Food allergy rates have been climbing over the last several years, and today as many as 15 million Americans have food allergies. This is a 50% increase between 1997 and 2011 and school-age children are especially vulnerable, disproportionately suffering from allergies to common foods like milk, wheat, peanuts, and soy. That’s why, in order to […]
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The Future of Healthcare Is Mobile
Like nearly everything before it, healthcare is turning to mobile. But unlike nearly everything before it, healthcare has long been viewed as a hands-on industry, one where interactions happen in person, allowing healthcare providers to use both their clinical knowledge and intuitive senses to treat the patients before them. Despite healthcare’s hands-on history, Zebra’s “The […]
How Technology Is Improving the Environment
By all accounts, nature is good for you. But nature can also be bad for you: In some parts of the world, pollution levels are actually getting worse, despite everything we know about chemicals, car exhaust, and reducing our carbon footprint. In fact, more than 2,100 cities worldwide exceed recommended pollution levels, accelerating climate change. And air quality isn’t […]
How to Use Emerging Tech to Improve Healthcare
Technology has changed communication and consumerism so fast that we barely notice it anymore. Less than a decade ago, most people couldn’t imagine things like smart homes and augmented reality. Now, they’re regular consumer products. In healthcare, though, technology’s impact hasn’t been so subtle. As costs rise at nearly unbearable rates and patients become more involved in […]
3 Ways Wearables Are Reinventing Preventative Care
Is it better to treat an illness or prevent it altogether? While most people would prefer to never get sick in the first place, today’s healthcare system focuses its attention on treatment-based care. And who can blame doctors? Prevention is far more difficult than treatment. While the medical field is beginning to understand the importance […]
5 Healthcare Technology Trends to Keep an Eye On
Every year, it seems as if there’s a defining technology that emerges in the healthcare space and makes a name for itself. This year, there hasn’t been a single technology that’s emerged – rather there’s been a list of different tools, systems, and innovations that have changed the face of the industry. Strategic implementation of […]
Wearable Tech Could Help Make Your Employer a Healthcare Provider
By now it’s clear that the structural shift in healthcare is well underway. One of the best articles I’ve read lately to capture this was Dave Chase’s Forbes piece: “Health Plan Industry’s Worst Nightmare: Employers Realizing They Are Actually The Insurance Company,” where he argues that “any company over 100 employees or so is an insurance […]
BYOD Is More than a Trend: Here’s How to Encourage It While Still Keeping Your Network Safe
The trend of bringing your own device (BYOD) to work in healthcare is based on efficiency. Being able to communicate on devices they’re familiar with can help doctors, nurses, and care teams respond faster, which translates into better experiences for patients. In fact, it’s widespread enough that calling BYOD a trend might not be accurate […]
Are Wearables Actually Having a Positive Impact on Health and Wellness?
For the past decade, wearable devices have been marketed in the health and fitness niche as providing numerous advantages to the wearer. But how effective are these devices? Are they just for show, or do they yield tangible benefits? The Origins of Wearable Devices Wearable devices – i.e. those with digital displays and internet connectivity […]
Femtech Is Becoming More Influential. But Is the Market Healthy?
Women are being heard like never before, and it is absolutely incredible. The #MeToo movement has created a domino effect of sorts, as company policies that address women’s needs and long-shuttered opportunities for women are increasingly flooding into the mainstream. That includes the tech world, where a newfound emphasis and expectation on coding, software development, […]
3 Steps to Stop Unauthorized PHI Access by Terminated Team Members
In February 2017, the Transformations Autism Treatment Center learned that one of its former behavioral analysts had breached its security. According to his indictment, Jeffrey Luke illegally accessed a TACT Google Drive account and stole protected health information from more than 300 current and former patients. TACT’s cyber breach is especially concerning because Luke had […]
Healthcare is Booming Hand-in-Hand With the Technology Industry
There isn’t a single sector that has not been revolutionized by Technology in the past decade. Everyday conversation, commute and companionships have changed. Nevertheless, the Healthcare industry has come a long way than any other industry could have imagined. To say that technology has transformed the healthcare industry would be an understatement in many levels. […]
How PUMA Created an Office Snacking Program to Power its Health and Fitness-Focused Workforce
The concept of wellness in the workplace is continually evolving. From in-office employee fitness challenges to midday meditation breaks, studies show that these programs not only benefit employees, they’re also cost effective. As reported in Health Affairs, a critical meta-analysis of the literature on costs and savings associated with wellness programs found that medical costs […]
3 Insurance Technology Trends That Will Rule The Roost in 2019
We’re sure you’ll agree when we say: traditionally, the insurance industry worldwide has been dominated by massive national brands and legacy product lines and age-old technology. The change is already here and more changes are expected to disrupt the global insurance industry. The rapid evolution of insurance technology or insurtech that’s making waves in the […]
It’s 2018, and We Still Have No Idea If Mobile Healthcare Apps Work
What was the promise of reduced admissions and improved health outcomes in patients? This goal has not been achieved and is not happening how we thought it would. Usage of mobile devices in healthcare is basically what mHealth is. App development for healthcare. Using the continuous mHealth-powered, patient-provider connection — is what drives the mobile […]
How Connected Devices Could Revolutionize Nutrition
Nutrition has long been a problem in both the developed and developing world. In the developing world, the central problem is malnutrition, and accessibility of the right foods in the right quantities. In the developed world, countries are dealing with the fallout of a deep-seated obesity epidemic, and the dubious world of unregulated and poorly […]
Shaping Healthcare Ecosystem with Blockchain
Blockchain has become a hot topic of discussion these days as it has made its way into a number of industries. From finance to infrastructure, blockchain or distributed ledger has found interoperability in every sphere of work. Healthcare is another realm that has found a widespread implementation of the technology. This collaboration has changed the […]
Like It or Not, Technology and Media Companies Now Influence Healthcare
Thanks to an influx of exciting new technologies and partnerships, patient experience and the healthcare industry as a whole are rapidly changing. The impact of additional research, new data developments, and cutting-edge treatments on the healthcare industry is truly impressive. Major medical providers around the world must now embrace the future of medicine so they don’t fall behind […]

Lutron lights up Amazon Echo’s life
Lutron Electronics has added its Caséta Wireless system to the growing list of devices that support Amazon Alexa range, which includes the Echo, Dot, Tap, and Fire TV. The Caséta Wireless system features various connected LED lights that can change color or brightness on demand. The integration of Alexa allows users to change the lights […]
Your Doctor’s Visits Will Change Forever With These New Technologies
Maybe you’ve seen one of those Norman Rockwell paintings of kids in a physician’s office that make it seem as if taking your child to the doctor is an oil-painted slice of Americana. In reality, a pediatrician’s office can be a nightmarish place, rampant with germs and interminable waits. One reason a visit to the […]
How Tech Will Shake Up Healthcare in 2020
Technology takes healthcare out of hospitals and into people’s everyday lives. With users demanding better experiences, tech’s role will only grow in 2020.
Enabling 3x Faster Muscle Growth than Traditional Heavy Weights
A single word — responsible for inciting a great deal of pain, anguish, and fear in the minds of professional athletes is the word “injury.” In worst cases, an injury can also cause the loss of a whole career. The most common place to sustain muscle or joint injury is at the gym. When fitness […]
4 Trends that are Transforming the Future of Healthcare
From drinking one’s own urine as a cure for broken bones to blood-letting to sending electrical shocks through a person’s body as a cure for mental illness, healthcare has a somewhat jaded past. Some critics group chiropractors into that same category, but musculoskeletal therapies aren’t pseudoscience. Seattle chiropractor Tangelo uses them to reduce pain and prevent injuries, particularly […]
Healthcare Could be the Key to Making Tech Innovative Again
Apple has gone beyond its original vision in many ways through the years, and one of the most significant is its moves into the healthcare space. CEO Tim Cook recently shared that he believed it will be his company’s “greatest contribution to mankind.” But the fact that it’s moving in this direction now might be exactly what […]
How Myia Health’s Partnership with Mercy Virtual Is a Window into the Future of Continuous Care
Advancements in technology will change healthcare alongside doctors and patients. Continuous care is a high bar, but it’s closer than ever.
FDA Extends Collaboration on Living Heart Project with Dassault Systemes
What if a realistic computer simulation of your heart surgery was performed before it happened? What if your doctor could then use this digital twin to test the treatment plan and ensure there were no surprises? What if new medical devices and drugs were designed and perfected on these virtual patients before testing them on living beings? […]
8 Unusual Ideas for a Dentistry Business
Today, even the field of dentistry is rich in creative entrepreneurs who actively create and introduce goods and services that may seem cool and unusual to you. Startups and innovative inventions in the field of dentistry which will surprise you. You’ll find eight unusual ideas for a dentistry business. There are startups and inventions in […]
Can IoT Bridge The Gaps In Modern Mental Health Treatment?
Mental illness doesn’t discriminate. In fact, every year one-fifth of Americans experiences a clinical mental health disorder, whether or not they are diagnosed or receive treatment. That means that even if you haven’t personally experienced a mental health crisis, you certainly know someone who has, even if they don’t talk about it. Unfortunately, despite the […]
4 Effective Ways to Manage Work Stress
If you are a hardworking, ambitious, and active person and are fond of fulfilling goals and achievements, perhaps work stress is familiar to you. Stress is a natural body’s reaction to extraordinary situations that require survival. It’s a complicated biochemical process that includes the release of certain hormones and a bunch of physical manifestations. There […]
Femtech: Startups Changing Women’s Health Tech
Speculators are eyeing several firms that could grow into colossal profit makers as the femtech market flourishes. A growing number of employers and insurers encourage employees to use family-planning apps, such as those developed by Ovia Health. In femtech, we see startups changing women’s health technology. In the last few years, there’s been a phenomenal […]
How Health Literacy is Decoding the Human Longevity Mystery
Understanding how to be your healthiest self isn’t easy, and it’s not automatic. Health and wellness are complex topics with several nuances that can make most people feel overwhelmed and undereducated. When those feelings get too intense, people are more likely to shy away from health completely. It can be easy for people to tune out when […]
3 Ways Video Technology Can Improve Patient Safety in Healthcare
In the world of healthcare, patient safety and well-being are primary concerns. And while hospitals and healthcare facilities have hundreds of resources available at their disposal, video has quickly become one of the most effective and trusted tools. The Power, Appeal, and Utility of Video All five of our human senses are valuable and useful. […]
Virtual Reality Can Save Lives and Isn’t Only for Fun
Despite all the joys that technological progress brings us this progress still leaves many with a question: “So what if so many people still don’t live to mature age?” How can a new technical toy help a man suffering from cancer? However, everything is not so sad – even when it comes to such seemingly […]
3 Ways Tech Is Responsible for Crucial Healthcare Improvements
The increasing number of tech companies and startups venturing into healthcare is a sure sign that healthcare IT isn’t going anywhere — except forward.
How to Improve the Healthcare Customer Experience
Healthcare lags behind other industries in regard to consumer expectations. But organizations can help move the entire industry forward.
5 Methods You May Not Have Tried to Curb Anxiety
Seek advice from a medical professional when trying to improve your mental health, but remember that there are some all-natural steps you can take yourself.
dApp Development Will Help the Healthcare Industry
From time to time, technology will come along that can be counted on to disrupt many industries. Blockchain is one such technology. Blockchain has started to make inroads into many business sectors. Blockchain will bring only thoughts of cryptocurrencies to many people. dApp development will help the healthcare industry. However, technology has invaded industries as […]
Healthcare Cybersecurity Tips to Help Protect Your Data
Cybercrime is on the rise, and healthcare is becoming a primary target as per recent news. What is accounted as cybercrime at a medical practice? Anything from a hacker stealing protected health information for medical identity theft to a staff member viewing patient records without prior authorization. You’ll need healthcare cybersecurity tips to help protect […]
Premium Sleep, Premium Price: Our Take on the TEMPUR-breeze Mattress
The number of mattress brands is expanding rapidly. How do established mattress companies stack up in the age of straight-to-your-door competition?
The Big Problem With Sleep-Related Technology
Sleep is a significant area of human health, so it makes sense that it’s been such a focal point for technology developers. Getting insufficient sleep is associated with many health problems, including fatigue and cognitive difficulties, not to mention an increased risk of heart disease, obesity, and diabetes. Here is the big problem with sleep-related-technology. […]
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