How Well Do You Monitor Stress? Stress Monitoring - Challenges, Limitations And Solutions (Healthcare Sensor Innovations 2019)

As we all know, Stress is part of our daily life and can potentially lead to headaches, elevated blood pressure, chest pain, and lower quality of sleep. According to Webmd.com, Stress costs American industry more than $300 billion annually in lost productivity and healthcare costs.

 

Today's Wearables are able to monitor physical stress to some level but fail to monitor overall stress including mental stress. Most wearables, today, use heart rate variability (HRV) to monitor physical stress. However, by complimenting HRV with galvanic skin response (GSR) measurement, Wearables should be able to monitor (and help manage) overall stress.

Alisher Kholmatov joined Maxim in 2016 and has more than 15 years of experience in machine learning, signal processing, algorithms and software development. In his current role, he is responsible for design and development of fitness and wellness algorithms for Maxim's wearable and mobile sensors. Alisher Kholmatov holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Turkey, and Master's and Doctorate degrees in Computer Science from Sabanci University, Turkey

Sudhir Mulpuru joined Maxim Integrated in 2013. He has more than 20 years of experience in the electronics and software industry in roles ranging from sales to product management. In his current role, he is responsible for Maxim's sensors solution initiatives for fitness and wellness wearables. Sudhir Mulpuru holds a Bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from the Osmania University, India and a Master's degree in Business Management from the University of New Hampshire, USA.

Maxim develops innovative analog ICs for the automotive, industrial, healthcare, mobile consumer, and cloud data center markets. We make technology smaller, smarter, more secure and energy efficient, so that our customers can meet the demands of an integrated world. Learn more at http://www.maximintegrated.com.