Tag: wearable
NHS West Yorkshire ICB to launch support app for unpaid carers
A new care management app will be made available to 250,000 unpaid carers in West Yorkshire following an agreement between NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and technology company Care Networx.
The Care Networx…
Validity of a Consumer-Based Wearable to Measure Clinical Parameters in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Healthy Controls: Observational Study
Background: Consumer-based wearables are becoming more popular and provide opportunities to track individual’s clinical parameters remotely. However, literature about their criterion and known groups validity is scarce. Objective: This study aimed to assess the…
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Predicting deterioration in dengue using a low cost wearable for continuous clinical monitoring
Close vital signs monitoring is crucial for the clinical management of patients with dengue. We investigated performance of a non-invasive wearable utilising photoplethysmography (PPG), to provide real-time risk prediction in hospitalised individuals. We performed…
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Sensors for Smoking Detection in Epidemiological Research: Scoping Review
Background: The use of wearable sensors is being explored as a challenging way to accurately identify smoking behaviors by measuring physiological and environmental factors in real-life settings. Although they hold potential benefits for aiding…
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Detecting clinical medication errors with AI enabled wearable cameras
Drug-related errors are a leading cause of preventable patient harm in the clinical setting. We present the first wearable camera system to automatically detect potential errors, prior to medication delivery. We demonstrate that using…
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Feasibility of snapshot testing using wearable sensors to detect cardiorespiratory illness (COVID infection in India)
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the current paradigm of clinical and community-based disease detection. We present a multimodal wearable sensor system paired with a two-minute, movement-based activity sequence that successfully captures a snapshot of…
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Government funds research into VR and AI to tackle drug deaths
The government has awarded £12 million to projects across the UK that are researching technologies such as AI, wearable tech and virtual reality (VR), to support people with addictions.
A total of 11 projects across…
Healthcare Needs Innovation and Data Security: Can It Have Both?
Shash Anand, SVP, Product Strategy, SOTI
Data is central to a wide range of exciting innovations in healthcare.
Wearable devices that monitor vital signs in real-time. AI to predict protein folding, which may speed drug discovery…
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Emteq Labs Unveils World’s First Emotion-Sensing Eyewear for Health and Beyond
What You Should Know:
– Emteq Labs, a pioneer in emotion-recognition wearable technology, has announced the upcoming launch of Sense, groundbreaking eyewear that can detect and analyze emotions in real-time.
– The company also announced the…
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