Sentences with phrase «health wearable device»

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«While wearable devices generally fall outside the scope of the FDA and HIPAA, the data collection activities associated with wearable devices could be governed by state privacy and security laws,» advised Health Law Gurus.

You name the health condition and someone has or is creating a wearable device to help monitor it - everything from gadgets to reduce eye strain, glucose monitors and tools to track wheezing symptoms for asthma suffers.

Fitness trackers, in particular, are the leading consumer case for wearables because most consumers use wearable devices to record their exercise and health statistics and progress.

The fitness tracker maker announced on Monday that it would use Google's recently announced health data standards for apps, known as the Google Healthcare API, to connect its wearable devices to the electronic medical records systems used by doctors and hospitals.

If researchers can show that wearable data is medically useful, it will make buying these devices more compelling for consumers as well as health organizations that are considering providing them to their patients.

«IBM and the FDA will explore the exchange of owner mediated data from several sources, such as Electronic Medical Records, clinical trials, genomic data, and health data from mobile devices, wearables and the «Internet of Things,»» said the company in a press release.

In addition to incentivizing employees to maintain a healthful lifestyle through use of wearable technology, offer an option for such devices in their health - care benefits.

FitBit and Apple Watch are great for the casual health enthusiast to keep track of his vitals, but the potential for so - called «medical - grade wearables,» devices designed to aid in the prevention or treatment of a specific disease is just starting to be realized.

These vast new troves of data from electronic medical records (EMRs), connected devices, and wearables offer the chance to make health care more predictive and preventive.

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As the cost of fitness trackers, smartwatches, and other healthcare wearables — such as chest strap heart rate monitors — decreases, these devices will become available to new audiences interested in monitoring their health.

These days, Wurldtech is building a presence in the medical space, developing security systems for Internet - enabled health devices such as wearable insulin pumps and other wireless devices that could be susceptible to what McDonnell calls «nefarious» forces.

Exactly how Apple will achieve that goal, however, remains to be seen — and if it would want to offer another standalone device to sell to customers rather than incorporate some of its health features in a wearable, like the Apple Watch.

Fitbit, a widely popular health tracker, provides a wearable smart device which users find stylish and helpful.

Last spring, Toronto - based Klick, a privately owned marketing agency focused on the health care industry, unveiled a wearable device that digitizes the tremors of someone suffering from Parkinson's disease then recreates them for someone else to feel first - hand.

Wearable health trackers like the popular Apple Watch or Android - based devices are now alerting their owners to everything from sleep apnea to hypertension to even serious cardiac arrhythmias.

Intel Corp., which makes the chips that power many devices and recently purchased Basis Science, which makes wearable technologies for health and wellness.

At the event in San Francisco last week, Hosain Rahman, chief executive of Jawbone, the maker of the Up, a wrist device that tracks people's energy and sleep, said that «a decade from now we won't be able to imagine life without the wearables that we use to access information, unlock our doors, pay for goods and most importantly track our health.»

Wearable technology company Fitbit has turned to Alibaba Group's business - to - consumer site Tmall.com to help launch its two newest devices in China, the two companies announced on May 18, a move that coincides with the fast - growing trend in health and fitness in the world's second - largest economy.

He is currently Chairman of the Board of Pivot 88 a Hong Kong based SAAS company, Keatext an AI - driven text analytics Montreal - based SAAS company and Carré Technologies specializing in signal processing and machine learning algorithms for wearable devices in health care environments.

From hi - tech onesies to baby «smart socks», the world of wearable health monitoring and tracking devices for kids is growing more and more popular — especially with millennial parents.

Rather than merely offering a digital solution for tracking your kids poop schedule or feeding times, wearable health monitoring and tracking devices provide specific real - time data about your child and (generally) deliver it right to your smartphone.

If you're a millennial that was brought up on smart phones and FitBits, using wearable monitoring devices to help keep track of your kid's health and well - being may seem like the most natural thing in the world.

Elad Yom - Tov's Crowdsourced Health discusses a different field of digital health, in which data are generated not through the use of wearable devices but from queries entered in search enHealth discusses a different field of digital health, in which data are generated not through the use of wearable devices but from queries entered in search enhealth, in which data are generated not through the use of wearable devices but from queries entered in search engines.

«Collectively we are still coming to terms with the data deluge from wearable devices, but it is imperative that we begin to generate value from this data,» says the study's senior author Jared Hawkins, PhD, who is director of informatics at Boston Children's Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA).

Silver nanowires have drawn significant interest in recent years for use in many applications, ranging from prosthetic devices to wearable health sensors, due to their flexibility, stretchability and conductive properties.

Ultrasensitive motion detector may lead to wearable devices for speech recognition and health monitoring

«Soft, microfluidic «lab on the skin» developed for sweat analysis: Low - cost wearable electronic device collects and analyzes sweat for health monitoring.»

The development of wearable devices such as those monitoring a person's health or physical performance, like heart rate or muscle activity, is currently underway with some products already on the market.

«Having a wearable sweat sensor is really incredible because the metabolites and electrolytes measured by the Javey device are vitally important for the health and well - being of an individual,» said Brooks, a co-author on the study.

The advance opens doors to wearable devices that alert users to health problems such as fatigue, dehydration and dangerously high body temperatures.

Led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine and the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, this study is a follow - up to a recent JAMA viewpoint suggesting that there's little evidence that wearable devices alone can change behavior and improve health for those that need itHealth Incentives and Behavioral Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, this study is a follow - up to a recent JAMA viewpoint suggesting that there's little evidence that wearable devices alone can change behavior and improve health for those that need ithealth for those that need it most.

A paper from the Regenstrief Institute takes a sweeping look at a variety of categories of health IT including electronic medical records; health information exchange; telemedicine; patient portals and personal health records; mobile devices, wearable sensors and monitors; and social media.

The tech industry has trumpeted the promise of wearable fitness and health devices to improve care by empowering patients with a critical resource: data.

Many U.S. employers have incorporated wearable devices into their employee wellness programs, although rigorous evidence on their long - term health impact is lacking.

In the past several years, a number of fashion designers have ventured into wearable technology, with everything from clothing that measures various health functions to accessories that charge devices.

One of the exercises that we did in the heart rate monitor project actually, in turn, inspired me to start a new project in my current research work to think about using wearable devices to potentially monitor heart failure patients» cardiac health.»

«We know our customers have embraced technology — from smartphones to wearable devices that track their health.

The deal bolsters NXP's position in other fast - growing chip markets, including wearable devices and health monitors, for example, while capitalizing on the company's strengths in security and payments.

«From sports to fashion to health, the market for wearables is huge, so there is a great opportunity here for companies to listen to the demands of consumers and shape their products accordingly, which will also enable the devices to stand out in this incredibly competitive marketplace.»

On this basis, Plastic Logic's ultra-thin, light - weight and flexible e-paper displays are getting plenty of attention, given the enormous opportunities for they open up in wearable device applications including smart cards, jewellery, watches and devices for mobile health monitoring.

Being plastic displays, they are ultrathin, lightweight and flexible, making them well suited for integration in a host of wearables including smart jewelry, devices for mobile health monitoring, smart clothing and shoes.

Fitbit is a developer of wearable devices that track an individual's health.

Fitbit, Inc. is engaged in the development of wearable device which tracks data of an individual's health.

Fitbit Inc provides fitness tracking devices, wearable devices, and the health and fitness industry.

A new lightweight thermoelectric generator has been developed at NC State, which may be able to power small health sensors or other small wearable devices.

The solar cells could be used in wearable electronics, smart glasses, fabric or integrated into any lower power device that needs to be self - powered like environmental sensors placed in remote areas where it would be difficult to replace batteries or sensors that monitor the health of bridges or buildings.

«But now, smartphones and wearable health and fitness devices allow us to collect information like a person's heart rate, blood pressure, social interactions and activity levels with much more regularity and more accurately than was possible before.

Vivametrica is an open source data analytics platform that pulls data from smartphones and wearable fitness devices — with user consent — to get a picture of health trends.

[14] The information wearable fitness and health devices collect can be highly relevant in determining, for example, where an individual was at a particular time and whether they have been «disabled» or injured as a result of a particular accident.