What Medical Wearables Need to Change Healthcare for the Better
Wearables that monitor patients and their medical status are gearing up to disrupt healthcare and health tracking as we know it. The global market for medical wearables will reach $12.1 billion by 2021, with most devices being in the U.S., according to Markets and Markets. This astronomical figure isn’t so surprising when you consider this: With wearables […]
How Current mHealth Trends Are Improving Healthcare
Healthcare is undergoing a revolution right now. More institutions and stakeholders are embracing the many benefits that mHealth app development provides. As a result, patients are receiving better treatment than ever before. Below, we examine the market outlook for mHealth as well as a few of our own endeavors that have made a big difference […]
This Small Stick-On Stamp Can Collect Biometric Data Without the Bulky Equipment
Medical technology is improving by decreasing in cost, invasiveness, and size. But a new blood pressure-measuring patch may blow everything else out of the water. Intended to replace blood pressure cuffs, the postage stamp-sized patch continuously tracks the patient’s central blood pressure. This device not only has the potential to help users get more in […]
Soon, Doctors Will Be Able to Track Your Health – Without Any Wearables
Dina Katabi is a renowned professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT in Boston. She’s built a box in her research lab that can live in your home; it tracks physiological signals while you move: breathing, gait, sleeping, heart rate, and much more. She hopes this box will become the non-invasive standard for measuring biological […]
Twitter Is Helping Diabetes Patients Create New Treatment Devices
In a surprising twist of events, Twitter is helping to improve the quality of life for people with diabetes and other health issues. According to the researchers at the University of Utah Health, health communities are congregating on Twitter to share useful information about emerging technology, like the OpenAPS (open source artificial pancreas). Hacking the (Human) System It’s […]
Dogtown Media Supports Connected Health by Advocating for CMS Home Health Prospective Payment System
mHealth development is rapidly transforming what’s possible in the medical landscape. As this continues, it’s important for all innovators, influencers, and other involved parties to be aligned to ensure healthcare’s future is as bright as it can be. Recently, Dogtown Media co-signed a letter with 13 other organizations (and counting!) to the Centers for Medicare […]
The FDA Approves a Contraceptive App for the First Time
Many women around the world lack access to affordable, accurate contraception. To address this, Elina and Raoul Berglund created an app called “Natural Cycles.” The app augments our perspective of fertility by tracking cycles and body temperature in women. When a woman is fertile, the couple can avoid having sex, and when a woman is out of […]
This New 3D X-Ray Scanner Can Spot Deadly Diseases Without Surgery
Across the world from our Los Angeles studio, New Zealand researchers have developed MedTech that maps a 3D image of x-ray scans. Most of us are used to seeing x-rays in greyscale. Taking inspiration from the Large Hadron Collider (the famous European particle accelerator facility), this technology adds color into the mix. And it could change how doctors […]
Can We Live to 150? This Scientist Said So, but Now He’s Not so Sure
Alex Zhavoronkov is a computer scientist, MedTech developer, and researcher. When he was younger, Zhavoronkov publicly announced that he expected to live to be 150 years old. But as he’s grown older and seen the way politics influence technology growth, he’s not so sure if he will make it to 150 anymore. Zhavoronkov does think we’ll reach […]
Dogtown Media Supports FCC’s Connected Care Pilot Program
MedTech and mHealth development have demonstrated their merit through many avenues already. But to expand these innovations from the tech hubs, like San Francisco, where they’re created, to the rural U.S. heartland, where they’re needed, the most requires an effort from all. Together with ACT | The App Association’s Connected Health Initiative (CHI), Dogtown Media is […]