Smartwatches Will Lower Healthcare Costs. One Might Have Saved My Father’s Life »
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…
Peril and Promise of the Apple Watch 4 ECG: A Guide for Users and Physicians »
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…
5 Key Questions About Wearables Answered »
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…
#NowTrending: This Week’s MedTech News »
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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Looking Back and Moving Forward: 2014’s Health Care Disappointments Drive 2015’s Trends »
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…
