Mobile Health Apps: Is Your PII Private?
In early 2020, when COVID-19 cases were on the rise in the US, we witnessed a massive shift in how we live our daily lives. With hopes to limit the transition of COVID-19, many densely populated cities such as New York City, Los Angles, and others led the front in leaving the office to work […]
5 Key Takeaways From the COVID-19 Telehealth Boom
COVID-19 brought many changes to our world over the past year, and healthcare and medicine were hit hardest by the pandemic as hospitals constantly scrambled to find enough personal protective equipment, hospital beds, and space to house infected patients during each surge. While hospitals were barely staying above water, providers and patients who weren’t infected […]
How Telehealth Is Helping Those With Chronic Conditions During COVID-19
COVID-19 has changed how medical providers see their patients for wellness check-ups, illness check-ins, and on-demand appointments. More and more people are turning to telehealth to avoid the risk of catching the virus from visiting the doctor’s office. Especially for patients who are managing their chronic conditions, telehealth has been a more convenient and less […]
Can Surveillance Tech Help Schools Combat COVID-19?
There has been a lot of debate on whether schools should open and whether children contribute to the spread of the coronavirus. Some schools aren’t taking any chances; they’ve decided to stay remote in spite of the fall season starting. But others are employing a novel approach to this conundrum. Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS) […]
How AI Is Preventing Data Breaches In 3 Major Industries
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are allowing both businesses and consumers to boost their cybersecurity to unprecedented levels. In a recent post, we examined six ways that AI is leading the way towards rock-solid information security. In case you missed it, read it here. For this article, we’ll take a closer look at how […]
A Look at the Latest Trends in Wearable Health Tech
Wearable technology is swiftly moving beyond the mainstream. More people than ever before use a wearable device daily — adoption of this technology has more than tripled in the past four years; an Accenture report showed that American consumers using wearables jumped from 9% to 33% in 2018. Not only that, but more than 80% […]
How 3D Printing Is Helping Healthcare Deal With COVID-19
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has disrupted our global society and economy on an unprecedented scale. As critical supply chains in the healthcare sector falter, digital manufacturers in the 3D printing space are stepping up to deliver much-needed equipment. These ad hoc medical developers are cranking out ventilator parts, face shields, nasal swabs, and more. Adapting […]
The Pros and Cons of IoT in Healthcare
Today, the Internet of Things (IoT) is found across many fields, especially in the industrial and manufacturing fields. But it wasn’t always like that. It took a great deal of investment, work, and learning to implement IoT into large fields like logistics and manufacturing. But the effort was certainly worth it; those fields are more […]
How AI Is Impacting the Operating Room
Technology has infiltrated every aspect of the healthcare system. And in some cases, the resulting new medical applications are allowing us to peer deeper into one of the most mysterious organs in the human body. An artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled technology published in the Nature Medicine journal is improving the extremely precise and sensitive field of […]
AI in Medicine: What the Smart Tech Can Tell You About Your “Brain Age”
It may be possible to delay your brain from aging. And no, this isn’t the beginning of a pitch from an after-hours informercial — the science behind this concept is surprisingly real. A recent study in Nature Neuroscience merged three fields to make strides in this research: longevity, neuroscience, and machine learning. The result? An algorithm […]