Developed by engineers at the University of San Diego (UC San Diego), a finger-worn clip uses various smartphone features to determine patient blood pressure while maintaining...
As reported in Science Advances, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) developed a wearable device that attaches to the forehead and chin to accurately detect obstructive...
Known as WearNet, a new deep-learning model created by researchers from Washington University in St. Louis uses data from the Fitbit activity tracker to gain insights into an individual's risk for...
In collaboration with AMC Health, the University Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) is adding remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies to care for chronic conditions with the goal of lowering costs,...
Published in Cureus, new research indicated that although rural residents were just as likely as their urban counterparts to own and utilize digital health tools, they used these resources for...
Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine have created a hand-worn wearable device containing a knitted robotic textile to assist hand edema patients.
According to the press release, hand edema is the...
Published in Advanced Electronic Materials, new research from the University of Texas at Austin describes a newly developed electronic tattoo device that allows for consistent heart disease monitoring...
A new pilot program from Aetna Better of Maryland and Mae is looking to eliminate maternal health disparities through doula support and engagement tools.
According to Gayle Jordan-Randolph, MD, Chief...
New research published in JAMA Network Open found that consumer-grade wearable device use was inconsistent based on social determinants of health (SDoH), specifically patient demographics and...
With the goal of assisting veterans in accessing necessary care, the VA Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning (OHIL) partnered with Penumbra to create and test virtual reality (VR)...
Earlier this month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released a list of winners that were selected to advance in a prize competition to improve maternal outcomes known as Rapid Acceleration of...
New research shows that the use of wearable devices may help improve the physical activity levels of cardiovascular disease patients, but there was a limited correlation between their use and other...
For the first time, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has established a unique Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II code for a virtual reality program.
The...
In determining the accuracy associated with pulse oximetry readings for children, Black patients were found to be more likely to receive false indications of hypoxemia or lack thereof, according to new...
Published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, a recent study from Ohio State University (OSU) found that an electromagnetic, wearable sensor developed by OSU researchers was a reliable...
Presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology, new research describes a wearable sensor worn on the wrist that can...
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) announced plans to conduct a randomized controlled trial with Rocket VR Health (RVH) to gather insights into the efficacy of a virtual reality digital therapeutic...
Recent research findings published in JAMA Network Open show that currently available smartphone-based mental health applications offer few and fewer innovative, instead primarily offering basic...
Sociodemographic and health-related factors, like age, gender, education, and depressive symptoms, are significantly associated with the use of digital health devices long term, according to a new...
To reduce the prevalence of cardiovascular disease, a recent study from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) described the development of a prototype of a belt device worn around the waist that uses...
