Smartwatches Will Lower Healthcare Costs. One Might Have Saved My Father’s Life

Smartwatches Will Lower Healthcare Costs. One Might Have Saved My Father’s Life »

15 Jan, 2019
MedTech FeaturesNewsPeopleProducts
  The irregular heartbeat condition known as atrial fibrillation, a leading cause of stroke, afflicts as many as 6 million Americans, but an estimated 700,000 don’t know they are at risk. I was one of them. For decades, I was unaware that I was living with this potentially deadly condition. Strokes, resulting from a blockage…
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Peril and Promise of the Apple Watch 4 ECG: A Guide for Users and Physicians

Peril and Promise of the Apple Watch 4 ECG: A Guide for Users and Physicians »

19 Dec, 2018
MedTech FeaturesOpinion/EditorialProducts
Apple recently launched the electrocardiogram (ECG) app on the Apple Watch 4, allowing for remote detection of atrial fibrillation. But what does this mean for people with the new smartwatch and the clinicians caring for them? As a clinician, I am excited about this new frontier in digital health, but I am also cautious about its…
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5 Key Questions About Wearables Answered

5 Key Questions About Wearables Answered »

18 Jun, 2015
EventsUncategorized
Lesley Solomon, executive director of Brigham & Women's Innovation Hub, led a panel discussion of four healthcare decision-makers.  |  Photo courtesy of BWH Innovation Hub. Earlier this week, a gathering at the Microsoft NERD Center in Cambridge brought together several of Boston’s leading wearable tech innovators. At the "Big Data Gets…
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#NowTrending: This Week’s MedTech News

#NowTrending: This Week’s MedTech News »

5 Jun, 2015
NewsUncategorized
We bring you this week’s medtech news, from Boston and beyond: 1. Apple Watch modifies heart rate monitoring due to accuracy concerns When Watch OS 1.0 debuted, the device recorded heart rate every 10 minutes but recently users have taken note (and Apple has confirmed) that’s no longer the case, Digital Trends reports. Achieving accuracy…
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#NowTrending: This Week’s MedTech News

#NowTrending: This Week’s MedTech News »

13 Mar, 2015
News
Geneia and Physicians' Alliance Ltd. entered an agreement to introduce advanced analytics in 22 medical practices. Photo courtesy of TechWorld. We bring you this week's medtech news, from Boston and beyond: 1. FDA Launches App to Monitor Drug Shortages The FDA has released an app that will enable physicians to monitor…
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#NowTrending: This Week’s MedTech News

#NowTrending: This Week’s MedTech News »

13 Feb, 2015
News
We bring you this week's healthcare and medtech trends, from Boston and beyond: 1. Mobile Health Barrels Forward, Unregulated Despite conversations about regulations in the healthIT space, mobile health giants like Apple and Intel keep marching on. Wearable health is predicted to explode into a $11.6 billion industry by 2020, according to Politico. And these…
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#NowTrending: This Week’s MedTech News

#NowTrending: This Week’s MedTech News »

6 Feb, 2015
News
We bring you this week's healthcare and medtech trends, from Boston and beyond: An athenahealth building on their Watertown campus. Photo via the Boston Herald. 1. athenahealth & BIDMC Join EHR Forces Earlier this week, Massachusetts healthcare innovation giant athenahealth announced that they will be joining forces with Beth Israel Deaconess…
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#NowTrending: This Week’s MedTech News

#NowTrending: This Week’s MedTech News »

30 Jan, 2015
News
The Apple Watch will ship in April 2015, according to mobihealthnews. We bring you this week's healthcare and medtech trends, from Boston and beyond: 1. Government Overhauls Medicare Payments to Doctors & Hospitals You've heard the complaint before - Obamacare rewards quantity over quality, leaving physicians in the ethically tough spot…
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Looking Back and Moving Forward: 2014’s Health Care Disappointments Drive 2015’s Trends

Looking Back and Moving Forward: 2014’s Health Care Disappointments Drive 2015’s Trends »

12 Jan, 2015
Opinion/EditorialUncategorized
It's been quite a year in the medtech and healthcare spaces. We've seen the medical world fall in love (and maybe out of love) with Google Glass and other wearables. EHRs have continually failed our system, causing frustration and efforts toward improved interoperability. Data concerns spurred conversations about privacy and patient-controlled care. Collaborations between academic medical…
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