The Search for the Perfect Patient ID

The Search for the Perfect Patient ID

Who are you, really? It’s not a trivial question, and it’s one that is being made far more complex and significant with the rapid adoption of wearable Health Tech devices, electronic health records (EHR), and digitized medicine practices. More than ever...
IBM Watson Learns to See Medical Images [video]

IBM Watson Learns to See Medical Images [video]

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then medical imaging data completely eclipses all other medical record information about a patient. With x-rays, MRI, and other digital imaging technology available to healthcare professionals, some radiologists must handle more...
Handheld Device Captures Vital Signs Quickly [video]

Handheld Device Captures Vital Signs Quickly [video]

Wearables seem to have found their niche in healthcare sector. There are a number of companies working to develop wearables that can help make patient care timely, effective and accessible anywhere and anytime. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is one such...
Tool Quickly Measures Patient Fall Risk

Tool Quickly Measures Patient Fall Risk

According to the Centers for Disease Control, one third of all adults 65 or older suffer from a fall each year. Of these, more than one in five incur moderate to severe injuries. In fact, the elderly are five times more likely to be hospitalized for injuries related...
Microsoft Touts Windows 10 for Healthcare

Microsoft Touts Windows 10 for Healthcare

Unless you’ve been living under a technology-insulated rock, you’re probably aware that Microsoft recently released the newest version of the company’s operating system, Windows 10. What you may have missed, however, was Microsoft’s pitch that...