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.
Standardizing information exchange among medical devices may seem like an impossible challenge, but Charles Parker, executive director of Continua Health Alliance, said his organization wants to get the industry to move in the same direction. Parker described the need for device standards and some progress during a National eHealth Collaborative Webinar on May 20.
Telemonitoring can benefit certain patients with congestive heart failure, according to two trials presented at the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiologys Heart Failure Congress 2011, in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The future of healthcare, as envisioned by the Beacon Community program, accountable care organizational models and telemedicine initiatives, among others, depends on multiple access points for data as well as care teams.
Health Language International (HLI) is teaming with Dossia, a nonprofit health management system provider, to improve the user experience and utility of the Dossia personal health record for employees, retirees and their dependents.
Entrada, a clinical documentation and data exchange developer, has updated its EHR platform to assist physicians document and share patient encounter data.
ONCs Beacon Community program, intended to fund and foster better patient outcomes via integrated health IT and coordinated care, has had quite a first year. Speakers and panelists alike discussed some of the early gains and challenges during an event held this week to mark the one-year anniversary of the program.
The American College of Cardiology has sent a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that outlines some of the organization’s central priorities and concerns.
If the Trump administration continues taking a laissez-faire stance toward AI—including AI used in healthcare—why not let the states go it alone on regulating the technology?
