Tag: Hypertension
Wearable Devices Along with Good Patient Adherence Can Efficiently Treat Metabolic Syndrome
A clinical trial on Korean adults have found that wearable devices along with good patient adherence and sustained engagement may be an efficient strategy...
Healthcare Coaches May Increase the Value of Wearables, Says HIMSS Report
When consumer wearables first hit the market, many hospitals and health systems resisted the technology and thought patient-generated health data (PGHD) generated by these...
University of Arizona Researchers Develop Inexpensive Blood Pressure Monitoring System Using Pulse Wave Velocity
About 75 million American adults (32 percent) have high blood pressure. Among these individuals, only half have their blood pressure under control. Therefore, an...
Wearable Ultrasound Patch Monitors Blood Pressure in Deep Arteries
When measuring blood pressure, doctors normally use a blood pressure cuff. However, if you want to measure blood pressure inside someone’s heart or lungs,...
Livongo Announces First Blood Pressure Monitor with Cellular Connectivity in U.S.
Livongo Health, a Silicon Valley digital health company focused on empowering people with chronic conditions to live better and healthier lives, announced the first...
aktiia Raises 4 million Swiss Francs in a Seed Funding to Reinvent Blood Pressure...
aktiia, the Swiss startup founded in 2018 to commercialize its proprietary optical Blood Pressure Monitoring technology (oBPM™), has raised CHF 4 million in seed...