Summary: "Apple Fitness+ is integrated with Apple Watch to build on the goal of helping people live a better day by being more active," Jay Blahnik, the senior director of fitness technologies at...
Phobias, paranoia and PTSD: Why virtual reality therapy is the frontier of mental health treatment
Summary: "Virtual reality is being used to treat a wide range of mental health problems. Meet some of the scientists who are pioneering VR therapy and the people who are benefitting from it."...
The 8 Best Smart Water Bottles for All-Day Hydration
Summary: "Hydration is the key to success. No, really, we're serious here. Water is what gives us life. And beyond that, proper hydration levels keep our bodies functioning properly, our skin...
New Omada care program cuts down on PCP visits by making its own adjustments to patient meds
Summary: "Omada's new Physician-Guided Care Program is looking to help patients cut down on frequent trips to the doctor with its virtual cardiometabolic clinic, which provides telemedicine...
SCIENTISTS DEVELOP UNDER-SKIN SENSOR THAT SHOWS BLOODSTREAM DRUG LEVELS
Summary: "Unlike other previously developed subdermal sensors, which only remain stable for a few days, the German development stays operational for several months. This could help alleviate the...
7 Reasons why Virtual Reality Vision Therapy is effective
Summary: "Imagine seeing a video in the lowest quality possible, and then switching to the highest quality possible. There’s a world difference there right! That is what our brain pictures when...
Nine in ten prescriptions now fulfilled electronically
Summary: "Nine in ten prescriptions are now fulfilled via the NHS Electronic Prescription Service. In October 2019, primary care minister Jo Churchill revealed government’s plan of “digitising the...
Google is exploring a health record tool for patients
Summary: "After 13 years, Google is coming back for patient health records. The tech giant has launched an early user feedback program aimed at exploring how patients might want to see, organize,...
Machine learning can help with treatment planning and proper management of tongue cancer
Summary: "Imagine a technology that can predict the outcome of cancer patients - if cancer would reoccur after treatment, what kind of treatment plan would benefit the patient and the overall...
AI and immunotherapy: Taking the next step
Summary: "Medical researchers from Case Western Reserve University, New York University (NYU), and University Hospitals have been awarded a five-year, $3 million National Cancer Institute grant to...
Roche’s mySugr app to integrate with Novo Nordisk’s smart insulin pens
Summary: "Roche's diabetes management app mySugr's Logbook is now integrating with Novo Nordisk's connected insulin pens: the NovoPen 6 and NovoPen Echo Plus. Patients will be able to connect the...
How to stay sane when the world’s going mad
Summary: "For those who want more fine-grained, quantified detail, there’s more complex software such as NeuroFlow and Unmind. These apps monitor people’s mood, sleep, stress, and pain levels to...
Béa Fertility raises $1m to bring at-home fertility treatments to the UK | Digital Health Technology News
Summary: "Founded by embryologist David O’Rourke and femtech specialist Tess Cosad, Béa Fertility is focused on democratising access to affordable, effective fertility treatments for couples and...
TrueCare Launches MyChart®, Free Patient Portal, for Patients to Better Manage Their Healthcare Information
Summary: "TrueCare, a nonprofit healthcare provider for the underserved in North San Diego and South Riverside Counties, officially launched its MyChart® patient portal today to help patients easily...
Virtual therapy startups tackle the gap in mental health care for kids and teens
Summary: "When Alex Alvarado and his co-founders started their virtual therapy company Daybreak Health in February 2020, they saw a “massive need” for better mental health options for teens. Then...
Otsuka exec on what’s next for kidney care innovation and a peek at what’s coming down the pipeline
Summary: "Over the last year, digital has transformed the caregiver experience, but pharma has also been undergoing a metamorphosis in order to reach patients. During the pandemic, life science...
Mobile health tech could help elderly people with heart disease
Summary: "Mobile health technology can help induce lifestyle behaviour changes and improve medication adherence among older adults aged 60 and above with existing heart disease, said a statement by...
Un asistente virtual para acelerar la recuperación en lesiones musculoesqueléticas
Summary: "Generali, en su apuesta por ofrecer al mercado nuevas soluciones, productos y servicios de salud, acaba de finalizar junto al hub de innovación Innsomnia y a Fisify, startup del ámbito de...
3 Ways to Humanize the Virtual Health Care Experience
Summary: "For telehealth to remain a significant force in health care after the pandemic subsides, digital tools will have to take human emotions into account in the ways they support patients and...
Creation of 3D organoid models to fine-tune radiation dose for nasopharyngeal cancer
Summary: "First of its kind 3D organoid models of nasopharyngeal cancer help to fine-tune radiation doses, and lower the chances of Nasopharyngeal Cancer recurrence and reduce mortality rate."...
What Will The RPM Device Of The Future Look Like?
Summary: "With the pandemic putting such a large strain on hospital inpatient capacity, it was inevitable that providers would look for ways to discharge the less acute patients safely. However, it...
How could healthtech transform patient care?
Summary: "As the pandemic has left patients unable to visit GP surgeries or anxious at leaving their home, a raft of new digital and AI-enabled tools has emerged to plug the gap. What role might...
Are wearables the future of blood pressure monitoring?
Summary: "The pros and cons of measuring blood pressure from your wrist" Article written by Becca Caddy 23|03|2021 Source:Tech...
The 5 Levels Of Automation In Medicine
Summary: "“Good morning! How may I help you today?” asks the virtual assistant as you boot your telemedicine app. After experiencing a sore throat and runny nose for a few days, you’ve decided to...
26 products and apps we swear by to fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up well-rested
Summary: "If you didn't sleep well the night before, you've probably experienced symptoms like irritability and poor concentration.""It helps to create a bedtime routine and an optimal environment...
MEDICAL INNOVATIONS THAT ARE BOOSTING AND TRANSFORMING MODERN HEALTHCARE: PART 2
Summary: "As 2021 ushered in, all of us started focusing on our health more and more. We didn’t want to make the same mistakes as we did in the past, which led to a virus taking over and shutting...
Apple Makes Finding Covid Vaccination Sites More Accessible By Highlighting Them In Maps Update
Summary: "In a press release published Tuesday, Apple announced a new server-side update to its Maps app in which the software now displays Covid-19 vaccination sites. The information comes...
Gamified digital health solution for people with multiple sclerosis
Summary: "Researchers aim to help people with multiple sclerosis self-manage their condition by using a new evidence-based digital application." Article written by University of Oulu 18|03|2021...
How Can Technology Help Improve Elder Care?
Summary: "The use of smart, internet-powered devices is becoming the way of life among the young and old alike. For the elderly, advanced technology and smart devices make everyday tasks easier. It...
Apple hiring machine learning scientist for early disease detection
Summary: "The new job posting describes collaborating with software engineers and clinicians to implement data collection strategies, among other duties." Article written by Kat Jercich 18|03|2021...
Yale New Haven Health Deploys Virtual Clinic for Pediatric Patients with Diabetes
Summary: "After taking part in proving the clinical benefit of using AI-based decision support tools, as was recently published in Nature Medicine, Yale New Haven Health System and DreaMed...
Predicting Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy Using Wearable Technology and Machine Learning: Prospective Cohort Study
Summary: "Machine learning models outperformed ACS-NSQIP SRC estimates in predicting textbook outcomes after pancreatectomy. The highest performance was observed when machine learning models...
Virtual reality could help to reduce pain for people with nerve injuries
Summary: "We all feel physical pain in different ways, but people with nerve injuries often have a dysfunctional pain suppression system, making them particularly prone to...
Desktop Metal launches a health-focused business line
Summary: "Mass manufacturing may be the future of 3D printing (one hopes), but health products are very much its present. From orthodontics to prosthesis, medical needs are right in the sweet spot...
The Apple Watch in clinical trials: Current uses and future possibilities
Summary: "Sleek, slick, beautiful, exciting: these are not words you usually hear to describe clinical trial tools. But as Apple's smartwatch has grown up over the last six years, it's made the leap...
Why Digital Fitness Companies Like Peloton and Tonal Are Exciting For Healthcare
Summary: "In short, the new generation of connected fitness companies offer not only the immediate promise of improved health, but also the intriguing possibility of future insights into both the...
AI helps assess pain levels in people with sickle cell disease
Summary: "AI algorithms can assess the pain that someone with sickle cell disease is experiencing by using just their vital signs. Doing so could ensure people receive the most suitable pain...
Google’s new smart display tracks your sleep using radar
Summary: "Google’s latest Nest Hub smart display tracks sleep with miniaturised radar without the user having to wear a bracelet or headband. The revamped 7in Google Assistant smart display is being...
Drug delivery system: Injections or light irradiation?
Summary: "A research team has developed near-infrared (NIR) light triggered drug delivery system." "A new concept of on-demand drug delivery system has emerged in which the drugs are automatically...
How Rani Therapeutics’ robotic pill could change subcutaneous injection treatment
Summary: "A new auto-injecting pill might soon become a replacement for subcutaneous injection treatments. The idea for this so-called robotic pill came out of a research project around eight years...
Roche inks deal with Diabeloop to integrate automated insulin delivery
Summary: "As part of the partnership Roche's Accu-Chek insulin pump can integrate with Diabeloop monitoring system." "Swiss pharma company Roche’s insulin pump will be the next to support automated...
Virtual avatar coaching with community context for adult-child dyads
Summary: "Virtual reality avatar-based coaching shows promise to increase access to and extend the reach of nutrition education programs to children at risk for obesity, according to the Journal of...
Gatorade’s Gx Sweat Patch delivers hydration, fitness guidance to athletes’ phones
Summary: "The disposable adhesive patches measure biomarkers like sweat and sodium loss, which are combined with external fitness and nutrition data to generate personalized workout and recovery...
Corify
"CORIFY Care SL (Corify) is a medical start-up focused on cardiac arrhythmias. We are developing a novel technology to improve the treatment of atrial fibrillation, which affects more than 30M...
How a California Program Puts Technology in the Hands of Seniors
Summary: "A pilot at four housing communities is helping older residents connect with loved ones and healthcare providers." "Underserved communities and the elderly have been hit hard by COVID-19....
Patients like robots for care delivery, MIT and BWH researchers find
Summary: "Results suggest that individuals are open to robotic systems performing routine tasks such as checking vital signs and turning patients in bed." Article written by Kat Jercich 05|03|2021...
Machines can do most of a psychologist’s job. The industry must prepare for disruption
Summary: "Psychology and other “helping professions” such as counselling and social work are often regarded as quintessentially human domains. Unlike workers in manual or routine jobs, psychologists...
How Do Patients View Virtual Care?
Summary: "Research identifies increased acceptance, but also ways to improve virtual care to better meet patients’ needs." "The digital transformation sweeping through healthcare has had a profound...
Innovation in Diabetes Care Technology: The User Experience
Summary: "Throughout the eras of diabetes care, there has been a trend to advance care tools, approaches, and measures to aid people with diabetes (PwD) and healthcare professionals in their efforts...
Startup says A.I. helped it find treatment for rare lung disease in record time
Summary: "Artificial intelligence is making rapid inroads in helping with the discovery of potential medicines. In the latest example, a Hong Kong–based biotechnology company, Insilico...
Seniors Are Safer With Help from New Remote Monitor System
Summary: "Remote patient monitoring (RPM) applications continue to proliferate. We recently wrote about Equip’s RPM platform designed to help treat eating disorders. Other recent Health Tech Insider...
What Does the Future Hold for Robotic Surgery?
Summary: "A healthcare staffing gap is looming on the horizon, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. By 2033, AAMC predicts that an aging population and accompanying retirements...
University of Minnesota Uses Telehealth to Treat Heart Attacks in the Field
Summary: "The university is getting ready to launch a mobile health vehicle equipped with telemedicine capabilities that will allow EMS providers to more quickly treat patients in cardiac arrest,...
CANCER CARE CAN MAKE GREAT STRIDES WITH THE SUPPORT OF AI
Summary: "With the ability to diagnose cancer early and efficiently, enable personalised treatments and speed up drug discovery, artificial intelligence can be a boon for overburdened healthcare...
Three ways virtual reality could transform mental health treatment
Summary: "With one in four of us expected to experience a mental health problem at any one time, increasing access to treatment has become essential. But doing so is challenging. Therapists require...
Ashfield turns to Popit for digital patient support tool
Summary: "Ashfield Engage has agreed a deal to incorporate Popit’s digital tools in its patient support programmes, with the aim of improving adherence to treatments." "Finnish startup Popit has...
A THERAPY DEVICE THAT RELIEVES PAIN USING MULTIPLE TECHNOLOGIES, WITHOUT ANY MEDICATION
Summary: "It’s the 21st century so just relying on a hot compress to relieve muscle pains does sound slightly archaic if you ask me. The IASO Ultra works just like a hot or cold compress would, in...
Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Death Risk
Summary: "A new machine-learning algorithm which videos of echocardiograms is able to accurately predict patients who will die within a year." Article written by Geisinger Health System 08|02|2021...
98point6 Launches New Virtual Behavioral Health Offering
Summary: "What You Should Know: – 98point6 announces the launch of its new virtual behavioral health service. – With primary care at the center, 98point6’s new single-stop virtual care solution...
Wearables Help Cancer Patients Manage Pain at Home
Summary: "We write about wearables of all sorts. We’ve covered wearables to track steps, check heart rates, monitor breathing rates, measure blood glucose levels, and even record ECGs. Depending on...
Telehealth Is Key Factor for Eating Disorder Treatment
Summary: "The widening scope of telehealth, telemedicine, and remote patient monitoring (RPM) now extends to eating disorder treatment. San Diego’s Equip recently announced funding that will enable...
Nanit raises another $25M for its AI-powered baby monitor
Summary: "Nanit’s nursery camera pairs computer vision with specially patterned clothing to help answer the question that most new parents ask themselves roughly every 90 seconds: “Is my baby still...
Latest trends in medical monitoring devices and wearable health technology
Summary: "Wearable technology in healthcare includes electronic devices that consumers can wear, like Fitbits and smartwatches, and are designed to collect the data of users' personal health and...
Meet the start-up: INBRAIN Neuroelectronics
Summary: "In Europe, there are 165 million living with a brain disorder, and one in three people are predicted to suffer with some neurological disorder during their lifetime. Each year, the cost of...
How Hardware, Data And Artificial Intelligence Are Changing Diabetes Care
Summary: "According to Søren Smed Østergaard, Vice President, Digital Health of Novo Nordisk, the most significant innovations in the diabetes space centered around hardware, artificial intelligence...
Philips introduces ClarifEye Augmented Reality Surgical Navigation to advance minimally-invasive spine procedures
Summary: " Industry-first image-guided therapy solution combines imaging and augmented reality navigation into one system in the Hybrid Operating RoomUnique 3D visualization technology – fully...
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...
‘Smart pill’ startup etectRx strikes partnership with Pear Therapeutics
Summary: "EtectRx, which makes wireless sensors embedded in medications, struck a partner with Pear Therapeutics. The companies hope to build products together combining medication adherence data...
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,...
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...
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...
First daytime treatment for obstructive sleep apnea receives De Novo authorization
Summary: "The eXciteOSA strengthens tongue muscles through electrical stimulation, and comes with a companion app for tracking and sharing progress." "The FDA has granted De Novo authorization to...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
¿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...
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...
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...
#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...