Sensors news from FierceMobileHealthcare
News'Smart' cast wirelessly measures healing, mobility
Most patients wonder what's happening underneath the hard plaster cast covering an injury, but with a new technology recently reviewed by iMedicalApps, they might get a clearer view. It's called Read more...
Robot ER staff could speed triage
Within the next five years, robots could help speed the ER triage process, according to Mitch Wilkes, associate director of the Center for Intelligent Systems and associate professor of electrical Read more...
West Wireless offering $10,000 for integrating sensor data into social media
The West Wireless Health Institute, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the California HealthCare Foundation, the Markle Foundation and the University of Wisconsin have announced a total of four new Read more...
Helmsley Trust donates $8 million to study remote monitoring of seniors
Some 1,600 patients in 40 rural Great Plains towns will test telemedicine and remote sensor technology, thanks to a three-year, $8 million grant by a rural health initiative of the New York-based Read more...
Twin Cities emerge as a hub of iPhone health app development
The Minneapolis-St. Paul area is home to many well-established medical device companies. Now, the Twin Cities are seeing a new wave of innovation in iPhone apps and accessories for healthcare. Marie Read more...
Portable kiosk takes health monitoring around the hospital, into patient homes
We haven't reported a whole lot on kiosks in FierceMobileHealthcare because, though they may incorporate portable computers, kiosks tend to stay in fixed locations. Not so for a new family of Read more...
Paper: Wireless monitoring allows more accurate study of COPD, Parkinson's patients
Wireless monitors can allow healthcare professionals to observe patients with debilitating conditions such as Parkinson's disease or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) under normal living Read more...
Mobile, wireless technologies help personalize care, change behavior
In "Spotlight" today, we mention Dr. Larry Nathanson's review of the iPad for emergency medicine. That puts FierceMobileHealthcare in the same company as The Economist. That publication is glowing Read more...
Phone companies chase profits, face medical heavyweights in m-health
We've reported plenty on how various telecommunications companies have been moving into mobile healthcare. Isn't it clear why? "All telcos face the same challenge: the commoditization of our core Read more...
Powering implantable sensors
Let's call this the bleeding edge of mobile healthcare. Researchers in the Netherlands are "working on body area networking to monitor vital signs, control drug delivery according to need and Read more...
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