Tag: wearables

Where did “10,000 steps a day” come from? What do the data say, anyway?

A really thoughtful piece from Tanner Garrity in Inside Hook asks “Where does 10,000 steps really come from? Enjoy Welcome to The Workout From Home Diaries. Throughout our national self-isolation period, we’ll be sharing single-exercise deep dives, offbeat belly-busters and general get-off-the-couch inspiration that doesn’t require a visit to your (now-shuttered) local gym. Once a day, […]

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Team from tech, prosthetics and @KeckMedUSC become first to win Innovation Award for “Smart Boot” @CES

A trio of experts from tech, prosthetics and academic medicine were acknowledged with an Innovation Award at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (#CES2019) in Las Vegas Nevada this week for their work in developing a “Smart Boot” to heal diabetic wounds. “It is a great privilege to be given this award for the SBi Motus […]

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Blockchain in Healthcare- Promise, Peril and (yes) Hype?

Here is a terrific article by Bill Siwicki at Health IT News outlining the promise, peril and (yes) hype surrounding blockchain in healthcare. Thanks to the eagle-eyed and enormously clever Brad Selby for passing this along. __ Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Blockchain beyond EHRs: Transforming value-based payment, precision medicine, patient-centric care While EHRs and […]

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