Connected health developers, take note. The purchase of New York-based geriatric care management (GCM) /chronic care home health provider SeniorBridge by insurance giant Humana late in 2011 went largely unnoticed. It made some news in the payer world, as Humana… Read moreAn 'under-the-radar' payer-home health-tech move? (US)
Katie Matlack at the Software Device blog sketches out (literally) three iPhone/iPad medical devices she’d like to see: a disease risk calculator (to bring together biomarkers on disease potential), a spirometer (for measuring breathing ability) and a 10-electrode ‘real thing’ electrocardiogram… Read moreSmartphone medical devices we'd like to see
This article features the impact that mobile devices–smartphones and tablets–are having in the clinical workplace: managing communication and workflow (Voalte cited); training and information lookup (to stay on top of exploding data volume*); apps for doctors and hospitals (Greater NY… Read moreThe not-very-sexy side of mHealth
Electric bandages may be in our future. The US Army Medical Research and Material Command is testing a polyester cloth wound dressing with zinc and silver microdots which, when moisture is present, create micro-currents that emulate (according to the manufacturer)… Read moreBio-electric wound dressings in US Army test
