Remember when you first heard about phishing? And you had to evaluate every e-mail and wonder who it was really from? A list of medical device security risks in a new report from Deloitte Center for Health Solutions reads like a the risks that Web sites and network managers faced in the mid-2000s. Now that […]
Nearly 90 percent of healthcare service leaders polled said they were anticipating mergers and acquisitions within the next year, according to the results of a GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services survey of 223 senior level executives in healthcare services. This is to allow businesses to grow during a tough economy, Darren Alcus, CEO of GE […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
A majority of physicians traditionally link up with more than one practices or hospitals. In their attempt to enhance their earnings, most physicians put in extra hours at hospitals or start private practices. In addition, doctors need to stay updated with the evolving medical industry which requires serious dedication. With the advent and sudden rush […]
If you don’t follow Hugo Campos (@HugoOC) on Twitter, you probably should. He’s changing the way at least one of the big medical device companies–Medtronic (MDT)–thinks about sharing data with patients. He’s also posting interesting stuff on patient empowerment, privacy and data democritization. Campos posts regularly, too. He seems to really curate his feed. Here are […]
Dr. Ted Eytan and Stephanie Nguyen of Silica Labs created this prototype for a doctor-patient interaction using Google Glass. The software could offer a doctor a quick scan of a patient’s basic information when she enters the exam room. This could include everything from a map of where the person lives to what she prefers […]
Some leading health economists disagree with the assumption that when the national GDP picks up, so too will the growth of national health spending. On the NYTimes Economix blog, Princeton econ professor Uwe Reinhardt gives his two cents about why healthcare spending will continue to lag. Or, perhaps more dismally: “. . .I would be […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
When Medtronic announced its acquisition of Cardiocom earlier this week, it was a big (and loud) move in shaping the company’s “now we’re a healthcare service provider” strategy. But Cardiocom only makes $40 to $50 million in revenue, relatively small potatoes for a titan like Medtronic. What does this announcement mean, really, then? “The importance […]
OK, Louisville. You’ve had the whole summer to sleep off that basketball championship and the Derby. School’s back in session. Six startups are spending the next 10 weeks in Louisville, Kentucky, with their heads down, pencils sharpened and proverbial thinking caps on as they begin XLerateHealth‘s intensive immersion program as its inaugural class. There, they’ll […]
Reflectance Medical, Inc. has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a noninvasive device that could help clinicians determine whether a patient is in shock or pre-shock or has tissue acidosis in real time at the point of injury or care. It’s the only noninvasive pHm monitoring device, and aims to save providers money by reducing ICU […]
A new smartphone biosensor may provide particularly helpful point-of-care possibilities for medicine in remote locations and developing nations. Researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign are developing a smartphone app plus cradle device that can take food samples and determine whether they have toxins or allergens. It can also detect bacteria and contaminated water, according to […]
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
Brazil in all accounts has been categorized as an emerging market. However, is its healthcare market ready for a sustainable information technology transformation yet? A 21st century goal of a sustainable healthcare IT infrastructure will require crucial IT infrastructural implementations before hospitals and all other stakeholders in a national wide scale can benefit from information […]
Ambio Health, a Stamford, Conn.-based company that specializes in health monitoring, received a Class II FDA 510(k) clearance for its Ambio Remote Health Monitoring System. With the intent of saving patients money, the device, which includes a wireless blood glucose monitor and wireless gateway (a blood pressure meter and weight scale, also FDA-approved, can be […]
Just in time for everyone to begin reporting financial relationship data on Aug. 1, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services released two free apps last week to help doctors and manufacturers comply with the OPEN PAYMENTS program and allow them to track and review data from iOS and Android mobile devices. One app is aimed […]
Galvanic, an Irish company, has married gaming with a Kickstarter campaign to score more than $100,000 for the PIP, a biosensor that measures fluctuating stress levels. The PIP is held between the fingertips and uses the gathered electrodermal activity measurements to chart stress and then sends the info via Bluetooth to an iOS or Android device. […]
Elevate Ventures’ IEDC awarded Curvo Labs, a startup based in Evansville, Indiana, and San Diego, California, $50,000. The idea? Use regularly refreshed hospital purchasing data to provide an “on-ramp” for medical device companies, then use the offers those companies make to drive down costs for hospitals. In theory, this would create sales efficiency for […]