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How AI could identify prescription mistakes before they happen
Summary: "A startup has developed a way to use AI to detect when doctors may be prescribing the wrong drug — or overprescribing opioids." "Why it matters: A system that could identify prescription...
AI revolution in medicine
Summary: "It may lift personalized treatment, fill gaps in access to care, cut red tape but risks abound" "Third in a series that taps the expertise of the Harvard community to examine the promise...
Self-help for atrial fibrillation
Summary: "Diet, exercise, and other lifestyle factors are known to affect your risk of heart disease.The major risk factors for heart disease, as well as the condition itself, are all closely linked...
Scientists are working with AI to measure chronic pain
Summary: "Scientists are working on a way to use AI to create quantitative measurements for chronic pain." "Why it matters: Chronic pain is an epidemic in the U.S., but doctors can't measure...
Patients to be offered AI technology which helps detect kidney disease
Summary: "Patients with diabetes and high blood pressure are benefiting from artificial technology that turns a smartphone camera into a clinical-grade tool which can detect early kidney disease."...
Telehealth innovation spurred amid COVID with virtual visits, wearable monitoring devices
Summary: "Telehealth is giving a whole new meaning to the term “house call” as the technology connecting doctor and patient is expanding to include primary care visits to cancer care." "While the...
How data can empower patients to personalize and improve their cancer treatment
Summary: "Cancer treatment is not one-size-fits-all. Thanks to medical advancements, people receiving a cancer diagnosis might have many potential treatment options, ranging from established,...
Transforming mental health outcomes with analytics
Summary: "Technology is fast becoming the saving grace in combating Australia’s growing mental health crisis. With at least six suicides a day, data driven techniques are now becoming critical in...
Garmin & myAir: Turning Physiological & Psychological Data into Personalized Nutrition
Summary: "Garmin Wearables and myAir foodtech research has found that myAir's solution reduced 73% of participants' stress and improved 84% of participants’ sleep quality (...) The myAir team...
This new startup wants you to treat mental fitness like going to the gym
Summary: "Here was a pro athlete, among the best of the best, and he was openly talking about his vulnerability. Here was a man who had spent the better part of his life building his body into an...
Humana joins with IBM Watson Health on AI tool
Summary: "Humana is also working with CMS on a demonstration program for a hospice benefit for MA members." "Humana and IBM Watson Health are joining forces on a new collaboration, one that will use...
Using wearables to transform cancer care – and better equip clinicians
Summary: "The use of wearable technology in day-to-day life is growing, but in healthcare it’s still a relatively new concept. Careology founder Paul Landau is hoping to change that. When Landau’s...
CSL Behring teams with Lyfebulb to create first online social community for transplant patients
Summary: "Organ transplants take a physical, emotional and mental toll. So CSL Behring and Lyfebulb created the first online community for transplant patients, family and friends, and living organ...
A guide to good practice for digital and data-driven health technologies
Summary: "Across the country and around the globe, digital innovators are helping us deliver our commitment to the digital transformation of health and social care, to bring benefits to patients,...
New AI algorithm uses routine imaging to predict cardiovascular risk
Summary: "Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a deep learning system that can automatically measure coronary artery calcium from routine CT scans." "Coronary artery...
AI-powered healthcare isn’t without pitfalls, but its potential is vast
Summary: "Algorithms are poised to change everything about keeping people healthy—including patients who might never have the opportunity to see a human doctor." "The idea of AI (artificial...
Test could help rule out endometrial cancer in three hours
Summary: "A test which uses patented technology to detect the cancer biomarker MCM5 (Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 5) in the urine, could help gynaecologists rule out endometrial...
Apple Watch tracks Parkinson’s disease symptoms, medication adherence
Summary: "Apple researchers worked with 15 scientists to design a system within the Apple Watch that tracks Parkinson's disease symptoms, according to research published Feb. 3 in Science...
Casana closes $14M Series A to bring its heart sensor toilet seat to market
Summary: "Rochester, New York-based Casana's lead product is the Heart Seat, a device developed by founder Nicholoas Conn during his time at the Rochester Institute of Technology. It contains ECG,...
5 estrategias para conseguir Servicios de Salud Integrados y Centrados en la Persona
Summary: "En abril del año 2016 la OMS, en su asamblea general, presentó un documento sobre cómo orientar los servicios de salud, para que sean integrados y centrados en la persona. Se trata de...
Digital Owl emerges from stealth with AI that analyzes and summarizes medical records
Summary: "Using natural language processing, Digital Owl extracts information from hundreds to thousands of pages of electronic medical records. The data is presented chronologically, allowing users...
Apple Fitness+ review: ‘Short of getting a trainer, it’s good at getting me to push myself’
Summary: "Paying $14.99 a month for workout videos when you can find them free on YouTube might seem pricey, but Josh Taylor finds some advantages." "Fitness+ takes the “close your rings”...
Five Ways Blockchain Technology is Being Used in Healthcare Today
Summary: "Blockchain technology has fast become one of the tech concept giants of today. Anyone with basic digital wherewithal has heard it at least a dozen times, though they might not always...
What Does the Future Hold for Robotic Surgery?
Summary: "Remote surgery has the potential to revolutionize healthcare, but what’s necessary to make it a reality?" "One development that could mitigate the gap, however, is the expanding role of...
Malaysia-Sweden collaborate to launch Digital Health Innovation Challenge
Summary: "The initiative invites startups registered in Malaysia to identify next-generation solutions for healthcare challenges, esp. non-communicable diseases (NCD)" "The initiative is a...
Vertical Aging: The Digital Neighbour Network
Summary: "AMS Healthcare partnered with UHN OpenLab to explore the trend of Canadian seniors increasingly moving to urban apartments, condos and co-ops in order to remain living independently. The...
Push Doctor partners with Well Pharmacy on UK’s first ‘pharmacy-first’ digital service
Summary: "Digital healthcare company Push Doctor has partnered with Well Pharmacy, an independent pharmacy chain, on the launch of the UK’s first ‘pharmacy-first’ digital health service in a bid to...
La salud digital y los determinantes de salud
Summary: "Una interesante gráfica de la empresa de comunicación en salud Goinovo -elaborada con una metodología basada en fuentes rigurosas-, nos muestra como un 89 % de los determinantes de la...
This Algorithm Doesn’t Replace Doctors—It Makes Them Better
Summary: "An artificial intelligence system has outperformed physicians when detecting skin lesions. The results are changing how one school trains dermatologists." "That lesson originated in a...
NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC TECH POISED FOR GROWTH IN 2021
Summary: "EyeTech Digital Systems Vice President of Software and Firmware Engineering Robert Nelson recently shared his thoughts on the future of healthcare technology with editors at Health IT...
THIS MINIMAL CONTACT THERMAL SCANNER MAKES CHECKING YOUR TEMPERATURE A BETTER USER EXPERIENCE!
Summary: "COVID-19 has changed the way we perceive personal hygiene and the extent to which personal health needs to be monitored 24×7. Infrared thermometer guns have become the norm to monitor the...
A Smartphone App With a Digital Care Pathway for Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery: Development and Feasibility Study
"Abstract Background:There is a great unmet clinical need to provide patients undergoing spinal surgery and their caregivers with ongoing, high-quality care before and after surgery in an...
Drivers of Digital Health Technologies – Improving the Patient Experience
Summary: "Confidence in digital health technologies’ and tools’ potential continues to progress as health systems continue to invest in a more digital health care experience – focusing on connecting...
AI and APIs: The A+ Answers to Keeping Data Secure and Private
Summary: "Many security leaders view regulations and internal processes designed to manage and secure data as red tape that hampers innovation. Nothing could be further from the truth." "Protecting...
Can Technology Help Us Eat Better?
Summary: "A new crop of digital health companies is using blood glucose monitors to transform the way we eat." "A new crop of digital health companies is offering consumers an unusual way to...
THIS BOXING PLATFORM USES RHYTHM TECH, LIKE DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION, TO MAKE WORKOUTS MORE CHALLENGING!
Summary: "Liteboxer is the only connected fitness platform currently on the market today that offers full-body boxing workouts equipped with Rhythm Technology and expert training. It’s like Dance...
Digital Health Hubs
Summary: "Cooperation is the key to success. Whether you want to keep up with market trends, establish new business partnerships, or pitch your ideas and solutions, joining one of the industry...
The Use of Immersive Environments for the Early Detection and Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Summary: "Neuropsychiatric disorders are highly prevalent conditions with significant individual, societal, and economic impacts. A major challenge in the diagnosis and treatment of these conditions...
Millions could benefit from genetic screening before prescribing, new research finds
Summary: "New research has found that millions of patients could benefit from genetic screening before being prescribed common medicines." "The research, led by the University of East Anglia (UEA)...
Este corazón artificial de última generación saldrá al mercado este mismo año
Summary: "Carmat, una startup francesa que afirma haber fabricado el “corazón artificial más avanzado del mundo”, anunció recientemente que planea comenzar a vender su dispositivo en Europa...
Estos exoesqueletos, creados y fabricados en España, reducen los tiempos de rehabilitación
Summary: "Al repetir de forma consciente y continuada un movimiento, por ejemplo, cuando un exoesqueleto te hace andar, nuestro cerebro, como tiene espasticidad, las neuronas son capaces de...
This earring helps diabetics read their blood sugar levels without the pin-prick
Summary: "Revolutionizing how Type 1 Diabetics monitor their blood glucose levels, the Sense Glucose Earring is an innovative non-invasive wearable that incorporates reads blood-sugar levels in the...
Immersive Emergency Point-of-care Ultrasound Training Solution
Summary: "New technology introduces a new level of realism to pediatric emergency training" "Gaumard Scientific Co., a healthcare simulation company committed to industry leadership through...
Focus on infrastructure to support the most disruptive changes to health care; home hospital care
Summary: "As we witness the remarkable and unprecedented acceleration of telehealth, our industry must harness emerging technologies to support new models of care. There is no better place to do...
Swiss startup first to launch blood pressure bracelet
Summary: "Aktiia releases clinical device bracelet ahead of Fitbit, Apple and other tech giants." "Swiss startups Aktiia has beaten Fitbit, Apple and other tech giants to become the first company to...
A new era for healthcare in your home
Summary: "Eligible South Australians can now receive hospital-level care from the comfort and privacy of their own home, with the rollout of the new My Home Hospital across metropolitan Adelaide."...
Scientists publish a blueprint to apply artificial intelligence to extend human longevity
Summary: "Deep Longevity, a fully-owned subsidiary of Regent Pacific (HKEX: 0575), specializing in the development and the application of next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) for aging and...
La impresión 3D aplicada a la farmacia ya tiene centro de investigación en Álava
Summary: "La Diputación Foral de Álava, la Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) y el centro de investigación y desarrollo tecnológico Tecnalia van a poner en marcha un Centro de Investigación en...
Using wearable tech to keep babies, pregnant women healthy
Summary: "If a weightlifter is pregnant, she may get conflicting medical advice about how much she can safely lift at the gym. One doctor might say she shouldn't exceed 90 pounds. Another might draw...
MIT’s oncological risk AI calculates cancer chances regardless of race
Summary: "It was trained and validated on datasets from the US, Europe and Asia." "Artificial intelligence and machine learning systems continue to be adopted into an ever wider array of healthcare...
IDIA and the WHO announce strategic collaboration to support the scale-up of health innovations
Summary: "The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Development Innovation Alliance (IDIA) today signed a strategic Collaborative Agreement to support the scaling of health...
Digital innovation in the pharmaceuticals and chemicals industries
Summary: "The pharmaceutical and chemicals industries are no strangers to digital technology, with decades of experimentation using data and statistical techniques to improve productivity and...
It’s time to be more open-minded to newcomers moving into health, even from tech
Summary: "Silicon Valley types like to talk about disrupting things. But health care doesn’t want to be disrupted." "Who wants to see their medical care taken over by a bunch of techies willing to...
Women’s College Hospital developing virtual support for new mothers
Summary: "At the start of the pandemic, Heather Eldebs had been working with her doctor towards weaning herself off her depression medication. “We kind of looked at this whole adjustment we were...
Female-Founded Telehealth Startup Calibrate Announces $22.5 Million Series A
Summary: "When Calibrate—the female-founded telehealth startup trying to disrupt the $70 billion weight loss industry—came out of stealth mode in June, it was operating in three states, had 10...
Eight recommendations to improve apps for neglected tropical diseases
Summary: "UOC researchers have analysed 13 apps developed for the treatment and control of neglected tropical diseases, identifying the main weaknesses and evaluating possible improvements" "A study...
New technology advancement in detecting Peripheral Arterial Disease to benefit US patients
Summary: "MESI mTABLET ABI, a device used for early detection of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) by measuring Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI), was cleared for marketing and sales by the Food and Drug...
NIH launches database to track neurological symptoms associated with COVID-19
Summary: "The body’s response to COVID-19 infection on the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscle can be particularly devastating." "A new database will collect information from clinicians about...
High blood pressure during pregnancy may be a warning sign of life-threatening condition
Summary: "Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration presented the organization’s first Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)- Based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) Action...
Octopus Ventures to launch £100m fund to capitalise on the ‘digital healthcare revolution’
Summary: "Octopus Ventures will look to transform public healthcare systems across the continent and emerging markets by ramping up its investment activity." Article written by Damian Shepherd...
In ED patients with chest and abdominal pain, care delivered by physicians and APPs is similar
Summary: "In patients matched on complexity and acuity presenting to the emergency department with chest pain and abdominal pain, the care delivered by advanced practice providers (APPs) and...
Employing technology to drive better patient care and cost-savings
Summary: "A patient's medical history includes years of data reflecting their medical conditions, co-morbidities, medications, laboratory results and additional information related to their health...
The European startups hacking the ageing process
Summary: "For the first time in human history, more people die from diseases that come as a consequence of old age — such as cancer and heart attacks — than infectious disease. It is also the first...
Women launch digital platform to ‘break taboos around female health’
Summary: "Three women are hoping to break taboos around female health in relation to fitness through a new digital platform. "Former British rower Baz Moffat, Dr Bella Smith and former Olympic sport...
Myopia correcting ‘smart glasses’ from Japan to be sold in Asia
Summary: "Can a pair of unique spectacles banish nearsightedness without surgical intervention? Japan's Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings says its wearable device can do just that, and it plans...
Hitting the Books: AI doctors and the dangers tiered medical care
Summary: "Would you be OK with paying for “last year’s medicine at last year’s prices”?" "Healthcare is a human right, however, nobody said all coverage is created equal. Artificial intelligence and...
Anthem Has Started A Digital Incubator For Innovative Healthcare Solutions
Summary: "Anthem Inc, one of the world’s largest healthcare solutions company, is venturing into healthcare innovation through its Anthem Digital Incubator platform." "Earlier this month, Anthem’s...
Digital health innovation in multiple sclerosis care
Summary: "Research in multiple sclerosis (MS) treatments has brought tremendous progress. Since the launch of the first drug in 1993, the health of MS patients, expressed in quality-adjusted life...
AI could make healthcare fairer—by helping us believe what patients say
Summary: "A new study shows how training deep-learning models on patient outcomes could help reveal gaps in existing medical knowledge." "In the last few years, research has shown that deep learning...
Glovo empieza a vender test de antígenos desde su app, aprovechando la crisis de la COVID-19
Summary: "En un plazo de 2 horas, un sanitario llega a tu casa y te hace un test de antígenos para saber si eres positivo en coronavirus. ¿La novedad? El pedido lo puedes hacer por Glovo. Desde...
How AI Has Completely Transformed Medtech
Summary: "Artificial intelligence has disrupted every industry under the sun and healthcare is no exception. There are countless ways in which AI is transforming medtech, which explains why the...
Introducing the EIT Health startup database – a European healthtech community
Summary: "We’re pleased to launch the EIT Health startup database. The new open-access platform is dedicated to tracking EIT Health supported startups. EIT Health provides acceleration...
Teamit Research participates in H2O, a European project set to empower patients
Summary: "BHH member Teamit Research participates in the Health Outcomes Observatory (H20) project which focuses on the creation of an innovative, ethical framework to collect and govern patient...
FIRST EVER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/MACHINE LEARNING ACTION PLAN BY FDA
Summary: "Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration presented the organization’s first Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)- Based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) Action Plan....
MyHealthcare, AliveCor team up to provide cardiac healthcare at home
Summary: "Patients can read their ECG data directly from their KardiaMobile 6L device onto the MyHealthcare platform" "MyHealthcare and AliveCor have teamed up to allow patients to read their ECG...
AI in Healthcare: Predictive Medicine
Summary: "However trained we are in a concrete task, human beings make mistakes that machines would never allow. In addition, our senses have a limit, which prevents us from reaching where the...
Dartmouth researchers pilot FLASH radiotherapy beam development for treatment of cancer
Summary: "Dartmouth researchers convert a standard linear accelerator used for delivery of radiation therapy cancer treatment, to deliver an ultra-high-dose rate radiation therapy beam to patients...
Entheon Biomedical Partners with Divergence Neuro Technologies Inc. for Predictive Biomarker Platform Development
Summary: "Entheon will utilize Divergence's expertise to consult on planning, research, and development of the DMT Biomarker Model and the Application to predict acute responses to DMT based on the...
Machine Learning Boosts Cancer Prognosis
Summary: "A new algorithm improves upon current life-expectancy prediction tools and could lead to better-tailored patient care." "Among the most pressing matters cancer patients and oncologists...
Así es cómo el uso de videojuegos favorece la curación de los niños con cáncer
Summary: "Un estudio científico pionero realizado en el Hospital La Paz de Madrid ha revelado que el uso de los videojuegos puede favorecer la curación de los niños enfermos de cáncer. En concreto,...
Engagement techniques for digital health interventions
Summary: "User engagement with digital health interventions is a primary challenge faced by the industry today. A growing body of evidence has demonstrated that digital health interventions...
Biotech firms strike partnership to strengthen R&D in metabolomics
Summary: "Biotech players OWL and BIOSFER have entered into a strategic partnership with a view to strengthening R&D in developing diagnosis methods and personalised medicine using...
Philips and Merck partner to develop personalised fertility treatment
Summary: "Remote patient monitoring, cloud-based platform services and AI-enabled ultrasound diagnoses will be used to improve outcomes in fertility treatment." "Netherlands-based global health...
EL AUGE DE LA TELEMEDICINA IMPULSA EL BARCELONA HEALTH HUB
Summary: "Este nodo de innovación potencia el desarrollo de las startups de salud digital desde el Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau, haciéndolas convivir bajo un mismo techo con grandes corporaciones...
London startup Spill that provides remote mental health treatments via Slack raises £2M
Summary: "London-based mental health startup Spill provides remote mental health support for companies via Slack, a workplace messaging tool. The startup offers all-in-one mental health support that...
A Rationale for a Gamified E-Coach Application to Decrease the Consumption of Sugar Sweetened Beverages
Summary: "The design and implementation of applications for behavior change should be preceded by careful analysis of the behavior change process and the target population. We, therefore, present on...
Rwanda venture tests digital health potential in developing world
Summary: "Babylon’s high take-up masks concerns for equality of access and hyping of AI capabilities." "Babylon’s telemedicine service has since registered 2m users across the African nation and...
Solo la diversidad de datos ayudará a eliminar los sesgos de la inteligencia artificial
Summary: "CES 2021 acogió una mesa redonda donde se plantearon los desafíos de esta problemática y cómo empezar a ofrecer soluciones." "La eliminación de los sesgos es uno de los principales...
Biopharma 2020: A landmark year and a reset for the future
Summary: "Amid all the uncertainties, the biopharma industry has faced disruptions of its own. As in many sectors, it has prioritized keeping employees safe, made shifts to remote working, and...
CVS Health Launches Senior Medical Alert System, Symphony
Summary: "What You Should Know: Today, CVS Health announced Symphony, a medical alert system designed to keep seniors safe and connected at home. Symphony consists of a collection of in-home and...
At the height of digital wellness, are we missing the human touch?
Summary: "Medicine will never progress without technology—there’s no denying that. But for the foreseeable future, human interaction remains an instrumental part of the healthcare experience." "The...
Microsoft, Salesforce, and Oracle are working on digital vaccination records
Summary: "A coalition of health and tech companies, which includes Microsoft, Salesforce, and Oracle, is working on an initiative that aims to make it easier for people to access their COVID-19...
Google completes Fitbit acquisition
Summary: "For more than a decade, Fitbit has helped people around the world live healthier, more active lives. A clear pioneer in the industry, Fitbit built a vibrant community of more than 29...
Artificial Intelligence for Astronauts Monitors Patients at Home
Summary: "Software that monitors astronaut health in space now monitors high-risk patients at home." "When chronic pain flares, the trip from your door to the doctor’s office can seem as difficult...
7 Digital Health Trends We’ll Keep An Eye On In 2021 – The Medical Futurist
Summary: "Tech is often criticized for a culture of moving fast and breaking things. But what we saw this year was tech enabling bio and healthcare to move fast, to heal. We will always...
It’s Time to Heal: 16 Trends Driving the Future of Bio and Healthcare
Summary: "Tech is often criticized for a culture of moving fast and breaking things. But what we saw this year was tech enabling bio and healthcare to move fast, to heal. We will always need...
Chatbots in healthcare – interview with Thomas Schulz
Summary: "Digital health and mobile health apps have been a hype topic, ever since Apple’s App Store began the app-craze in 2008. The initial hype about mHealth has now cooled, which is good news in...
Pulling the Andon Cord: How health systems can empower frontline workers to transform AI with a lesson from the automotive industry
Summary: "Machine learning algorithms are powerful because they can process far more data than the human brain can consume; but sometimes, algorithms can make a mistake. Learn how a concept...
Moving digital health forward: Lessons on business building
Summary: "Building a successful digital health business involves several strategic steps, as illustrated through the lens of six digital health start-ups." "Established companies in the life...
Monitoring, tracking, and alert products for those 60+ among innovative tech introduced at CES 2021
Summary: "The growing population of older citizens will soon have an arsenal of helpful technology." "It's official. We're getting older and there are increasingly more of us. The World Health...
Embracing digital: is COVID-19 the catalyst for lasting change?
Summary: "The pandemic spurred many health and human services providers to embrace digital. Now action is needed to maintain progress. Pre-pandemic, many health and human services providers were...
Young People’s Use of Digital Health Technologies in the Global North: Narrative Review
Summary: "Over the past decade, an expanding array of digital technologies have emerged that can be used for promoting or managing young people’s health and physical fitness. These devices and media...
Digital health in spotlight as virus shifts tech show focus
Summary: "Digital health care is in the spotlight at the tech industry’s big event this week amid a pandemic that has highlighted the importance of remote services, with a potentially lasting impact...
Moving digital health forward: Lessons on business building
"Building a successful digital health business involves several strategic steps, as illustrated through the lens of six digital health start-ups." "Established companies in the life sciences,...
CES 2021: Japanese startup demos non-invasive glucose monitor
Summary: "A startup from Japan claims they have a continuous non-invasive glucose monitor. They are demoing a prototype at CES 2021." "Non-invasive glucose monitoring is considered to be the holy...
Biotech Voices: Next-gen therapies are evolving fast. The drug development model needs to keep up
Summary: "In the current regulatory environment, after an important discovery is made, a trial alteration is required, which is a costly and lengthy process that limits the ability to bring novel...
AI Drug Discovery Startup Valo Raises $190 Million And Unveils Cancer Therapy Programs
Summary: "Valo Health, which is developing a drug discovery platform powered by both artificial intelligence and large patient datasets, announced Monday that it’s working on multiple targets that...
Could Artificial Intelligence Be The Future Of Fertility Treatment?
Summary: "Scientists from one of the leading independent providers of fertility treatment in the UK, CARE Fertility and Canadian med-tech partner Future Fertility presented their research as to how...
AI startup that captures vital signs via phone cameras launches new corporate wellness solution
Summary: "One artificial intelligence health startup that offers video-based health tracking sees big opportunities among insurance companies and employers with the growing demand for health...
Simple Virtual Solutions Promote Senior Care Beyond COVID-19
Summary: "Renee Buckingham, president of Partners in Primary Care, discussed how telehealth and virtual care technologies are critical for her patient population. In a recent episode of Healthcare...
Biogen, Apple to launch virtual study on cognitive decline
Summary: "Biogen has announced a new multiyear research study on cognitive decline that will be conducted using the Apple Watch and iPhone. The observational study is being conducted in...
5 Predictions for Digital Healthcare in 2021
Summary: "In 2020, the world witnessed in disbelief how a virus shut down the world. As the COVID-19 pandemic swept through nations, it paralyzed healthcare systems across the globe, prompting calls...
Google’s quantum computing division will help develop new drugs
Summary: "Google’s Quantum AI division is teaming with pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim to develop new types of drugs, the companies announced. The idea is to research and develop quantum...
Scientists identify workflow algorithm to predict psychosis
Summary: "Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, led by Nikolaos Koutsouleris, combined psychiatric assessments with machine-learning models that analyse clinical and biological...
NHS Digital pilot will collect private hospital data
Summary: "A pilot led by NHS Digital and the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) is set to collect data on privately-funded care from independent hospitals. The testing phase of the...
It’s Not About Video. It’s About Always-on Triage.
Summary: "The video visit has been one of the gifts of the otherwise merciless pandemic. As a physician, I’ve loved seeing patients access care so conveniently: Elderly patients who don’t have to...
3D-Printed COVID-19 Test Works in Seconds
Summary: "Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University report findings on an advanced nanomaterial-based biosensing platform that detects, within seconds, antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2, the virus...
Get Ready for the Hospital of the Future
Summary: "Attendees of the Virtual Engineering Week keynote, “Mayo Clinic 2030: Hospital of the Future,” got a glimpse of healthcare’s future. Mark Wehde, chair, Mayo Clinic Division of Engineering,...
Amazon reportedly developing radar-equipped sleep apnea tracker
Summary: "Amazon is developing a new Alexa-powered device that can track and monitor for signs of sleep apnea using radar, according to a new report from Business Insider. The palm-sized device is...
Forecast: Health Care In 2021 Will Focus On ‘Digitization Of The Patient Experience’
Summary: "Digital health startups are likely to see continued opportunity, investment and initial public offerings in the new year as people rethink the way health care is delivered." "Investors in...
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare after COVID-19
Summary: "AI is on the front lines of the COVID-19 fight. It can play an even bigger role in healthcare afterward." "The Covid-19 pandemic put most of the world on pause for a year. Still, there is...
Hospitals without walls: the future of healthcare
Summary: "In the wake of Covid, doctors and designers are radically adapting their thinking about what a hospital can be and what it should deliver." Article written by Laura Spinney 02|01|2021...
Israel performs first-ever augmented reality, 3D eye socket surgery
Summary: "The innovative technology utilizing a 3D printer and augmented reality resulted in a both a particularly accurate execution of the operation, and a significant reduction in time." Article...
5G will be crucial for the security of critical sectors like healthcare
Summary: "5G connectivity will play a vital role for organizations in critical industries like healthcare, as will 5G cyber security." "5G will not just have lightning-fast connectivity and...
Startups are racing to reproduce breast milk in the lab
Summary: "As Strickland watched Post from her kitchen table, she began thinking about how she might be able to use a process like his to grow not artificial beef but the cells that produce breast...
I tried ‘Supernatural’ and was surprised at how much fun a workout could be
Summary: "I am far from a gamer — aside from some serious Mario Kart skills from my childhood that resurface when my brother and I are home for the holidays. But like most health-conscious people...
Lo que significa la pandemia para la transformación digital de la atención de salud
Summary: "En una mesa redonda, los directores de información de los principales sistemas de salud convinieron en que las tecnologías digitales debían desempeñar un papel importante para hacer frente...
Google’s five buzziest healthcare moves in 2020
Summary: "Google's activity in 2020 highlight how it's leveraging its cloud service to widen its stance in healthcare. In this third and final installment of our Big Tech Countdown, we recount...
Alineadores dentales impresos en 3D para ‘democratizar’ la teleodontología
Summary: "La firma SmileDirectClub acaba de aterrizar en España con una propuesta de tratamientos dentales en remoto gracias al desarrollo de tecnología médica." "Ocho de cada 10 españoles afirman...
Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Merck, Teva y Amazon unen fuerzas para crear un laboratorio de innovación en Israel
Summary: "La Autoridad de Innovación de Israel y el Ministerio Digital Nacional israelí han anunciado este domingo que cuatro farmacéuticas (Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Merck y Teva), el Fondo Biotech de...
Combining Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation with Telemedicine Enables Breakthrough Treatment at Home
Summary: "Non-invasive brain stimulation in a telemedicine delivery model ensures that patients can maintain their treatment plans even when it becomes impractical or impossible to visit a care...
Un reloj inteligente alerta a los usuarios sordos
Summary: "investigadores de la Universidad de Washington han desarrollado SoundWatch, una aplicación de reloj inteligente para personas sordas y con problemas de audición que desean estar al tanto...
Are AI Biases a Risk in Healthcare?
Summary: "The use of AI or Artificial Intelligence in healthcare has been increasing in the past decade. This is because it makes the process of assisting patients and doctors during times of need a...
Aena prepara la entrada de clínicas en 15 aeropuertos para realizar test de Covid-19
Summary: "Los 15 aeropuertos de la red de Aena con mayor tráfico de viajeros van a contar en breve con espacios clínicos dedicados a la realización de pruebas diagnósticas para detectar la Covid-19....
Proximie: the startup rethinking surgery with augmented reality
Summary: "Healthtech startup Proximie has seen a 430% increase in the number of surgeries it's been used in this year" "The UK-based startup Proximie, which has developed an augmented reality tool...
The Poseidon Smart Mirror is the New Health and Wellness Hub at Home
Summary: "The key to making the smart mirror unique is its use of AR technology through a camera that can map your face with 7,000 different points. Not only does this allow the mirror to...
Measuring Digital Maturity– where is the value?
Summary: "Measuring digital maturity has its advocates and detractors and interest in measuring digital maturity inevitably waxes and wanes, but it does seem to be at the forefront of people’s minds...
Neos Surgery recibe 1,9 millones de la CE para mejorar el tratamiento de la hernia discal
Summary: "La financiación se destinará a la validación clínica del dispositivo Disc care, que se ha diseñado para dar respuesta a una necesidad médica no resuelta como es la herniación del disco...
Having a fitness tracker gets you to walk further, study finds
Summary: "People walk almost an extra mile each day if they have an activity tracker on their smartphone or watch, a study has found. Researchers analyzed dozens of studies comparing people's...
Rethinking the Smartphone as a Healthcare Wearable Device
Summary: "Smartphones have become ubiquitous , with 2.5 billion people owning them globally according to a report from Pew Research Center. With their advanced functionality, growing number of apps...
New Robot Does Superior Job Sampling Blood
Summary: "First clinical trial of an automated blood drawing and testing device. In the future, robots could take blood samples, benefiting patients and healthcare workers alike. A Rutgers-led team...
What If You Could Change Your Immune System By Wearing Earbuds? Meet The Startup That Could Make It Possible
Summary: "Unveiled today, the earbud-like devices are a revolutionary rheumatoid arthritis treatment pioneered by neurotech startup Nēsos.These wearable therapeutics may sound like science fiction....
Gene editing has made pigs immune to a deadly epidemic
Summary: "When covid-19 began to race around the world, countries closed businesses and told people to stay home. Many thought that would be enough to stop the coronavirus. If we had paid more...
Artificial Intelligence: The Good, The Bad, and Potential Policies to Guide It
Summary: "A report from GAO and the National Academy of Medicine assesses the AI healthcare landscape and signals regulatory oversight may emerge down the road." Article written by Mandy Roth...
Telehealth services come with sizable cyber risks
Summary "The rapid deployments and transition towards adopting virtual health services are immensely attractive to hackers looking to take advantage of the disarray of starting a large-scale digital...
How Remote Patient Monitoring Is Reducing Readmissions in 2020
Summary: "Remote monitoring is digital technology that collects biometric data (e.g., blood pressure, oxygen saturation, glucose levels) from a patient at one location, analyzes and interprets that...
Update on Heart Rhythm Detection Devices for Remote Patient Monitoring
Summary: "Over the past 10 years, electrocardiography (ECG) has become a mainstay for heart rhythm detection for remote patient monitoring. The sensor technology and filtering capabilities of...
Unlocking data and embracing digital technologies to transform citizens’ health and wellbeing
Summary: "If the coronavirus pandemic and Europe-wide lockdowns taught us one thing, it is just how reliant we all are on digital technologies – including for our own health, and that data was in...
Highmark Inks 6-Year Partnership with Google Cloud to Power Living Health Model
Summary: "Highmark’s Living Health model is designed to eliminate the fragmentation in health care by re-engineering the healthcare delivery model with a more coordinated, personalized,...
CAPTUREing Whole-Body 3D movements
Summary: "In a paper published December 18 in Neuron researchers from Harvard University describe a newly developed behavioral monitoring system, CAPTURE (continuous appendicular and postural...
Wearable gadgets could help catch COVID-19 before symptoms show
Summary: "Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, and the University of California, San Diego, have shown that constant temperature surveillance could be a promising method for...
Highline Beta invests in Aifred Health to support its mission of improving clinical decision making for mental health
Summary: "Aifred Health’s technology, including AI-based insights, provide information to physicians on the right treatment for each individual patient.". Article written by Unknown 11|12|2020...
Una nueva versión de la aplicación de Xemio se integrará en un proyecto europeo sobre cáncer y BIG DATA
Summary: "A partir de enero del año próximo se pone en marcha el proyecto que incluye nuestro piloto. El piloto, al que llamamos mACMA, es un ensayo de viabilidad de la participación de pacientes...
Un emprendedor español se hace con el primer premio europeo a la innovación
Summary: "El emprendedor español Andreu Climent, CEO de la startup Corify Care y profesor asociado de la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV), consiguió el primer premio en la categoría de...
The Apple Watch expands its range of cardio fitness measurements
Summary: "Apple is expanding the range of cardiorespiratory fitness that can be measured on the Apple Watch. Starting today, the Health app will classify users as having “high,” “above average,”...
How mHealth Apps are Revolutionizing Healthcare | Codementor
Summary: "Researches show that the mhealth apps market is going to reach around $20 billion by 2021. But the market size doesn't showcase how much the healthcare system is growing. Innovation in the...
An AI Used Facebook Data to Predict Mental Illness
Summary: "IT’S EASY TO do bad things with Facebook data. From targeting ads for bizarrely specific T-shirts to manipulating an electorate, the questionable purposes to which the social media...
Covid-19 is bringing digital therapeutics to the forefront of medicine
Summary: "In what may have sounded like a futuristic scenario mere months ago, doctors today can prescribe a video game treatment for their patients. Children with ADHD are now “playing” their...
How AI could make therapeutic decision-making for breast cancer more accurate, affordable
Summary: "Salesforce Research collaborated with the Ellison Institute to develop ReceptorNet, a deep-learning algorithm that can determine hormone-receptor status - a crucial biomarker for...
What One Health System Learned About Providing Digital Services in the Pandemic
Summary: "Even before the pandemic struck, Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare had been aggressively employing telehealth. During the pandemic, telehealth and other digital services have...
A digital workflow for design and fabrication of bespoke orthoses using 3D scanning and 3D printing, a patient-based case study – Digital Health and Patient Safety Platform
Summary: "This study demonstrates the development and application of a novel workflow for designing and fabricating orthoses, using a combination of 3D scanning and 3D printing technologies. The...
AI powered ‘virtual patient’ allows remote medical training
Summary: New AI technology has been launched to allow healthcare clinicians and medical students to hone their skills remotely, minimising the need for in-person training during the pandemic....
AI speeds up cancer treatment
Summary: Doctors at Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge aim to drastically cut cancer waiting times using artificial intelligence (AI) to automate lengthy radiotherapy preparations. Article written...
How Sutter Health Is Changing Healthcare Through Empathy and Human-Centered Design
Summary: "Chris Waugh is not your typical healthcare chief innovation officer. When explaining what his team wants to accomplish, his conversation doesn't launch with a discussion about how...
SOLAR-POWERED STERILISATION OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT IN DEVELOPING NATIONS
Summary: The device can be easily put together by users and can generate solar energy even in cloudy conditions Article written by Katrina Lane 08|12|2020 Source:Spring...
Amazon launches HealthLake, a platform for storing and analyzing health care data
Summary: Amazon launched Amazon HealthLake, a service that enables health care organizations to store, transform, and analyze up to petabytes of life science data in Amazon Web Services. Article...
Novartis works with app maker to help eye patients ‘See What’s Next’
Summary: Novartis wants to help patients overcome the hurdles in specialized eye disease treatment with the help of a new digital tool. Article written by Sharon Klahr Coey 08|12|2020 Source:Fierce...
New Study Brings Biomarkers For Depression Closer To The Clinic
Summary: "Scientists have been studying biological signs of depression in the brain, looking for markers that could be used to identify the disorder. A team of scientists recently developed a...
Editing the DNA of human embryos could protect us from future pandemics
Summary: "Hollywood blockbusters such as X-men, Gattaca and Jurassic World have explored the intriguing concept of “germline genome editing” – a biomolecular technique that can alter the DNA of...
Digital inequalities are a problem but we don’t have all the answers
Summary: "Digital inequalities have been an increasing priority, not just as digital access to services has become more prevalent within the health and care system, but also as other public services...
Desarrollan un nuevo test de orina capaz de detectar al 100% el cáncer de vejiga
Summary: "Una de las claves de la lucha contra el cáncer es la prevención y el diagnóstico temprano. Por eso, la importancia de una detección precoz es clave en la batalla contra la enfermedad....
AI-Assisted Cough Tracking Could Help Detect the Next Pandemic
Summary: Some researchers have turned their focus to artificial intelligence to study an underused symptom common to most respiratory pathogens—cough. Article written by Max Koslov...
Using machine learning to track the pandemic’s impact on mental health
Summary: Textual analysis of social media posts finds users’ anxiety and suicide-risk levels are rising, among other negative trends. Article written by Anne Trafton 05|11|2020 Source:MIT...
‘The game has changed.’ AI triumphs at protein folding
Summary: Artificial intelligence (AI) has solved one of biology's grand challenges: predicting how proteins curl up from a linear chain of amino acids into 3D shapes that allow them to carry out...
The healthtech revolution: AI and healthcare construction in a post-COVID world
Summary: "After decades of low digitisation, an ever-increasing universe of technologies are disrupting the way we plan, design, and execute healthcare projects. Our London-based...
How Big Data Could Revitalize the Pharmaceutical Industry
Summary: "Big data has become one of the biggest businesses around. The evolution of fields like network virtualization and machine learning has given businesses access to larger pools of...
AI now sees and hears COVID in your lungs
Summary: DeepChest and DeepBreath, new deep learning algorithms developed at EPFL that identify patterns of COVID-19 in lung images and breath sounds, may help in the fight against other respiratory...
Reversing vision loss by turning back the aging clock
Summary: Aging has implications for a wide range of diseases. Researchers have been looking for ways to halt the aging process for millennia, but such methods remain elusive. Scientists at Harvard...
New Google Health tool helps plan medical visits, rolling out to Search
Summary: Earlier this year, Google added a “COVID-19 alert” from the CDC to hospital and other healthcare provider listings. Google Health is now piloting a general tool to help plan your hospital...
AI abdominal fat measure predicts heart attack and stroke
Summary: Automated deep learning analysis of abdominal CT images produces a more precise measurement of body composition and predicts major cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke,...
Señales que iluminan el cáncer en el interior del cuerpo
Summary: "Los equipos de diagnóstico por imagen han mejorado la resolución de sus resultados y han reducido la radiación que reciben los pacientes, pero el principal avance se ha producido en los...
Scientists Engineer Dreams to Understand the Sleeping Brain
Summary: "Technologies such as noninvasive brain stimulation and virtual reality gaming offer insights into how dreams arise and what functions they might serve." "Adam Haar Horowitz is the first to...
Global strategy on digital health 2020–2025
Summary: A terrific report by the World Health Organization explains what the next five years of digital health innovation can look like and what the industry’s strategy should be for utilizing...
New DNA scanning method could lead to quicker diagnosis of cancer and rare disease
Summary: Understanding the sequence of human DNA gives scientists information about diseases, including potentially how to diagnose or treat them. Article written by Unknown 30|11|2020...
Imagining perfect molecules using AI – a benchmarking system for generative chemistry
Summary: Insilico Medicine together with collaborators announces the publication of Molecular Sets (MOSES), a benchmarking system for generative chemistry models Article written...
Enhancing cancer-fighting T cells by manipulating their microenvironment
Summary: Genetically engineered T cells have been successful in treating blood cancers but have yielded limited benefits in solid tumors. Scientists have explored different combination strategies to...
Modified ‘stealth’ virus could fight advanced cancers
Summary: It can slip past the immune system defense that prevent treatment. Article written by Jon Fingas 29|11|2020...
Elon Musk’s Starlink May Potentially Revolutionize Healthcare
Summary: For many, high-speed broadband internet has incredible implications for connectivity. One of the most important potential benefits of this technology may be its impact on healthcare and...
Why we need Artificial Intelligence in healthcare now
Summary: In this article, Amy Molten, Paediatrician and the Director of Medicine for Buoy Health, an Artificial Intelligence-powered healthcare navigation platform, discusses the vital role of...
Does Artificial Intelligence Design New Drugs Or Discover Them?
Summary: What is discovery? In mathematics, there is this age-old question of whether new math is discovered or invented. It makes sense to ask the same sort of question about modern drug discovery....
Scientists Are Looking Into The Eyes Of Patients To Diagnose Parkinson’s Disease
Summary: With artificial intelligence (AI), researchers have moved toward diagnosing Parkinson's disease with, essentially, an eye exam. This relatively cheap and non-invasive method could...
Seven innovations in radiology workflow that are improving efficiency and quality of care
Summary: "As demand for medical imaging has grown dramatically over the last few decades, radiology workflow has become increasingly complex. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic adding to the...
Vericool Launching Vaccine Recyclable and Compostable Shipping Cooler
Summary: "Vericool, the inventors of the world’s first recyclable/biodegradable cooler, have developed a worldwide sustainable thermal solution for shipping COVID-19 vaccines that is both recyclable...
La startup española que propone un viaje al interior del ADN
¿Por qué tenemos el cabello rubio? ¿Qué provoca que sea intolerante al gluten? La startup española ADNTRO busca democratizar el acceso a nuestro propio ADN y a la información que esconde Article...
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Clinician Burnout
Providence health system is using an artificial intelligence solution to alleviate clinician burnout and improve the care experience. Article written by Jessica Kent 23|11|2020 Source:Health IT...
Researchers use cutting edge technology to bioprint mini-kidneys
Researchers have used cutting edge technology to bioprint miniature human kidneys in the lab, paving the way for new treatments for kidney failure and possibly lab-grown transplants. Article written...
Study shows hyperbaric oxygen can reverse the aging process
Summary: High-pressure oxygen treatments are found to reverse two major cellular processes associated with aging and its illnesses. Article written by Abigail Klein Leichman 22|11|2020...
Innovar para reinventar los seguros en la era digital
Accenture y Zurich cuentan en ‘Innovar para Vivir’ cómo está siendo la transformación digital del sector seguros Article written by Unknown 22|11|2020...
Medical technology gives healthcare a shot in the arm
Coronavirus has killed hundreds of thousands of people and has strained health systems around the world, but for Tony Young there may be a patch of a silver lining. The pandemic is accelerating use...
Personalizing cancer therapy through imaging: A look inside the Andrews lab
Many cancer treatments have historically taken a “one-size-fits-all” approach. However, every patient’s cancer is different and being able to better understand differences in drug response can...
Pandemic will accelerate AI adoption, healthcare leaders predict
An Intel survey of healthcare decision-makers suggests great excitement for more widespread artificial intelligence and machine learning adoption, but also some skepticism. Article written by Kat...
Parkinson’s patients use telehealth access for speech improvement during pandemic
Summary: SpeechVive Inc. announced Thursday (Nov. 19) it is making its remote calibration software and training available free during the COVID-19 global health crisis. The software and training are...
Digital health acceleration shows no signs of slowing down
Investors expect to see more innovation, collaboration and adoption going into the new year and beyond. Article written by Mallory Hackett 19|11|2020 Source:Mobi Health...
Digital Health Tools Offer New Opportunities for Personalized Care
Summary: "Digital health has rapidly become a core component of the delivery of health care in the United States. Health systems have implemented new technology platforms to allow for more virtual...
Data could hold the key to stopping Alzheimer’s
Summary: More data sharing will accelerate progress towards an Alzheimer’s breakthrough. Article written by Bill Gates 17|11|2020...
Amazon launches Amazon Pharmacy for prescription medicine delivery
Summary: Amazon is making its biggest push into the healthcare industry yet with the launch today of Amazon Pharmacy: a new service offering home delivery for prescription medication. Article...
Algorithm-driven digital program helped lower patients’ cholesterol, blood pressure
Summary: Researchers enrolled 5,000 patients in a remote, cholesterol and blood pressure management program utilizing care navigators and pharmacists, supported by specialists and using...
Pre-recorded audio messages help improve outcomes for patients with heart failure
Summary: Patients who are hospitalized with heart failure can reduce their odds of requiring re-hospitalization, a heart transplant or death by repeatedly reviewing recorded audio messages about...
Levels raises $12 million for biowearable that tracks impact of diet on health
Summary: Fledgling biowearables startup Levels has raised a hefty seed round for a system that tracks the impact of diet on human health and promises to help users improve conditions like...
New self-administered digital health tool helps women assess risk for premature delivery
Summary: Women who are intending to become pregnant or who have just found out they are pregnant can quickly learn of their risk for preterm birth with a noninvasive, self-administered digital tool...
AI program uses vocal biomarkers to diagnose COVID-19
Summary: An artificial intelligence voice analysis tool can help diagnose COVID-19 in asymptomatic patients, according to its manufacturer, Vocalis Health. Article written by Janel Miller 17|11|2020...
This UK Aid Project Trains Volunteers to Detect Diabetes With an App in Rural Thailand
The app examines all the potential risks to the patient before dispensing recommendations, takes a look at their family history, and connects the data to their health record so that, if necessary,...
Northwell Health research arm develops AI tool to help hospital patients avoid sleepless nights
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, a division of the Northwell Health system, has developed an artificial intelligence tool to gauge when hospitalized patients need to be woken up during...
Covid: drones para transportar material sanitario en España frente al coronavirus
Summary: Esta mañana se han llevado a cabo diferentes vuelos experimentales para el transporte de material antiCovid de forma rápida, económica, sin contacto y libre de emisiones de gases. Article...
When AI can save lives
Summary: Healthcare has once again fallen under the spotlight, given the current global situation. Medical science has undoubtedly improved rapidly, extending life expectancy across the globe. But...
Un análisis de sangre para detectar el cáncer cuando aún puede ser curado
Summary: La detección del cáncer seguramente siempre necesitará una biopsia. Pero, el problema es que muchas de esas biopsias se realizan cuando ya es demasiado tarde. Article written...
Live Long And Eat Chili Peppers? Cardiologists Report Sweet Results
Summary: In these challenging days of unsavory news, we need to dig pretty deep to find something uplifting. Even if it means bringing tears to your eyes, sweat to your brow, and fire to your...
Novel deep learning method enables clinic-ready automated screening for diabetes-related eye disease
Summary: Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München together with LMU University Eye Hospital Munich and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) created a novel deep learning method that makes...
Predicting the risk of severe side effects of cancer treatment
Summary: The risk of serious adverse effects on the blood status and bone marrow of patients during chemotherapy can be predicted by a new model. This research may make it possible to use genetic...
HOW DIGITAL HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY CAN REINVENT THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP
Summary: "Everything else in life has become accessible with the click of a button or a swipe on a phone — so why can’t the act of going to the doctor be just as convenient?" "As a surgeon of nearly...
Vodafone releases report on how 5G and IoT technology can transform healthcare
Summary: The report surveyed 2,000 people on their attitudes towards advancing technology in health and social care and contains government recommendations. Article written by Sophie Porter...
Hacia la medicina de precisión: modificar proteínas para conseguir biomarcadores
Summary: Investigadores de la UA trabajan en el proyecto europeo eProt con el objetivo de desarrollar dispositivos bioelectrónicos, implantables, sostenibles y eficientes. Article written by Unknown...
Google Cloud unveils AI tools to help healthcare analyze unstructured medical text
Now available in public preview, the offerings are designed to help organizations and individuals pull clinically-relevant insights from large volumes of free text housed in medical records. Article...
How one healthcare system is empowering patients by enabling medical imaging access through the patient portal
The need for patients to access their medical images is nothing new. For decades, patients have transported images and files to a specialist who requests them. Gaining access to those images was...
Esta biomembrana antitumoral fabricada con nanofibras se ha implantado de forma segura en un paciente
Summary: La plataforma tecnológica de la startup española Cebiotex y su biomembrana CEB-01 ya está patentada en Estados Unidos, la Unión Europea y China. Se implanta sobre el lecho quirúrgico...
Así plantan cara a la COVID las compañías farmacéuticas en España
Summary: Desde el pasado febrero las compañías farmacéuticas trabajan sin descanso en torno a cuatro grandes frentes que han surgido a consecuencia de la pandemia. Article written by Thais Escamilla...
Implantes bioimpresos en 3D para regenerar de lesiones del tobillo
Summary: Un consorcio europeo, con cinco países implicados, trabaja en el desarrollo de innovadores implantes personalizados a base de colágeno y gelatina fabricados con tecnología 3D para pacientes...
Bringing drugs to the brain with nanoparticles to treat neurodegenerative diseases
Summary: Researchers from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) have shown that nanoparticles could be used to deliver drugs to the brain to treat neurodegenerative diseases....
90% accuracy in detecting melanoma: New non-invasive method
Summary: A team of researchers proposed a non-invasive method for detection of melanoma. A patented computer-aided diagnostic system developed by scientists proved to be more than 90% accurate in...
Swedish health tech startup Mendi crowdfunds €3 million for neurofeedback device
Summary: Mendi, a Swedish health tech startup creating consumer devices for brain health, has raised €3 million through Kickstarter and Indiegogo, where customers ordered over 10,000 Mendi...
Why Now More Than Ever Healthcare Needs To Go Digital
Summary: Our world is run by apps. We’re glued to our smartphones day in day out, and if it’s not a smartphone, it’s a smartwatch, or smart sneakers, smart doorbell, or smart… you get the picture....
How can 5G connect a post-COVID healthcare ecosystem?
Summary: 5G networks could transform all of the critical components of healthcare, a subject especially meaningful today as the spread of the coronavirus has put unprecedented stress on healthcare...
Google partners with imaging software firm Claritas HealthTech for new teleradiology platform
Summary: Google Cloud Healthcare API and Singapore-based Claritas HealthTech have partnered to launch a new teleradiology product known as tRAD, the pair announced on Thursday. Article written...
How The Internet Of Things Can Help Hospitals Cope With Coronavirus
Summary: The European Commission has launched an €8 million project that aims to use the Internet of Things (IoT) to increase and enhance the remote care provided by hospitals. Article written...
Motor neuron disease app developed to help better manage care needs
Summary: An app which helps those with motor neuron disease better manage their care needs has been developed. Article written by Hannah Crouch 05|11|2020...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAN HELP YOU HAVE A PEACEFUL SLEEP
Summary: Sleep is a fundamental piece of our life that helps in staying physically and mentally healthy. Tragically, we all are not normally honored with better sleep. Many individuals among us will...
Esta inteligencia artificial evalúa psíquica y neuralmente la vista
Summary: El sistema desarrollado por la española Wivi Vision es capaz de detectar disfunciones visuales y tratarlas de forma eficiente mientras juegas. Article written by Creu Ibáñez 05|11|2020...
Telefónica crea Koa Health, el ‘spin out’ de Alpha, junto con Ancora Finance Group y Wellington Partners
Summary: La nueva compañía contará con una inversión inicial de 14 millones de euros que podría elevarse hasta los 30 millones. Article written by Fernando Cano 05|11|2020...
Telehealth solution approved for stroke assessment in Northern Ireland
Summary: A telehealth solution that allows for the remote assessment of patients has been approved for the emergency assessment of patients with suspected stroke in Northern Ireland. Article written...
Earwax sampling could measure stress hormone
Summary: A novel method to sample earwax could be a cheap and effective way to measure the hormone cortisol, according to a study led by researchers at UCL and King's College London. Article written...
La Covid, catalizadora de patentes en España
Summary: Las solicitudes de patentes en España han pasado de 985 a 1.120 este 2020. INNOVADORES habla con expertos del Instituto de Salud Carlos III, el CSIC, Pons IP y la Universidad Politécnica de...
Johns Hopkins scientists create parasite-inspired microdevice to gradually deliver drugs in the GI tract
Summary: Taking a cue from hookworms—which are able to thrive in the gastrointestinal tract for up to two years—researchers at Johns Hopkins University created a fanged microdevice that sinks its...
¿Cómo influye la alimentación en la salud de nuestra piel?
Summary: Los expertos en nutrición señalan que la piel ofrece mucha información no solo de alergias o intolerancias alimentarias sino también de posibles carencias nutricionales. Article written...
La inteligencia artificial detecta infecciones asintomáticas de Covid-19 a través de toses grabadas en el móvil
Summary: Según han descubierto investigadores del MIT, los asintomáticos podrían llegar a distinguirse de las personas sanas en la forma en que tosen. Se trata de pequeños matices que no podemos...
Machine learning helps pinpoint sources of the most common cardiac arrhythmia
Summary: Researchers from Skoltech and their US colleagues have designed a new machine learning-based approach for detecting atrial fibrillation drivers, small patches of the heart muscle that are...
IBM y Pfizer predicen la aparición de Alzheimer en personas sanas con inteligencia artificial
Summary: El modelo de inteligencia artificial es capaz de predecir con un 71% de precisión la aparición de la enfermedad Article written by Unknown 27|10|2020...
Osram presenta su nuevo purificador de aire AirZing Mini para automóviles
Summary: El filtro de dióxido de titanio de este dispositivo no necesita ser reemplazado, solo debe lavarse de forma regular. Article written by Unknown 27|10|2020...
How an Algorithm Blocked Kidney Transplants to Black Patients
Summary: "Doctors often make life-changing decisions about patient care based on algorithms that interpret test results or weight risks, like whether to perform a particular procedure....
RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF STROKE-CAUSING BLOCKAGES USING DEEP LEARNING MODEL
Summary: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the way healthcare industry functions. It is helping doctors diagnose patients more accurately. AI makes predictions about patients’ future health...
MACHINE LEARNING DISCOVERS POTENTIAL NEW TUBERCULOSIS DRUGS
Summary: Many biologists use machine learning (ML) as a computational tool to analyze a massive amount of data, helping them to recognise potential new drugs. MIT researchers have now integrated a...
HOW CAN AI CONTRIBUTE TO A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE?
Summary: Biomedical research of vaccines against COVID-19 was already being tested in humans in March. Three months after the initial outbreak was identified in China, many of those owed their rapid...
The AI that spots Alzheimer’s from cookie drawing
Summary: A dated line drawing of two children stealing cookies behind their mother's back is being used by an artificial intelligence system to detect the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Article...
UPGRADING PSYCHIATRY TREATMENT USING AI AND BIG DATA
Summary: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has invaded the healthcare sector long back. It is making accountable impacts on treatment and overviewing of patients. However, psychiatry department stands...
Artificial intelligence assesses Alzheimer’s risk by analyzing word usage
Summary: Artificial intelligence could soon help screen for Alzheimer’s disease by analyzing writing. Article written by Unknown 22|10|2020...
Researchers develop method for earlier detection of Alzheimer’s Disease
Summary: Washington State University scientists have developed a method to detect the biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease that is 10 times more sensitive than current blood testing technology....
Diagnosing Parkinson’s disease with skin samples could lead to earlier detection
Summary: New research shows a simple skin test can accurately identify Parkinson's disease, which could lead to earlier detection of the disease and better outcomes for patients. Article written by...
WEARABLE GAIT SENSOR PROVIDES IN-HOME PHYSICAL THERAPY
Summary: Patients can reduce the number of trips they take to a hospital and clinicians gain access to a greater volume of data. Article written by Keely Khoury 20|10|2020 Source:Spring...
Solarea Bio Announces Series A Financing Led by S2G Ventures and Bold Capital Partners
Summary: Financing will advance its musculoskeletal product through a clinical proof of activity trial as well as continue the discovery and development of its ongoing pipeline of microbial-based...
Facilitar los procesos de innovación, clave para avanzar en salud digital
Summary: La actual crisis sanitaria provocada por el Covid-19 ha puesto en evidencia, más que nunca, las oportunidades que la salud digital proporciona a organizaciones sanitarias y ciudadanos....
Apple, Google, Amazon And The $9 Trillion Battle Over The Future Of HealthTech: Former Apple CEO John Sculley
Summary: Apple has the most popular health wearable on the planet. Google bought Fitbit. Amazon just released the Halo Band. All now have a fitness and health subscription service. Article written...
How Data From Wearables Will Revolutionize Healthcare
Summary: [...] Seen in this light, the fact that clinical studies are beginning to emerge — in addition to those known as Stanford's with Apple — in which this type of technology and devices are...
Pharma, take note: Millennials plan to spend more on meds, study says
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has millennials worried—and that has them planning to buy more prescription drugs in the future, new research finds. Article written by Sharon Klahr Coey 15|10|2020...
Spain’s Savana Medica raises $15 million to bring to the US its AI toolkit turning clinical notes into care insights
Summary: Savana,, a machine learning-based service that turns clinical notes into structured patient information for physicians and pharmacists, has raised $15 million to take its technology from...
CommonSpirit Health Links With Startup To Integrate Behavioral And Primary Care
Summary: The large hospital and outpatient care provider CommonSpirit Health is partnering with the startup behavioral health company Concert Health to create a new model of primary medical care...
WEARABLES ENABLE PREVENTION ON A MASS SCALE
Summary: Apple is partnering with the Singapore government to improve citizens’ health, opening a new chapter in the relationship between public health and digital health innovations. Article...
Smartphone Test for Quick Stroke Diagnosis
Summary: Researchers at Penn State and Houston Methodist Hospital have developed a tool to aid doctors in rapidly diagnosing strokes. The technology uses a smartphone to record a patient’s speech...
Daily foot temperature monitoring leads to fewer hospitalizations, amputations and more
Summary: The study used Podimetrics SmartMats to take the temperature of participants’ feet and scan for signs of inflammation. Article written by Mallory Hackett 14|10|2020...
EHR-linked telehealth helps hospital surpass previous year’s visit adherence rate
Summary: This was enabled thanks to an FCC COVID-19 grant that supplied all physicians with new laptops that feature HD webcams and processing power for seamless video visits. Article written...
This Smart Home Gym Is The Future Of Fitness
Summary: JaxJox, which makes a smart personalized home gym that uses AI to track and improve your performance and give you a wellness score, just scored itself. The Seattle-based fit tech company...
Australian and New Zealand scientists use AI to predict heart disease risk
Summary: Scientists from the University of Melbourne and University of Otago have jointly developed and trained an artificial intelligence (AI) system to predict a person's risk of cardiovascular...
How virtual reality is aiding mental healthcare
Summary: Dr Wendy Powell, senior member of the IEEE and associate professor in the Department of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence at Tilburg University, about the specific benefits of...
This Robot Could Perform Your Colonoscopy In The Near Future
Summary: Increasing the roles played by robots in society can conjure various visions of both utopias and dystopias, depending on your level of comfort with and trust in technology. Article written...
New platform launches in India to enable paperless hospitals
Summary: Digital health venture KareXpert has built a new cloud-based platform with built-in electronic health records (EHR) that will enable hospitals in India to go paperless. Article written...
Quil launches in-home health monitoring solution as telemedicine usage explodes
Summary: Quil Health, a joint venture from Comcast and the Independence Health Group, today announced plans to launch a product that connects caregivers with loved ones. The Quil Assure platform...
Can the voice of healthcare robots influence how they are perceived by humans?
Summary: Robots are gradually making their way into hospitals and other clinical facilities, providing basic assistance to doctors and patients. To facilitate their widespread use in health care...
New virtual reality software allows scientists to ‘walk’ inside cells
Summary: irtual reality software which allows researchers to 'walk' inside and analyse individual cells could be used to understand fundamental problems in biology and develop new treatments for...
La industria farmacéutica ofrece innovación, inversión y empleo
Summary: La industria farmacéutica en España ofrece investigación, innovación, inversión, industrialización y empleo estable de calidad para contribuir a...
Sanitas lanza bluaU, el seguro médico que apuesta por la digitalización de la salud
Summary: Sanitas presenta bluaU, la evolución de su seguro sanitario en el que incluyen videoconsultas, medición de constantes vitales por imagen facial, algunos programas digitales de prevención y...
Recetas de luz personalizadas para reducir el jetlag o la estancia en el hospital
Summary: La plataforma de la startup catalana Kumux permite a las empresas de iluminación recortar un 50% el coste de sus prototipos Article written by María Climent 08|10|2020...
El Parc Científic se abre a las ‘start-ups’ tecnológicas
Summary: El Parc Científic de Barcelona (PCB) ha empezado a comercializar 1.200 m2de nuevas instalaciones que destinará a captar empresas de tecnología médica ( medtech ). Article written by Rosa...
Digital mental health subscription service Cerebral lands $35M
Summary: Digital mental health company Cerebral announced that it closed its Series A funding round with $35 million. The investment was led by Oak HC/FT with participation from Westcap, Liquid 2...
2020 breaks record in digital health investment with $9.4B in funding
Summary: With $9.4 billion invested up through the third quarter, 2020 will be the largest funding year for digital health to date. Article written by Heather Landi 07|10|2020 Source:Fierce...
Merck Is Piloting A Drone Delivery Program For Medications
Summary: Famed pharmaceutical company Merck is now looking into using drone technology for medication delivery. It’s attempting to make this possible through a parternship with Volansi, a drone...
Early results from DETECT study suggest fitness trackers can predict COVID-19 infections
Summary: Sensor data from wearable devices can complement virus testing and conventional screening to signal new infections. Article written by Unknown 29|10|2020 Source:Science...
How AI Voice Assistants Can Revolutionize Health
Summary: The vision for this future is to unlock the human voice as a meaningful measurement of health. AI voice assistants can transform speech into a vital sign, enabling early detection and...
Voice AI Redefines The Future Of Patient Interactions
Summary: With automated processes, artificial intelligence is paving the way for technologically advanced healthcare space. Many healthcare practitioners are embracing the potential of AI in...
How an AI tool for fighting hospital deaths actually worked in the real world
Summary: It wasn’t just technical work but also significant social and emotional labor that turned Sepsis Watch, a Duke University deep-learning model, into a success story. Article written...
Health Innovation Tops $6.6B in Funding and IPO Market Heats Up in Record Third Quarter
Summary: The third quarter of 2020 ended with more than $6.6B in health innovation funding, making it the most-funded quarter this market has ever seen since we began tracking funding in 2010....
New research from Fred Hutch shows that an app can dramatically help smokers quit
Summary: An app developed by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is nearly four times more effective at helping smokers quit than the average success rate for those trying to kick...
Standard Blood Test Can Predict Risk Of Dying From Covid-19
Summary: A group of researchers based at the Massachusetts General Hospital have discovered that a standard blood test that measures the amount of variation in red blood cell volume and size can...
A smartphone app for diagnosing autism could soon win FDA approval
Summary: A system that uses A.I. to identify people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is in the process of being submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and could become a...
Artificial intelligence detects osteoarthritis years before it develops
Summary: Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering have created a machine-learning algorithm that can detect subtle signs...
New high-speed test shows how antibiotics combine to kill bacteria
Summary: Researchers have developed a new method to determine - rapidly, easily and cheaply - how effective two antibiotics combined can be in stopping bacterial growth. The new method is simple for...
Platform for AI in diagnostic services
Summary: The EMPAIA project, which is led by Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, has been crowned one of the winners of the AI Innovation Competition organized by the Federal Ministry for Economic...
Researchers have developed the world’s smallest ultrasound detector
Summary: Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the world's smallest ultrasound detector. It is based on miniaturized photonic circuits...
Virtual Sitters: How Hospitals are Protecting Patients While Keeping Costs Down
Summary: Today, hospitals and healthcare systems need to innovate in order to do more with less by providing exceptional patient care without overstretching their resources. One way that hospitals...
Smarter Hospitals: How AI-Enabled Sensors Could Save Lives
Summary: Computer scientists and clinicians are trying to reduce fatal medical errors by building “ambient intelligence” into the spaces where patients reside. Article written by Tom...
Patients set to benefit from new guidelines on Artificial Intelligence health solutions
Summary: Patients could benefit from faster and more effective introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) innovations to diagnose and treat disease – thanks to the first international standards...
Implementation of an on-demand app-based heart rate and rhythm monitoring infrastructure for the management of atrial fibrillation through teleconsultation: TeleCheck-AF
Summary: "During the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, outpatient visits in the atrial fibrillation (AF) clinic of the Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+) were transferred into...
Startup’s AI Platform Allows Contact-Free Hospital Interactions
Summary: Ouva’s AI-based system allows no-touch hospital interactions with automated patient monitoring, COVID-19 screenings, voice-activated assistants and more. Article written by Renee...
How health tech companies are ramping up and adopting new technologies to capture the mHealth market
Summary: As epidemics and a shortage of healthcare workers continue to impact the healthcare system arround the world, the growth of telemedicine and the increasing popularity of mHealth solutions...
3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Will Change Healthcare
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has millennials worried—and that has them planning to buy more prescription drugs in the future, new research finds. Article written by Constantine Buhler 04|08|2020...
Curar el cerebro, el próximo objetivo de las nuevas tecnologías
Summary: La inteligencia artificial y la realidad virtual se están utilizando ya para personalizar tratamientos y mejorar los diagnósticos de pacientes con enfermedades mentales y neurológicas....
These Are The Startups Applying AI To Transform Healthcare
Summary: Artificial intelligence offers an unprecedented opportunity to stop the broken helthcare sector in the US and reshape its practice in the clinical, administrative an pharmaceutical...
3D Bio-Printing robot prints human tissue within the body to treat internal injuries
Summary: A new innovation has emerged from China, prototype mini robots, equipped with 3D Bio-Printers that can heal wounds from within the human body itself. Article written...
Babylon study finds new AI with ‘imagination’ is more effective than GPs at medical diagnosis
Summary: Research by UK-based digital firm Babylon found that artificial intelligence (AI) using the principles of causal reasoning scored higher than 70% of GPs in diagnosing written test cases....
Algorithm detects heart disease by analysing selfies
Summary: Researchers have developed a new deep learning algorithm that can detect heart disease just by analyzing four photographs of a patient’s face. Article written by Victor Tangerman ...
La salud en la era digital: biomarcadores que transforman la piel en una plataforma de datos
Summary: La catalana Onalabs desarrolla biosensores para impulsar la hospitalización a domicilio con mediciones continuas, en remoto, no invasivas de diferentes constantes vitales del paciente....
Así funcionan los dispositivos que leen y modifican el cerebro para mejorar capacidades humanas
Summary: El desarrollo de las interfaces cerebro-máquina y la evolución de la IA son la clave para conseguir humanos sanos con habilidades mejoradas. El escenario abre múltiples interrogantes éticos...
Una mirada de futuro sobre el healthtech más allá del COVID-19
Summary: La crisis sanitaria ha supuesto un importante espaldarazo a la implementación del healthtech pero estas nuevas soluciones tecnológicas tienen que respetar el nuevo marco europeo y promover...
Brain Waves Can Predict Pain Sensitivity
Summary: Rhythms produced by the brain can reliably be used to predict how sensitive we are to pain, new research shows. Article written by Unknown 10|08|2020 Source:Technology...
Back to the future: Digital health-led decentralization of healthcare delivery
Summary: Flare Capital Partners principal Ian Chiang identifies the innovators and trends that will drive decentralization of healthcare in the coming years. Article written by Ian Chiang...
El análisis de sangre que detecta el cáncer cuatro años antes de su diagnóstico
Summary: Un grupo de investigadores desarrolla un test sanguíneo no invasivo que podría utilizarse para la detección temprana de cinco tipos comunes de tumores.. Article written by Unknown...
This Algorithm Doesn’t Replace Doctors—It Makes Them Better
Summary: An artificial intelligence system has outperformed physicians when detecting skin lesions. The results are changing how one school trains dermatologists. Article written by Tom Simonite...
La industria farmacéutica reclama ser un pilar en la reconstrucción
Summary: La crisis del Coronavirus está ofreciendo la oportunidad de rediseñar un sector muy estratégico tanto para la salud como para la capacidad económica e industrial de un estado. Article...
The future of tech in healthcare: wearables?
Summary: Despite great feats in tech innovation over recent years, modern healthcare continues to remain relatively undisrupted. Article written by Nick Ismail 15|08|2020 Source:Information...
Innovación óptica ‘made in Spain’ para combatir los tumores cerebrales
Summary: La startup Fotoglass junto a investigadores en neurocirugía, óptica y biomedicina del Hospital de Valdecilla y la Universidad de Cantabria desarrollan un dispositivo para luchar contra el...
20 Spanish healthtech companies to watch
Summary: The Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem boasts a high quality of healthtech startups, ranging from drug discovery to novel virtual reality therapies. Article written by Tim Smith 26|06|2020...
Simple Device Monitors Health Using Sweat
Summary: A device that monitors health conditions in the body using a person’s sweat has been developed by Penn State and Xiangtan University researchers, according to Huanyu "Larry" Cheng,...
Meet Lena, the AI Chatbot Fighting Social Isolation in Seniors
Summary: Alex Harb was handpicked by one of the largest medical systems in the world to address a seemingly intractable health challenge: healing alone. Article written by Unknown...
This Digital Home Gym Uses AI to Correct Your Form
Summary: This digital screen uses 3D sensors to correct your form, heralding a future without in-person trainers and physical gyms. Article written by Parker Hall 07|06|2020...
Digital copy of your body allows treatments to be tried out
Summary: Researcher Natal van Riel of Eindhoven University of Technology wants to build a digital copy of individual patients to predict the success and to determine the necessary aftercare of...
Five innovative startups improving the lives of people with diabetes
Summary: "The diabetes epidemic is a growing concern in many parts of the world. In the UK, over 3.9 million people have the chronic illness, which Diabetes UK estimates will increase to 5...
Telemedicina: la gran revelación del Covid-19
Summary: La pandemia del coronavirus está exigiendo una rápida adecuación individual y social y para esto, de nuevo, contamos con la tecnología. Article written by Iñaki Ereño 18|05|2020 Source:El...
How Medical Innovations Promise Success In Times Of Crisis
Summary: IT didn't take long for Covid-19 to become a global pandemic. However, information travels fast too, and that has enabled the scientific community to band together to share resources and...
4 reasons why hospitals looking for real innovation should listen to their intrapreneurs
Summary: Given today’s healthcare challenges such as the ageing population or the management of chronic patients, healthcare organisations are under pressure to adapt their care to the new times. We...
Smart hospitals: the digital future of global health
Summary: We look at the role of the smart hospital, according to global firms Siemens, McKinsey and Accenture. Article written by Henry Menear 01|05|2020...
How Germany vows to become a top country for digital health solution providers
Summary: Ralf-Gordon Jahns, managing director of Research2Guidance, explains what Germany's Digital Care Act is all about. Article written by Ralf-Gordon Jahns 17|03|2020 Source:Mobi Health...
How Germany vows to become a top country for digital health solution providers
Summary: Ralf-Gordon Jahns, managing director of Research2Guidance, explains what Germany's Digital Care Act is all about. Article written by Ralf-Gordon Jahns 17|03|2020 Source:Mobi Health...
5 Predictions for HealthTech in 2020
Summary: While innovative technologies are transforming the delivery of care and improving outcomes, US's healthcare system ranks one of the worst among high-income nations. Here are 5 healthtech...
How well can computers connect symptoms to diseases?
Summary: "A new MIT study finds “health knowledge graphs,” which show relationships between symptoms and diseases and are intended to help with clinical diagnosis, can fall short for certain...
Esta empresa española ayuda a hacer biopsias guiadas con realidad aumentada
Summary: El sistema es capaz de reproducir capa a capa todo nuestro organismo, facilitando que el médico pueda examinar aquellos tejidos o zonas que le sean de utilidad y atinar en los puntos donde...
Sanofi Health-U 2019: innovación a través de Corporate Entrepreneurship
Summary: Las oportunidades no siempre nacen de forma orgánica en las organizaciones, sino que pueden surgir de sinergias con el ecosistema. En esta línea muchas empresas lanzan programas de...
The 22 Best Apps For Weight Loss That Will Help You Make Smart Lifestyle Changes
Summary: "In case you haven’t taken a (virtual) walk down the weight-loss aisle of the app store, here’s what you need to know: There are tons, and I mean tons, of free—if not...
Health services: the new revenue stream for Apple
Summary: When companies reach the point where current product portfolio growth becomes more complicated, servitization becomes a clear growth driver. Article written by Equipo Connociam 01|10|2019...
Apple to launch research app to allow users to privately submit health data
Summary: Technology giant Apple has announced it is launching a research app which can allow users to have the option of privately contributing to health research by sharing data collected from...
10 pioneering health-tech start-ups set to have a global impact
Summary: The World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers of 2019 lists 10 innovative health companies tackling global healthcare issues. Article written by Unknown 01|08|2019...
Identificada una bacteria intestinal que alarga la vida
Summary: Un tratamiento con una bacteria intestinal, abundante en personas centenarias, ha alargado la vida en experimentos con ratones, según una investigación española presentada en la revista...
Shiseido Launches Internet of Things Skincare System
Summary: Japanese beauty brand Shiseido has entered the skincare industry's latest competitive realm with a personalized high-tech moisturizer and serum, formulated by pairing augmented reality and...
The Gamification of Healthcare May Boost Patient Adherence and Outcomes
Summary: "Your smartwatch is inviting you to add a little competition to your workouts. You can earn badges for reaching milestones you’ve set for yourself or that are associated with group...
Why tech companies keep hitting the same wall when they try to get into health care
Summary: [...] But these companies keep hitting the same stumbling block: the inability to share health information across medical systems. Millions of patients are learning that they can’t share...
Eyes hint at hidden mental-health conditions
Summary: "Schizophrenia — a severe mental-health condition that often involves psychosis — has long been an enigma. Before the early twentieth century, psychiatrists thought that it comprised...
Healthcare Innovation – 10 Recent Examples Of Powerful Innovation In Healthcare
Summary: AI, design thinking, robotics and big data have made a splash across all industries, but perhaps their greatest impact is in healthcare. Article written by Blake Morgan 12|03|2019...
¿Customer Centricity y farmacéuticas?
Summary: The pharmaceutical sector is undergoing an important change that entails improving customer centered and customer oriented strategies. Article written by Joan Vinyets 18|02|2019...
Precision medicine: Opening the aperture
Summary: To keep pace with the evolving ecosystem for precision medicine, pharma players must be attuned to three crucial components: data collection, individualized solutions, and supporting...
NewYork-Presbyterian & Philips Partner To Enhance Its Telehealth Solutions
Summary: In a bid to improve its telehealth capabilities, NewYork Presbyterian-Hospital has engaged Royal Philips to provide remote patient monitoring software, as new telemedicine solutions...
Avance científico del Hospital Italiano: lanzan un tratamiento cardíaco “virtual”
Summary: Por primera vez en la Argentina, implantaron una válvula aórtica con planificación virtual Article written by Unknown 10|01|2019...
App helps parents track progress of preemies
Summary: Anew app used to help parents of premature infants communicate and track their babies’ progress in the neonatal intensive care unit has been advanced and tested by researchers at the...
La Unidad de 3D consolida la planificación y simulación de cirugías complejas y ofrece servicio a todas las especialidades pediátricas
Summary: El año 2013, el Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona planificó por primera vez una intervención de cirugía oncológica compleja con impresión tridimensional para un paciente pediátrico. Desde...
Mayo partnership aims to teach digital stethoscope to detect heart trouble
Summary: The Mayo Clinic is teaming up with the California medical device company Eko to conduct a clinical trial to see whether a new kind of digital stethoscope can be used as an early screening...
Los hospitales catalanes ensayan con un robot para interactuar con pacientes
Summary: Los hospitales Clínic y Sant Joan de Déu de Barcelona ensayarán a partir del próximo otoño con el robot Pepper, que puede interactuar con las personas en 21...
STERIS RealView: Giving Families Peace of Mind During Surgery
Summary: Humber River Hospital is the first Surgical Program in Canada to use the STERIS RealView patient tracking system, which uses Real Time Locating System technology to track patients...
Innovar para mejorar la Atención al Paciente: el caso del quirófano y el payaso
Summary: Una curiosa historia del sector sanitario que nos muestra de forma muy humana como la orientación al cliente resulta ser clave para instaurar una innovación de éxito. Article written...
Mayo Clinic study shows voice-analyzing app may be useful in heart disease diagnosis
Summary: Researchers at the Mayo Clinic believe that there may be a relationship between voice characteristics and heart disease, meaning that doctors might someday use voice-analyzing software as a...
#MeHaceBienMiBarrio: Un mapa para conocer los lugares saludables de tu barrio
Summary: Es una propuesta del Hospital Italiano que identifica los espacios y recursos disponibles en zonas porteñas para potenciar la salud y bienestar de los vecinos. Article written by Unknown...
INNOVATIVE HOSPITAL LIGHTING SYSTEM DESIGNED TO BOOST HEALING FOR MASONIC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL PATIENTS
Summary: A recently installed, state-of-the-art lighting system provided by Philips Lighting at University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital may help young patients heal by promoting natural...
Keeping Up with Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)
Summary: The IoMT (internet of medical things) is dramatically altering the landscape of the industry, and the overall IoMT market is expected to grow from $41 billion in 2017 to $158 billion by...
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