r/HealthTech

I've spent the last week inside Indian mental health communities listening to what people actually carry.

I'm building Aomara , an anonymity-first wellness platform for India, for the people who won't seek help not because of cost but because they don't trust anyone with it yet.

I'm a non-technical solo founder looking for a technical co-founder. Equity only , no salary, no freelance. Backend, privacy architecture, real-time systems background preferred.

If the problem moves you, DM me.

Now a lot of my protocols are AI based, being honest with myself about the value that only an actual doctor can bring to the equation

I've been reading Hume Pod reviews because I'm thinking about buying one for general wellness tracking.

The problem is that the Hume Pod reviews seem to be all over the place. Some people love it, others say it's not very useful after a few weeks.

Has anyone here actually used one? Did the Hume Pod reviews match your experience?

I currently have a Samsung smart watch so I use Samsung Health to collect the data from it. I also run regularly but I could not connect my smart watch to Strava so I don't use Strava. I simply write down the data from Samsung Health in a note in my phone's notes app (I also recalculate the pace because the total distance is always off).

My ideal health app would be completely offline (does not require internet, no account system and does not send my data to a server or store it in a server), as inclusive as possible (meaning I can store pretty much any health data in there including things like bodyweight, height, VO2 max, resting HR, weightlifting workouts), and designed well (simple and nice UI). Are there any apps that fit all of these criteria? Do any apps come close to this at all? What apps are the closest to all these criteria? I am absolutely tired of sharing my health data with some companies that later sell my data!

Most wearables we tested were too complex for seniors, so we built a screenless wellness band focused on health monitoring, caregiver alerts, and fall detection.

After months of development and user feedback, we're now running active pilots with 3 premium senior living communities in India.

For founders who have sold to senior living facilities or healthcare institutions:

How did you convert successful pilots into paid contracts?

Would love to learn from your experience.

Happy to answer

As a full disclaimer, I'm currently working on the dev team of Vora, a new health fitness app. But this is not an app promotion post, I just want to share a new tool we created on our website to help people choose the best wearable out of the hundreds out there. We got a lot of questions from our users about which devices are good and which ones are bad, and which devices track which metrics, so we created this to help people figure it out.

There's no download or payment hidden at all to use this, and we're not paid by any of these device companies either, these are just ratings based off of the accuracy of these devices based off of our research and publicly available data.

The tool ranks each wearable gadget based on how effectively it tracks various factors, such as VO2 Max and SPO2, and gives you info on how much it costs and which health metrics you are missing with different wearable devices. It also ranks several dozen types of wearables per category (sleep, longevity, etc) and gives you the best performer for each category. This tool also gives info on what exactly different metrics mean, and how combinations of different wearable devices function compared to individual ones. And you don't need to download anything or give any personal info to use this tool, it's completely free.

Would love to hear any feedback on this tool, and please let me know if this tool is helpful or any improvements we could make. Also if there are any wearables I missed, please let me know and I'll try to do some research and add the info. Here's the link to the tool if you want to try it out.

Every new hospital or clinic asks for the same information like past illnesses, allergies, medications, surgeries, family history.

I understand why they need it, but it still feels like I’m rebuilding my medical history every single time.

Is this just the reality of healthcare, or should we expect better?

I've been trying to make sense of a mood ring chart after buying one mostly for fun. I didn't expect to get so curious about what the colors were supposed to mean, but now I'm comparing different charts online and they all say something different.

I'm wearing the ring on my right hand and checking it a few times throughout the day. Sometimes it's dark blue in the morning, then green after lunch, and later it turns almost amber when I'm working. I also noticed it changes after washing my hands or walking outside, which made me wonder how much temperature is affecting it compared to mood.

I've read that these rings mainly react to heat, but a lot of websites still present the mood ring chart as if every color has a fixed emotional meaning. But if the ring is mostly measuring skin temperature, why do so many charts disagree with each other?

Has anyone found a mood ring chart that is actually reliable, or are they all just slightly different interpretations?

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I found a very interesting article on how people manage to lift things with back injuries using an exoskeleton. Like some support frame on your back.

Has anyone had such a thing? I wanted to get my dad one since the old man still wants to work around the yard and on his woodwork gigs too but the amount of painkillers he has to chug away is not looking good longterm. Is there any sort of thing that would help him feel less pain? Hes got a herniated disc and already had surgery for it but still has to suffer through a lot. Wondering if its better to hire some guys to help him, or to buy an exosuit of sorts.. He likes to do most of the stuff by himself but if the pain is relentless might opt out for a hired helping hand

I cant help myself so trying to look for the next best thing

I've been thinking about an idea around sleep.

Since deep sleep and REM sleep are critical for recovery, memory, cognitive performance, and overall health, what if there was a system that used your wearable data along with your bedroom's temperature, humidity, CO₂, and air quality to automatically optimize your room throughout the night? The goal would be to increase deep and REM sleep by adapting the environment to your body's needs instead of relying on a fixed AC sleep mode.

Do you think this is a problem worth solving? Would you use something like this, or do you think existing solutions are already good enough?

my health monitor watch has flagged "irregular rhythm detected" twice in the past two weeks. Both times I checked my pulse manually and it felt completely normal.

I've read that wrist-based optical sensors have a high false positive rate, but I'm not sure whether to just ignore it. My HRV has also been dropping randomly on nights where I felt totally fine, which is what made me start paying attention to the health monitor watch data in the first place.

GP appointment is booked but three weeks away. Has anyone had false rhythm flags from their device, or should I be ask for an earlier appointment?

TL;DR: The article introduces The90 Gem, a smart necklace that tracks your real time exposure to UVA and UVB rays and uses that data, along with your skin type and sunscreen habits, to provide personalized sun protection recommendations. the goal is to help users make better decisions about sunscreen reapplication and daily sun exposure instead of relying on generic UV index forecasts

I’m trying to figure out the credibility bar for the new polished tDCS headsets. DIY NeuroMyst/Caputron-style rigs are cheap and transparent, but montage/current/electrode placement are on you. Flow is the opposite bucket: condition-framed, more clinical guardrails, and depression-specific evidence. The new wellness/performance headsets seem to win on adherence, but that is not the same as efficacy.

My current filter would be: disclose montage and current, show sham-controlled or at least preregistered data, publish adverse events/dropout rates, and track 3-6 week adherence rather than only “felt better after session 1.” Wearable-correlated outcomes would be interesting too: Oura/Apple Watch sleep, HRV, resting HR, plus simple self-ratings.

Practical test I’d use before trusting my own impressions: 14 days baseline, then 21 days device use at the same time daily, no new caffeine/supplements, and pre-pick two outcomes like “first 90-min focus block completed” and “time to wind down after work.” Stop counting vibes after the fact. I’m asking partly because I’ve been looking at Mave Health which packages 20-min forehead tDCS as a focus/stress routine rather than treatment. I’m also the kind of person who will overthink a $20 desk lamp but somehow impulse-buy coffee gadgets, so I need a better filter. Weird analogy, but this whale detection network is the kind of real-world signal validation I wish consumer neurotech had more of.

I can access years of bank transactions in seconds.
But if I need a blood test report from 2 years ago, I end up searching through hospital portals, lab apps, emails, WhatsApp chats, and physical files.

Despite India’s push toward digital healthcare, why does this still happen?

Is the challenge technology, regulations, interoperability, or something else?

I’d love to hear from both patients and healthcare professionals. What has your experience been?

Let’s be brutally honest for a second 90% of AI in healthcare right now feels like a fancy solution desperately searching for a problem.

I’m an entrepreneur looking to build something in the health-tech space, but I’m incredibly skeptical of the usual "let's disrupt the hospital system" hype. I want to build a lean, asset-light solution that solves a genuine, painful gap without needing massive VC funding and a ten-year runway to get off the ground.

I’m applying the "Mom Test" here: I don't want to pitch you an idea. I want you to tell me about your pain.

Whether it's in clinical workflows, patient follow-ups, bridging the gap between clinical care and D2C wellness/nutrition, or just the mind-numbing administrative tasks that eat up your day what is broken?

To get the ideas flowing:

What is a task you do every day that makes you think, "Why am I still doing this manually in 2026?"

Where is the biggest bottleneck in patient communication or education?

If you had a magic wand (or just a really well-trained AI model) that could automate exactly one micro-task in your practice, what would it be?

Hit me with your biggest frustrations. I’m here to take notes!

everyone is hyping the ring 5 launch and I get it. its thinner, lighter, new sensors, GLP-1 tracking, etc. but the more I read, the more I feel like Oura kind of didn't do enough to justify a full generation jump?

What is bugging me is that its the same subscription either way and you need to pay $5.99 a month. all the headline software features are coming to ring 4 anyway. Battery is only ~1 day longer on the 5 which is not a big difference. Ring 4 prices are dropping fast now due to the new gen release. The only real upgrade I see is the 40% smaller body and the 4x more powerful LEDs. cool, but is that worth additional $100?

what do you guys think about the new oura ring gen 5? is it worth the hype?

hey everyone,

i’m trying to understand something from people actually working in healthcare / healthtech.

why do some tools actually get adopted by clinicians and staff, while others look great in the demo and then basically disappear after week one?

i’ve seen this happen a lot. leadership gets excited, vendor says it will save hours, everyone does training, and then doctors or staff quietly go back to the old way because the new thing adds clicks or feels like another thing to babysit.

what healthcare software have you seen people actually keep using?

could be an AI scribe, EHR shortcut, note template, coding tool, intake form, patient messaging, inbox automation, billing tool, or even something boring that just removed a small daily headache.

why did it work?

was it because it fit inside the EHR, saved typing, reduced clicks, solved one specific problem, or because clinicians were involved before rollout?

i’m working around this space and trying to understand what makes a tool useful after the demo hype is gone.

would love honest examples, even boring ones.

It seems a little ridiculous that some subreddits ban discussion of third-party diabetes apps. It's okay for manufacturers to have their own subreddits, but heaven forbid an independent developer builds a tool that fills gaps the manufacturer's app doesn't.

Remember Dexcom's attempt at a watch face? It wasn't exactly a success.

Look at Eversense. They have an Apple Watch app, but Android users are still waiting. Maybe their partnership with WellDoc will eventually change that.

Look at Libre. For me, the app was frustrating. No persistent notifications and no Tasker integration. I wanted my glucose data to work with the rest of my phone.

Then there's xDrip. It's incredibly powerful, but it's also intimidating for the average person. If something breaks, the answer is often, "Try this build... no, try that one." That's fine for technical users, but not for someone's mom, dad, spouse, or grandparent.

In my opinion, diabetes apps should be built for the people who actually use them, not just the people who understand them.

Our mothers. Our fathers. Our husbands. Our wives. Our grandparents. Our children.

They shouldn't have to read a wiki, join Discord, search Reddit, or spend an hour changing settings just to see their glucose.

They should install the app, answer a few simple onboarding questions, and their data should just be there.

The greatest compliment any diabetes developer can receive is:

"That was the easiest diabetes app I've ever installed."

I've published free watch faces on Google Play for almost four years. I don't make a penny from them. They're there because they help people. 24,000+ of them world wide.

So where are developers supposed to discuss new ideas? Create their own subreddit and hope people find it?

We're all trying to make life a little easier for people living with this disease. I'd rather see discussions about innovative apps, new uses for phones and watches, and better user experiences than another photo of a bleeding sensor or a graph with kittens drawn on it.

Sorry for the rant.

Actually, not that sorry.