Nortek Security & Control Introduces Integrated Proactive Wellness Solution
Nortek Security & Control LLC, a Nortek, Inc. company (Nasdaq: NTK), and a leader in health and wellness technology, announces the addition of health measurement data capturing capabilities via...
View ArticleHow new technology reduces the cost of long-term care
SAN DIEGO, CA, January 5, 2016 — Independa, a San Diego based software companydedicated to providing person-centric independent living solutions that support independence aswe age, has released a...
View ArticleAARP Announces 5th Annual Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch Event
AARP is pleased today to announce details of its fifth Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch event which will be held Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale, CA. This dual-pitch...
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Six possible technologies from CES 2016 – Part 1
Find the needle in the CES haystack. That’s not easy, since there were 3200 exhibits last year and 170,000 attendees, with this year’s totals for the show not out just yet. The Consumer Technology...
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Five more technology offerings from 2016 CES - Part 2
More CES innovations, announcements -- and vice versa. It's another day (and the last day) of 2016 CES, including more from Eureka Park and Digital Health exhibitors -- please note yesterday's set of...
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The future of caregiving tech is unbelievably large
Is there more caregiving gold in those Silicon Valley hills? The CES gadget landscape was, on the one hand, rich with cool wearables fitness and smart cars and clothes. And on the other hand, there...
View ArticlePhilips teams up with Validic to integrate personal health data from...
AMSTERDAM and DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) today announced it is further enabling connected health by signing an agreement with Validic, a U.S.-based...
View ArticleVillageCareMAX Health Plan Chooses eCaring to Enhance Patient Care
VillageCareMAX Health Plan Chooses eCaring to Enhance Patient Care and Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations for Chronically Ill Members throughout New York City Verizon and Samsung Help Make the Nation’s...
View ArticleHEALTH ISRAEL NAMES FINALISTS IN START-UP FUNDING COMPETITION
TEL AVIV, Israel – February 8, 2016 -- The third annual mHealth Israel Conference for startups in the digital health technology sector announced today seven finalists selected to present at mHealth...
View ArticleLeading Active Aging Company Leverages Crowdfunding for Activity Tracker and...
SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwired - Feb 9, 2016) - GreatCall Inc., the leader in connected health for active aging, today launched an Indiegogo campaign for the Lively Wearable. The goal of the campaign...
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Health tech and the Aging-Related Technology Boomlet-to-be
Digital Health became Health IT when you weren’t looking. Even as most caregivers become reliant on online information in 2016, the sources of that information are migrating their way to Health Tech,...
View ArticleRemote patient monitoring -- study shows no difference in outcomes
02/12/2016Yet another heart failure remote monitoring study reported disappointing results in the latest issue of JAMA Internal Medicine.category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-TelehealthHeart failure...
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Boomers turn into seniors: So far, health and tech innovations disappoint
These are interesting and disturbing times for boomer-turning senior consumers of health care. The oldest baby boomers have turned 70. Some might even call them seniors. They are more likely than...
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Five takeaways: 2016 Market Overview Technology for Aging in Place
The romantic notion of aging in place is becoming a necessity, not a goal. The 2016 Technology Market Overview is complete. Median net worth of the 75+ age range is now $156,000, inclusive of home...
View ArticleUNALIWEAR SECURES STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FROM MAXIM VENTURES
AUSTIN, TX—Feb. 29, 2016—UnaliWear™ and Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. today announced the initial closing of UnaliWear’s $3.4M Series Seed financing, led by a $1M investment from Maxim Ventures. The...
View ArticleWebMD survey: Millennials and seniors are least likely to use wearable...
03/02/2016Millennials and Silents are the least likely generations to use a wearable fitness tracker.category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth, SeniorsWebMD survey: Millennials and seniors are...
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In the time of HIMSS, how do real seniors benefit from Health IT?
Another convention, apparent consumer progress in using health data. HIMSS (the Las Vegas 40,000 person mega get-together about transforming health through IT) is wrapping up and with it are the press...
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Time for a refresher: ten tips for startups entering the market
So you want to launch a boomer/senior, home health tech product or caregiving marketplace, or caregiver advisory service. As your new company get ready to travel into battle later this spring to a...
View Article9 Connected Health Recommendations to Help Seniors Aging in Place
03/18/2016A White House advisory council recommends connected health technologies and platforms for America’s aging population.category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth, computers, internet and...
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Towards five characteristics of health tech market maturity
Failure, success or both? This week is the kick off of Aging in America and the What's Next Boomer Business Summit. So it is time to consider what's next after the bungling and missteps of so-called...
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