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Digital health innovators look to the wrist, the ears and the wall for new ways to keep seniors safe.

The device's secure alert can be triggered automatically or manually, and uses location tracking services to pinpoint the wearer's exact location to family members or caretakers.

Walabot Home uses low-power radio waves to montior a user's movements and can alert a family member if a fall is detected. 

This is the first FDA clearance for Apple and pushes the Watch further into healthcare than ever before.

Nortek Security and Control (NSC), which bought mPERS and telehealth company Numera Libris this past summer, has announced the first new product from the Numera brand post-acquisition.

San Diego, California-based GreatCall, which makes easy to use smartphones and flip phones for seniors, has added automated fall detection to GreatCall Splash, the company's waterproof mobile personal emergency response (mPERS) device.

Philips has finally launched its cellular-enabled, mobile personal emergency response system (mPERS) device GoSafe, which was first announced at CES 2013 with an expected launch of March 2013.