Proprioceptive Precision: Transforming Surgery Through AI and Human Expertise
The integration of AI and human skills is poised to revolutionize surgical practices.
Medivis Snags $20M to Enhance Surgical Navigation With Augmented Reality
Medivis recently raised $20 million in a Series A funding round that included investments from Mayo Clinic, Bob Iger and Kevin Durant. The New York City-based company's technology can be thought of as a “virtual GPS system” for surgeons — it helps them navigate complex anatomical landscapes during operations and gives them a more accurate, intuitive understanding of the anatomy with which they're dealing.
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3D Medical Animation Services: A Revolution in Healthcare Education and Marketing
3D medical animation services have emerged as a groundbreaking tool in the healthcare industry, revolutionizing the way medical concepts are taught, understood, and marketed.
Precision OS replaces cadavers for surgical spine training at the Global Spine Congress
The immersive medical education software company is applying its medical-grade virtual reality platform to train surgeons.
Qualcomm Life CMO: Being a public company CEO more stressful than being heart surgeon
"[Being] the CEO of a publicly traded company is far more stressful than doing cardiac surgery," Qualcomm Life CMO Dr. James Mault said during a Tales from the Trenches event at Matter on March 28.
JAMA study shows how surgeons successfully reduced prescribed opioids
The Michigan team is pushing its new prescribing guidelines online, in hopes of encouraging other hospitals to adopt similar practices.
Cleveland Clinic appoints new CEO
Toby Cosgrove's successor is Tomislav Mihaljevic, a cardiothoracic surgeon and the CEO of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. He will take the reins January 1.
The Funding Model for Cancer Innovation is Broken — We Can Fix It
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
ExplORer Surgical unveils $3 million Series A round
Aphelion Capital led the round for the Chicago-based startup, whose solution focuses on improving communication and coordination in the operating room.
Surgeons struggle to discuss adverse events with patients
New research finds that the act of disclosure, combined with stress from the procedure gone wrong, can be an anxious experience for some doctors — and more training is needed to help them engage in these difficult conversations.
Crowdsourced surgical video library GIBLIB launches
The videos are not peer-reviewed before posting. Instead, GIBLIB is relying on the collective wisdom of physicians to determine which videos to prominently feature.
Do EMRs not work for surgeons, or is this doc a Luddite?
It wasn't the story itself or anything about healthfinch that was controversial, though. It was more about the idea of electronic medical records in the first place.
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Transforming Patient Care: The Role of AI-Powered Assistants
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
Does third-party neuromonitoring encourage healthcare fraud?
In an investigation published Sunday, The Austin (Texas) American-Statesman could find no specific case of someone being charged with fraud related to neuromonitoring, but payers and regulators are concerned.
Study shows doctors who do surgery after working graveyard shift have same outcomes as those physicians who don’t
The study's conclusions conflict with previous research linking sleep deprivation in doctors to reduced performance. Most earlier studies focused on residents, not on attending physicians.
Heads-up display for surgeons moves closer to launch
Some startups you hear from in the beginning, when everything is new and exciting, but then they go radio silent. Either things aren’t going well and the entrepreneurs in charge don’t want to talk about it, or things are going so well that there’s no time for press interviews. Parallax doesn’t have either problem. They […]
No ear job for you! Germany may ban plastic surgery for kids
According to The Local – Germany’s news in English, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc and the Social Democrats are going to start the new year with a new nanny state effort. The leaders want to ban cosmetic surgery for kids: Jens Spahn, health spokesman for the Christian Democratic Union told the Spiegel magazine: “Youth protection […]
Betting on Google Glass for surgeons pays off big time for Austin startup
Kyle Samani’s Pristine.io is growing at a fast pace. Samani presented at DEMO earlier this month and won a DEMO God award. The company has raised $350,000 so far and is looking for another $100,000. One pilot project of the Glass software for surgeons has started and another will launch soon. The first pilot was at […]