In a phone interview, VerbalCare CEO Nick Dougherty said following the recent launch of its direct to consumer app to help nonverbal patients communicate, it's developing versions of the app that would be more integrated with provider and patient needs.
Medical Specialties Distributors acquired VerbalCare, which developed non verbal comminication tools for hospital patients to help them make their needs known to healthcare professionals through a series of apps.
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.
Imagine your loved one, lying in a hospital bed, unable to signal a nurse that she can’t breathe or is in pain. In healthcare facilities today, nurses are overworked and under informed through no fault of their own. They simply have no way to determine emergencies from non-emergencies without physically going into a person’s room. […]