Top 3 Smart Innovations for Better Health

At this year’s CES technology trade show, the number of technological innovations with a bearing on patients’ health was noticeably up. Startups and venture capital funds are clearly seeing the potential profit in offering doctors and patients access to improved medical-related technology.

Here are the top smart innovations soon to be available.

TempTraq

Taking the temperature of your baby while they’re sleeping or nodding off isn’t possible. Even getting a semi-accurate temperature with a thermometer safely makes it tricky for parents to verify. The old hand-on-the-forehead is often still the best way to check for a fever.

Now, TempTraq has come up with a new way to get a rough idea of the temperature level of your baby while they sleep. They have a smart device that looks and acts like a patch that fits under the baby’s armpit and across part of their back. Body temperature is monitored continually, with the data sent to the TempTraq mobile app. Parents get more information, and the baby sleeps uninterrupted. Perfect.

Fitness Tracker 2.0

The problem with fitness trackers worn like watches is that they tend to be stuck in a set routine that people must follow. What this fails to account for is that everyone is different. Every person’s health is unique, with their physical capabilities and endurance on a separate level.

The Mio Slice is a new fitness tracker that aims to adapt to its wearer’s personalized fitness plan. The tracker considers heart rate and physical activity to determine what activities are sensible for the wearer based on their heart’s response to physical exertion. In other words, for people who get winded walking up a single flight of steps, walking on flat ground for 20 minutes a day most likely represents a good fitness goal. For someone else who’s accustomed to jogging an hour a day, their personalized target will be quite different.

Skin Monitoring and Rejuvenation

Coming in as possibly the most unexpected product release of the year, the S-Skin is a micro-needle patch that measures key facts about your skin. A portable device measures your skin’s hydration level, melanin level, dryness or redness, and provides feedback to the user. A LED light is used by the patch to analyze the skin to provide this wealth of information. We can see dermatologists using this product real soon.

Staying Current with Medical Progress

One way to stay current with new developments in the medical profession is to advance through the ranks. Nurses interested in Doctor of Nursing Practice programs may want to consider Regis College. This educational institution offers online doctoral nursing programs that provide a pathway for motivated nurses to advance from a master’s degree to a doctoral degree in their nursing careers.

The rapid pace of technological innovation is no stranger to the medical field. There are so many improvements with medical equipment, treatment regimes, and new procedures that patients are seeing improved medical outcomes more often than ever before. This is great news for everyone concerned.