An image-sharing mobile platform for physicians and patients, an app that would not only help train people in CPR but also help to build a global database of defibrillators in public places, and a tool for making Phys Ed classes more productive. Those mobile health ideas come from the three finalists in the American Heart […]
If you’re the midnight tinkerer carrying around the design for a medical device, be sure to apply for the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center-M2D2 New Venture Competition by Feb. 10. The first-, second- and third-place winners will divvy up $50,000 worth of services from University of Massachusetts incubator M2D2, Smith & Nephew and Nutter McClennen […]
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.
Geisinger Health System’s spinout company, xG Health Solutions, may be looking for provider customers for its healthcare analytics tools and consulting business to help them convert from fee-based to outcomes-based care, but it’s pretty selective. In a presentation to a packed crowd at the JP Morgan Healthcare conference, its CEO Dr Earl Steinberg said: “We […]
Caught between competing demands of Obamacare, private physician practices face increasing pressure to get rid of any unnecessary operational costs if they are to remain autonomous. Specialists in procedure-driven private practices such as cardiology, orthopedics and dermatology are feeling that pressure, too. Orthopedic surgeon Jay Crawford believes that the business model for these types of […]
It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly two years since it picked its inaugural class of entrepreneurs to respond to trends in healthcare. Now the health IT accelerator in New York Blueprint Health is gearing up for class number five. Looking back on its first graduates, Dr. Brad Weinberg, who co-founded the program with […]
It is important to always be on the cutting-edge of your industry to push yourself as a professional and offer the absolute best services you possible can to your patients, partners and staff. The entire healthcare industry is being disrupted by the introduction of new technology that aims to improve the processes in which medical […]
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 South Carolina healthcare startup plans to use magnets to help patients with knee dysfunction continue to live active lives. A simple but true orthopedics innovation, the Engage Knee System uses magnets to lock and unlock a knee replacement to allow for more mobility for those patients. Founder Eric Lucas said many patients with knee […]
MedShape, Inc., an Atlanta, Ga.-based medical device company, announced it closed an $11 million funding round that will go toward a full-market launch of the Eclipse Soft Tissue Anchor. The product, made from proprietary thermoplastic, is a shape-memory, soft-tissue repair device that allows surgeons to attach tendons, ligaments or soft tissue to bone. Its shape both […]
General Electric (GE) forges the opposite route of many large companies as it prepares to deal with Obamacare. It’s working directly with hospitals and doctors to improve care and reduce costs, the New York Times reports. In GE’s hometown in Cincinnati, more than 100 doctors’ practices have converted to medical homes because of their push. […]
Though the medical device industry supports two million U.S. jobs and prices have increased below the rate of inflation, medical devices and diagnostics take up less than a dime of every dollar spent on healthcare in America, according to a new infographic released at Advamed 2013.
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.
According to a new EvaluateMedtech report, despite the gloomy 2013 the medtech industry has had so far, by 2018, the industry can expect to rake in $455 billion. In vitro diagnostics are forecasted to stay on top as the highest earning sector, with global sales over $58 billion, with cardiology and diagnostic imaging following closely […]
Think shock absorbers for the human body. Moximed could help active and young patients who have osteoarthritis prolong the amount of time before total knee replacement. The Heyward, Calif.-based company’s Kinespring Knee Implant System is a medical device that absorbs part of the load put on the knee, without changing anatomy. The device is positioned […]
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (ZMH) may have gone down swinging in its most recent courtroom drama with Stryker, but the orthopedics giant may be set to prop itself back up. The FDA gave the Warsaw, Ind.-based company 510(k) clearance for the Patient Specific Instrument Shoulder system. The clearance is to work hand-in-hand with another Zimmer device–the […]
SharedClarity has created an alliance of long-time healthcare frenemies (payers and providers) to test effectiveness of heart and orthopedic medical devices with the aim of lowering costs, reducing readmissions, allowing members to negotiate device pricing and getting patients effective implantable devices. For the study, United Healthcare will join forces with Baylor Healthcare System in Dallas, Dignity Health in […]
In a rough U.S. economy, the NYTimes showed why medical tourism isn’t crazy: it can be just as efficient as American healthcare and jaw-droppingly cheaper–much in thanks to the device industry. A recent New York Times post makes a case for greed on the part of device makers, particularly the ones that make joint replacements. […]