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Remote Patient Monitoring Sets Up Big Tech to Revolutionize Telemedicine and Healthcare

By JAMES MOELLER Remote patient monitoring has emerged as the next significant challenge for virtual healthcare and that challenge is creating significant opportunities for many companies largely outside of the traditional healthcare technology marketplace. In particular, it is potentially setting up an opportunity for Big Tech companies like Apple, Google, and Amazon, to revolutionize telemedicine… Read More »

Apple, Google take front seat on apps in new COVID-19 exposure notifications tech

Dive Brief: Apple and Google on Tuesday announced a new capability meant to simplify deployment of their COVID-19 exposure notifications tool by not requiring regional public health groups to build or maintain a custom application. The move is almost certain to exacerbate privacy concerns around the venture as the tech giants take point on creating… Read More »

“Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech Conference” Matthew Holt & Jessica DaMassa’s Keynote 6/17/20

Health Tech Jul 20, 2020• Matthew Holt and Jessica DaMassa gave a talk at the “Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech Conference” on June 17, 2020. They spoke about how technology is evolving the mental health space, along with their thoughts on where the future of the industry is headed. Jess & Matthew first start off… Read More »

Study shows tech delay has a big impact on fatality figures

It was the night before my 21st birthday party and I was in high spirits. For some inexplicable reason, it was decided we should test the idiom of “zxang modn” or more simply put, what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? In this case the unstoppable force was my V8 253 Holden… Read More »

5 Simple Exercises to Beat “Tech Neck”

“Tech neck,” is a term used to describe neck pain directly attributed to technology use, according to the New York Post. “tech neck” is also known as forward head syndrome, it is a painful, increasingly common condition caused by slumping over devices for hours a day can leads the neck to lose its natural curve… Read More »

Apple stole tech for watch, Masimo claims in patent suit

Bloomberg—Apple is accused of stealing trade secrets and improperly using Masimo inventions related to health monitoring in its Apple Watch. Masimo, which develops signal processing technology for healthcare monitors, and its spinoff, Cercacor Laboratories, claim in a lawsuit that Apple got secret information under the guise of a working relationship and then hired away key… Read More »