Also called personalized medicine, this evolving field makes use of an individual’s genes, lifestyle, environment and other factors to identify unique disease risks and guide treatment decision-making.
Masimo's MightySat Medical is the first FDA-cleared pulse oximeter available to consumers without a prescription, which could disrupt the market for the notoriously inaccurate at-home devices.
MediView’s technologies utilize AR to provide clinicians with 3D “X-ray vision” guidance during minimally invasive procedures and surgeries, while also offering remote collaboration.
Native Americans across the Great Plains will soon have more access to healthcare with the implementation of a telemedicine program that will serve a network of 19 hospitals and clinics in the area, according to a recent Seattle Times report.
Fitbit, Jawbone and the Microsoft Band—these fitness trackers have exploded on the scene for weight loss. Millions of people track their steps and enter their diets in these apps as a way to lose those extra pounds, but do these wearables actually help us lose more weight than if we had just dieted and exercised alone?
Surescripts, a developer of health information networks, has announced it will give electronic health record (EHR) vendors access to its National Record Locator Service (NRLS) until 2019, increasing interoperability.
Mobile technology has taken the healthcare industry by storm at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital the technology has been grown from the ground up to make the hospital almost entirely mobile based.
According to a CDC report, the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics is on the rise in U.S. hospitals, even as concerns of antibiotic-resistant bacteria grow. The study’s findings were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine Sept. 19.
Maryland Health Connection, the state's Affordable Care Act exchange, has announced its new mobile application, Enroll MHC, is ready just in time for open enrollment.
Reinsurance Group of America Incorporated (RGA) and roadtohealth are partnering up to continue development of the Quealth app, a digital health coach capable of accessing health risks.
LOS ANGELES– Concern is growing about Pomona Valley Hospital CEO Richard Yochum’s refusal to recognize workers’ vote to improve patient care by joining a union, as three Pomona City Councilmembers in recent weeks have urged the hospital to stop stalling and begin negotiating a contract with 1,100 employees.
CMS finalized a significant policy change when it increased the Medicare payments hospitals receive for performing CCTA exams. What, exactly, does the update mean for cardiologists, billing specialists and other hospital employees?
Stryker, a global medtech company based out of Michigan, has kicked off 2025 with a bit of excitement. The company says Inari’s peripheral vascular portfolio is highly complementary to its own neurovascular portfolio.
RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.
