Tag: Healthcare
Mako Robot-assisted joint replacement transforms orthopedics
For patients, wider adoption of robot-assisted joint replacement from companies like Mako may mean more accurate surgery and faster recovery times.
Demand for joint...
New wearables options for UnitedHealthcare customers
US healthcare company UnitedHealthcare is incorporating new wearables into its Motion wellness programme, with help from Qualcomm Life.
Participants in UnitedHealthcare Motion, a national wellness...
Abilify IoT-enabled digital pills approved amid privacy concerns
In a first for the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved digital pills that include an ingestion tracking system.
A phenomenal amount...
IIoT adoption increases, but projects still early-stage, says Bsquare
A new survey from Bsquare finds that few industrial companies are using advanced analytics to make sense of IoT data.
Almost nine out of ten...
Thin film batteries set for solid (state) growth
Smaller, lighter and with no risk of leakages or explosions, thin film batteries based on solid state components are increasingly important to low-power IoT...
Apple and GE Digital to bring industrial IoT apps to iOS
The advanced industrial predictive and analytics capabilities of General Electric's Predix IIoT platform will come to Apple’s iOS tomorrow, with the release of the...
Lone workers: Protected by the IoT, thanks to senior citizens
In a contributed article for Internet of Business, Peter Marsden, managing director of Doro UK & Ireland, explains how technology originally developed for elderly...
Connected healthcare may violate user privacy, warns Forbrukerradet
The Norwegian Consumer Council Forbrukerradet reveals findings that many healthcare IoT devices are plagued by weak security.
Connected healthcare devices have a poor track record...
Junto Health: Healthcare’s journey to IoT maturity
Last week, Internet of Business spoke with Doug Hayes, CEO of Junto Health, on the subject of healthcare's IoT pain points. This week, our conversation...
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital to deploy sensors in intensive care units
Wireless environmental sensors from healthcare IoT company Drayson Technologies are to be piloted in intensive care units at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in...
Eligo Bioscience secures funding for precision microbiome engineering
French start-up Eligo Bioscience has won $20 million of funding to move its innovative synthetic biology forwards. The Series A round included Khosla Ventures,...
Junto Health: Healthcare’s three IoT pain points
Internet of Business speaks with Doug Hayes, CEO of Junto Health, to diagnose why healthcare organizations struggle to adopt IoT and prescribe some remedies.
Doug...