Tag: connected health
How technology is changing the way patients deal with their illnesses
There was a time when doctors relied solely upon medical textbooks, thorough physical examinations, and extensive knowledge to diagnose patients; their symptoms and features would be analyzed and cross-checked before a prognosis was given. These days, technology plays its part in a barrage of medical tests and examinations, improving accuracy and the speed with which…
Pillsy: This smart pouch reminds you to take your birth control
It baffles me that in 2015 the most effective way to not get pregnant (behind abstinence, obviously) is to pop a pill each and every day. A method that, admittedly, is achingly simple, yet could be deemed useless if you forget to take it just once, have a stomach bug or (in some cases) take…
