POSTS TAGGED AS telemedicine/telehealth

Amazon’s Move in Telehealth

Amazon’s Alexa lets customers avail voice-activated virtual healthcare
“Amazon customers with Alexa-enabled devices can now get on-demand medical care through the [MORE]

COVID PutsTtelemedicine Over the Top

The pandemic made telemedicine an instant hit
Telemedicine has existed almost as long as the telephone, or at least since the [MORE]

Digital Therapeutics

Digital Therapeutics
Perhaps you’ve seen the advertisements for the weight loss program “Noom.”  It is a software product that tries to [MORE]

5G Ambulance Service

Paramedic uses robotic glove in 5G smart ambulance
Multiple vital signs monitors, ultrasound imaging, two-way videography all exist and could easily [MORE]

China’s Internet Hospital Model

Ping An Good Doctor app Mobil
Healthcare everywhere is a landscape of silos.  There are many reasons for this, and not [MORE]

Handheld Metabolite Monitor

Handheld prototype for assaying metabolites
Engineers are getting closer to science fiction’s “tricorder.”  This news from Glasgow University (UK) reports a [MORE]

A Wearable Cytometer

Wearable cytometer
Most of the wearable biosensors on the market today monitor heartbeat, respiration and movement.  Others are working on blood [MORE]

Smartphone Urinalysis at Home

Urinalysis at home
Dipsticks are commonly used in laboratory urinalysis—where a stack of chemical patches on the stick changes color to [MORE]

Apple’s Patent Application for a Wearable Blood Pressure Device

Apple patent drawing for Aplle watch BP monitor
Two years ago, Apple engineers filed a patent application for a blood pressure monitoring [MORE]

Virtual Visits for Hypertension Care.

Telemedicine consult
Hypertension is the reason for about 39 million doctor’s visits a year in the US.  During a visit, the [MORE]

Nokia’s Telemed Collaboration with Helsinki University Hospital

EEG via Nokia Phone
Some of you, particularly our friends in Finland, will remember that Nokia sponsored our first medical automation [MORE]

Mississippi Telemedicine Leads the Way

Telemedicine
Mississippi seldom ranks near the top in medical matters, but in telemedicine it is considered a “pace-setter.” Perhaps it had [MORE]

“Phenomizer” App

Phenomizer-app
Anyone looking for “low hanging fruit” in the area of medical field work technology, might pick up this smartphone app [MORE]

Android Wear, Apple’s Healthbook and Samsung’s Virtual “White Cane”

iWatch
People have always been anxious about their health status to some degree, but today that has become a retail healthcare [MORE]