Mount Sinai Health System has recognized that there is a "staggering disconnect" between the health system and chronically ill patients, and is taking steps to overhaul its care delivery.
The HeartLight system allows electrophysiologists to control the delivery of laser energy through direct visual guidance to isolate pulmonary veins with high procedural flexibility.
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.
Gapingvoid is providing motivational art that is aimed to improve the experience for patients and staff in a healthcare space by adding some whimsy and thoughtful messages.
Mount Sinai Health System in New York is stepping up its telehealth offerings, part of a concerted effort to increase convenience for patients while reducing costs, officials said. A number of new initiatives are underway, including a primary care program that will offer remote visits with physicians in Mount Sinai‘s Doctors Faculty Practice. It will […]
Edison Nation Medical and New York’s Mount Sinai Health System today announced a partnership that aims to bring medical devices and other consumer-related healthcare inventions from the hospital directly to market. Edison will work closely with Mount Sinai Innovation Partners, the hospital’s technology development and commercialization group, the two companies said in an announcement. Through […]
In a decidedly vague announcement Tuesday, regenerative medicine company BioTime’s subsidiary LifeMap Sciences said it’s spun off a mobile health company. LifeMap Solutions will “make health easier to measure and manage” by integrating data from mobile devices with other data like genetic profiles, lifestyle data and electronic records in a cloud-based system, BioTime said. It’s […]
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.
A $250 million drug discovery initiative launched last year at University Hospitals of Cleveland has produced its second startup, this one based on cancer research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dual Therapeutics will develop new treatments for prostate cancer, lung cancer and acute lymphoblastic leukemia, according to an announcement today from […]
The past few weeks have been a little intense for our family. Our brilliant, beautiful, athletic 19-year-old daughter found a lump where there certainly shouldn’t have been one and, naturally, promptly freaked out. She’s the scientific type, so we started with a little literature research, and found that for women her age, 99% of those […]