Radar HealthTech

Summary: "Virtual nursing helps health professionals maintain patient care through high-definition technology by monitoring patients and accessing their medical records." "We are at the threshold of...

Summary: "Like the climbing route Tommy Caldwell pioneered on El Capitan in Yosemite, no template exists for transforming the digital health experience. This is new ground for the industry, and...

Summary: "The use of digital technologies in clinical decision-making has received the most attention. But they also have the potential to help hospitals make better decisions in many areas of...

Summary: "In a piece for Digital Health, Andrew Davies, digital health lead at the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI), explores why there is a need for greater data sharing across...

Summary: "The growth of digital health products for wellness, fitness and disease management continues. According to a new report by the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science, there are now more...

Summary: "Opportunity is building for healthcare organizations to leverage digital tools, technology and analytics to find new innovations and drive breakthrough improvements in their business and...

Summary: "Spurred by increased competition and rising consumer expectations, health care providers now more than ever must prioritize the patient experience—especially online, John Glaser, executive...

Summary: "Some of these calculations are rooted in racist assumptions. Others emerged out of an effort to improve predictions across racial groups. The challenge of defining “normal” versus...

Summary: "Artificial intelligence and machine learning are empowering healthcare systems, clinics, hospitals to fast track their research efforts. Besides, AI is also playing a significant role in...

Summary: "Six-month-old Archie was born with a condition where the growth lines in his skull had fused too early. His parents needed to make a difficult decision - opt for the risks of surgery, or...

Summary: "In the following interview with Sammie Mosier, Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive, HCA Healthcare, we dive into HCA’s Cohesive Nursing Agenda aimed at improving the nurse...

Summary: "Care coordination requires interoperability among the electronic health records (EHRs) of primary care practices, specialists, hospitals, labs and payers. As we continue moving toward...

Summary: "Healthcare technology company Clanwilliam Group is rolling out the use of AI-powered voice-recognition and dictation software to healthcare practitioners in Ireland as part of a wider...

Summary: "A systematic review published this past week in npj Digital Medicine examined the use of mobile and wearable digital health interventions to monitor patients after surgery." Article...

Summary: "Desai said being a developer in healthtech means wearing a lot of different hats and taking on diverse responsibilities. That’s because existing technical infrastructure is often outdated,...

Summary: "Patients trust professionals and their digital choices, as they do for other forms of care. Yet, healthcare professionals are not recommending products at the levels and volumes needed to...

Summary: "Los prototipos creados por el equipo de Carme Torras (CSIC-UPC) han aprendido a manipular prendas. Esperan que lleguen pronto a los usuarios." Article written by M.Sardà. 08|11|2021...

Summary: "Ransomware attacks on the healthcare industry skyrocketed in 2020, having almost doubled compared to 2019. These attacks can take down IT systems, prevent patients from accessing their...

Summary: "Cognitant applies use of visual, immersive and interactive formats to deliver engaging, personalised information that changes patient behaviour and outcomes. A case study which...

Summary: "Remote patient monitoring received a needed push from the pandemic crisis, which has accelerated its adoption. As a component of digital health, remote monitoring enables the recording of...

Summary: "Google Care Studio has unveiled a new mobile version of its clinician-facing search tool that helps organize patients' medical records. The company pitches this new modality as a way for...

Summary: "The power of data analytics cannot be underestimated in the healthcare sector as it has revolutionized the way hospitals operate by enhancing the patient care process,...

Summary: "Staff members universally have too many tasks to do in a limited amount of time because they are caught up in processes that comprise a host of wasteful, monotonous, manual activities....

Summary: "To reduce the number of medical risks and improve patient safety, clinical team members in the ED make use of healthcare technology tools such as Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Software,...

Summary: "To successfully build a new, virtually driven care model, clinicians need tools that provide them with access to meaningful patient insights and trends." Article written by  Nathan Eddy...

Summary: "NLP is a branch of AI where a complex set of rules is developed to read unstructured, free-text reports, and to then create a structured, systematic and organized database." Article...

Summary: "While healthcare organizations are experiencing undeniable benefits from the digital transformation, there are challenges to be aware of as the landscape evolves." Article written by Ed...

Summary: "CC&C platforms benefit healthcare organizations by creating process improvements for clinician workflows and improving communication, which both lead to more timely care and quicker...

Summary: "Ever since medical data has been stored electronically, healthcare has struggled to share it. Frustratingly, we have the technology to overcome this challenge, yet we remain in a siloed...

Summary: "Though the pandemic has accelerated health organizations’ digital initiatives, the race to keep up with patient preferences continues to be challenging for many top-ranked hospitals, a...

Summary: "Active learning isn’t a product that works at that efficiency level out of the box, however. While every classification algorithm differs at least slightly, there’s also a typical set of...

Summary: "Alternova in partnership with Stanford Biodesign is offering an open source framework, CardinalKit, that “democratises” the development of digital health solutions and applications."...

Summary: "For all of the advanced clinical technology hospitals across the country leverage to stay on the bleeding edge of innovative patient care, healthcare, as an industry, has been extremely...

Summary: "NLP or Natural Language Processing in healthcare presents some unique and stimulating opportunities. It provides a glide through the vast proportion of new data and leverages it for...

Summary: "During the Mobile World Congress 2021, Barcelona Health Hub was present at 4YFN, the startup business platform with Javier de Oca of IOMED." "I am here to talk about data and artificial...

Summary: "We built Healthcare Data Engine to make it easier for healthcare and life sciences organisations to bring together their data silos to innovate and improve health outcomes." Article...

Summary: "The intention is right — access to information is the essential first step towards empowering consumers to control their healthcare journey. However, there’s a second step — comprehension...

Summary: "To provide optimal healthcare, providers must have ready access to information in a format that can be easily processed and applied to imperfect medical situations. Here are some of...

Summary: "Many vulnerabilities are created through human error or end users’ lack of security awareness or education. End users are the last line of defense. Great security tools and methods can be...

Summary: "By automating your scheduling process you can streamline the daily tasks of your medical practice and keep patients happier and satisfied with a fulfilling patient experience." Article...

Summary: "In the upcoming segment of this article, we will discuss the myths that surround EHR and the healthcare environments. Let’s demystify them. " Article written by  Archna Oberoi. 27|07|2021...

Summary: "Big healthcare systems leverage Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Softwaresolutions, Patient Portals, and insurance forms for efficient workflow management. However, most of...

Summary: "The MediGO platform uses a proprietary and innovative algorithm to predict and provide an accurate ETA. MediGO provides full visibility of the trip to stakeholders across the transplant...

Summary: "This workbook offers guidance for conducting a telehealth visit for pre, during and post-visit. It includes specific recommendations on the management of heart failure (HF),...

Summary: "The Cognizant Center for the Future of Work (CFoW), working with Oxford Economics, recently surveyed 4,000 C-level executives globally, including 235 senior healthcare providers to...

Summary: "El Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona es el primer hospital de España que dispone de un centro de control donde un equipo de profesionales accede y evalúa en tiempo real un gran volumen...

Summary: "Care providers are deploying artificial intelligence (AI), automation, the Internet of Things (IoT) and data analytics with plans to improve outcomes and create efficiencies. This means...

Summary: "A University of Oklahoma researcher and a surgeon at OU Health, based in Oklahoma City, had a vision of using AI to visualize superimposed and anatomically aligned 3D CT scan data during...

Summary: "Before the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT), doctors had limited options for interacting with patients. Physical visits, text, and telephonic communication were the only means by...

Summary: "To take a fairly typical example, someone using a selection of the most popular apps and digital tools to eat healthily, manage their weight, keep active, stop smoking, help managing their...

Summary: "In an exclusive piece for Digital Health, Visiba Care’s UK manager, Tina Marshall, reflects on last month’s NHS Confederation conference and how digitisation can support existing care...

Summary: "Providing a positive patient experience is not something that hospitals can take for granted. They must emphasize compassionate care as much as advanced technology." "What makes a smart...

Summary: "Healthcare is a service business in which patients enlist the help of clinical experts to prevent and treat disease. Following the concept of evidence-based medicine research knowledge,...

Summary: "The importance of information and communications technology in healthcare has been brought to the foreground by the pandemic. Video-call consultations between patients and doctors are now...

Summary: "Philips is working to help manage patients’ healthcare journeys in a way that achieves the quadruple aim: delivering the best care, while improving workstreams and creating efficiencies...

Summary: "When it comes to implementing new tech, don't be fooled by the shiny objects, said Stacy Hurt, a patient consultant. The most important part of tech is making it work for the patients, and...

Summary: "EVERY DOCTOR IS trailed by ghosts. One of my youngest was a 7-year-old boy I’ll call Oliver. He had an upset stomach, and his mother booked an early morning appointment with their family...

Summary: "Medicine has been one of the slowest industries to adopt technology. For the last decade, physicians across the United States and in all specialties and settings have been bombarded with...

Summary: "From providing medical services to streamlining insurance applications, many businesses nowadays have a vested interest in improving their field with the help of healthcare apps....

Summary: "Autonomy, mastery, and purpose. That’s what motivates people, according to Daniel Pink in his book Drive. Great physicians are no different. Regardless of where they are applied, autonomy,...

Summary: "Over the last two years, Multiply Labs has helped pharmaceutical companies produce biologic drugs with its robotic manufacturing platform. The robots can work around the clock, precisely...

Summary: "The solution has six components which include a plug-in intrusion detection device and 24/7 monitoring." Article written by  Adam Ang 08|06|2021 Source:Mobi Health...

Summary: "A study into the costs versus benefits of introducing 3D printing technology into hospitals has shown that not only can such innovations aid complicated surgeries, but they can also be a...

Summary: "Google has made a deal for access to patient records from HCA, which which operates 181 hospitals and more than 2,000 healthcare sites in 21 states, so the tech company can develop...

Summary: "Doctors have warned that plans to pool medical records on to a database and share them with third parties could erode the relationship between them and patients. The warning came as the...

Summary: "La pregunta de cómo será el hospital del futuro es una constante entre los profesionales sanitarios. “Se hablaba hace cincuenta años, hace diez y se habla ahora. Y esta pregunta se plantea...

Summary: "Through the use of AI, interventions can target patients as individuals to assess the greatest impact method for each patient. Additionally, such a personalized approach allows for...

Summary: "Healthcare managers who are looking to adopt a platform to manage all types of unstructured content should look to a supplier that provides these as vendor agnostic solutions with a...

Summary: "Nurses Month may be coming to an end, but fighting burnout is a year-round challenge – including addressing the challenge of seamless EHR use." Article written by  Kat Jercich 24|05|2021...

Summary: "Solutions such as robotics and data analytics are making nurses’ jobs more efficient, allowing them to spend more time with patients." Article written by  Jordan Scott 12|05|2021...

Summary: "In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the healthcare sector has experienced remarkable and revolutionary care transformation.  Change didn’t proceed in small gradual steps – it occurred...

Summary: "With a projected 50 billion medical devices expected to be in use over the next decade, managing data flow will be a primary concern for healthcare organizations as they confront data...

Summary: "The journey a patient takes is in theory a simple, step-by-step process. It begins when a patient feels unwell. They go to their GP, the GP requests some tests, and the results may trigger...

Summary: "Ambulance crews will start using iPads to send photographs of accident and stroke victims to specialist hospital doctors so that they can make rapid diagnoses and save some patients a trip...

Summary: "Keith Glancey, systems engineering manager at Infoblox, explains how being proactive and ramping up approaches to cybersecurity, is the best approach." Article written by  Keith Glancey...

Summary: "If your imagination could run wild, how would you envision the future of hospitals? Hi-tech big machines, physicians analysing data obtained from patients’ devices, LED screens greeting...

Summary: "Telehealth is often touted as a method for improving workloads and reducing stress on healthcare providers. But a recent study is questioning whether those services actually put more...

Summary: "As state and federal authorities decide whether to continue reimbursing for telehealth services that were suddenly adopted last spring in response to the coronavirus pandemic, a new study...

Summary: "The use of in-home monitoring for Type 2 diabetes and hypertension patients led to twice as many activities completed by nurses." Article written by  Kat Jercich 03|05|2021...

Summary: "Nuance Communications has announced that Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust has chosen Nuance Dragon Medical One speech recognition technology as part of its Apollo program, a...

Summary: "A patient-centric approach to designing digital medical devices delivers clinical impact and drives value by empowering the patient to participate in their own care, according to Jennifer...

Summary: "Amazon’s Alexa-enabled devices can now help direct customers to COVID-19 vaccination sites, the company announced today. Users can ask, “Alexa, where can I get a COVID vaccine?” and hear a...

Summary: "Australian public hospitals’ energy choices are at odds with ‘first do no harm’." "The healthcare sector faces many of the consequences of climate change, but is lagging behind in tackling...

Summary: "When the pandemic hit, healthcare organizations were thrown into reaction mode, with many long-term projects being shelved indefinitely.  However, health leaders were able to take some...

Summary: "In just the past few years, VR technology has improved dramatically. These virtual experiences no longer require complex computer systems or massive budgets. In the following examples,...

Summary: "Predictive modeling offers the potential for healthcare organizations to improve service delivery and patient outcomes — but what’s required for effective deployment?" Article written...

Summary: "Author’s Note: This paper was originally completed for publishing in early 2020 prior to the major outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. We believe that the COVID-19...

Summary: "In the healthcare sector, businesses must abide by the HIPAA (US), HDS (FR) and others regional guidelines set by federal compliance regulations and protect the privacy of patient records;...

Summary: "In today’s ever-changing technological environment, healthcare organizations are expected to constantly advance their technological capabilities to improve their clinical processes further...

Summary: "Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms which can provide faster diagnosis and treatments for clinicians are to be developed as part of a new partnership." Article written by  Hannah Crouch...

Summary: "Did you know that nurses spend an average of 72 minutes per shift searching for equipment? In an eight-hour shift, that's more than 10 percent of their time. In addition, the average...

Summary: "Many of us in the technology field are reflecting on how we can help build a stronger, more resilient future for healthcare. As the industry focuses on digital transformation, there is a...

Summary: "Even before the pandemic made telehealth a hot topic, people with minor urgent health needs had started to turn to companies that offer on-demand video chats with physicians that they...

Summary: "Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform how healthcare is delivered. A joint report with the European Union’s EIT Health explores how it can support improvements in...

Summary: "While telehealth use soared last year, the biggest increases were among adults living in metropolitan areas with low poverty levels, according to research published in the American Journal...

Summary: "Telehealth and virtual consults are changing how medical care is delivered. Artificial intelligence is integral to improving these experiences for both the doctor and the patient" Article...

Summary: "Experts at CES 2021 discuss how to overcome the barrier to trust in something that is hard to understand and visualize." "By this point in time, artificial intelligence and machine...

Summary: "Melbourne-based Zed Technologies shows how Australian digital health ideas can accelerate overseas growth. With a cloud-based service, the company has partnered with an Indonesian med-tech...

Summary: "After a two-year investigation, the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has made 148 recommendations to overhaul Australia’s aged-care system. Summarising the...

Summary: "Data today has earned tremendous importance in every field, and the healthcare sector is no different. The healthcare industry is also adopting various digital solutions and moving towards...

Summary: "At its best, the healthcare system is designed to center a patient’s needs and keep them at the heart of every practice. This is done, of course, through the management of human, medical...

Summary: "Telemedicine finally met its moment over the past year, and it’s one of the few parts of pandemic life that anyone wants to keep." Article written by Sam Baker 27|02|2021...

Summary: "Interoperability, the ability of Health Information Exchange (HIE) between various systems, devices and applications benefits both, providers and patients. Interoperability within an...

Summary: "Healthcare interoperability is evolving, but it is not keeping pace with industry needs. New federal and state policies, as well as advancements in technology, that focus on data...

Summary: "Sensyne Health has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm which will support real-time operational and clinical patient management." "The British AI company’s SYNE-OPS-1...

Summary: "5 Technology Trends to Look at for 2021" "The pandemic has accelerated the era of digital health. Tech advances combined with rapid transformation and adoption in healthcare has given rise...

Summary: "La protonterapia es un tipo de radioterapia en la que se usa una haz de protones para irradiar el tejido afectado por un tumor, logrando una precisión mucho mayor" "Cataluña tendrá el...

Summary: "A new whitepaper coauthored by researchers at the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence examines the ethics of AI in surgery, making the case that surgery and AI carry similar...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Summary: Por primera vez en la Argentina, implantaron una válvula aórtica con planificación virtual Article written by  Unknown 10|01|2019...

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...