POSTS TAGGED AS Personal Medical monitoring

Effects of Medication Non-Adherence on the Healthcare System

The impact of non-adherence to medication regimes is discussed by Dr. Bruce Kehr, Chairman of the Board of Directors and [MORE]

Technology Solutions for Long-Term Care by Daniel Wrappe

Daniel D. Wrappe, CEO of Wireless MedCare, LLC,  describes the common problems of long-term care – managing issues related to [MORE]

Iyer Sees Wireless Technology As Solution to Big Healthcare Challenges

Anand Iyer, PhD, President and COO,  WellDoc Communications,  describes what he see as the number one challenge in healthcare today [MORE]

Overview of Personal Health Systems

While this 240 page report on telemedicine largely reflects European thinking (where, arguably, personal health management is more advanced [MORE]

Remote Monitoring of CHF Patients

Meridian Health (Neptune, NJ) is using MedApps (Scottsdale, AZ) telemonitoring services for congestive heart failure discharges.  The aim [MORE]

Remote Nursing

With the simplest hospitalization (not including admission through the Emergency Department) costing at least $10k, insurers and healthcare providers [MORE]

GPS Tracking of Alzheimer’s Patients

The Alzheimer’s Association (Chicago, IL) recently announced a new mobile monitoring system called “the Comfort Zone.”  It uses wireless [MORE]

Intel’s White Paper on Personal Health Systems for Patients and Clinicians

Managing chronic diseases usually involves multiple service providers, whether in a clinical setting or through remote patient monitoring.  This downloadable [MORE]

What you think is the #1 challenge in healthcare today? What medical technology can help to meet those challenges?

With the current raging debate about the American healthcare system, we are hearing  conflicting, sometimes contentious, and frequently emotional viewpoints. [MORE]

Personal Medical Monitoring

Home Health Monitor

Tagline searches for new ideas in personal medical monitoring, but Emily Singer’s piece in the Technology Review on [MORE]

Chronic Disease Management and Wireless Solutions: Transforming Outcomes. Slashing Costs

With alarming increases in both the incidence and costs of chronic disease management, traditional healthcare innovation has all but failed. [MORE]

Sensor Assisted Care

Smart healthcare systems are needed to address the real problems of our aging population. The long term care industry is [MORE]

Wearable Sensors: Personal Health Monitoring

Fitbit Sensor
Whether he actually invented a device for measuring walking distance or simply brought one home from Europe, Thomas Jefferson [MORE]

Intel Health@Home

Realizing that chronic disease patients consume eighty cents of every health care dollar, Intel has launched the first of [MORE]