cardiac biomarkers are substances that are released into the blood when the heart is damaged or stressed. Measurement of these biomarkers is used to help diagnose, risk stratify, monitor and manage people with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and cardiac ischemia. The symptoms of ACS and cardiac…

Basis makes it easy to build healthy habits for the long run. Learn how to fit in more steps and activity into your daily routine. From the very outset, we wanted Basis to go beyond being simply a motion-based, single-sensor device. And we wanted it to be well-designed—something familiar that…