Incubator Seeks COVID-19 Solutions

Incubator Seeks COVID-19 Solutions

Technology incubators and accelerators are not new concepts. In 2015, we wrote about the American Medical Association’s Chicago-based AMA Interaction Studio at MATTER that provides a space for healthcare professionals to interact with entrepreneurs and...
Fidget Spinner Inspires UTI Diagnostic Microlab

Fidget Spinner Inspires UTI Diagnostic Microlab

Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) are unfortunately a common condition. Each year approximately 12% of women aged 18 or older in the U.S. will report a UTI, according to a study by the University of Michigan School of Public Health. In elderly patients, UTI symptoms...
Assess Anemia with Eyelid Selfie [video]

Assess Anemia with Eyelid Selfie [video]

Physicians use complete blood count (CBC) tests to address and diagnose anemia by measuring the number, size, volume, and hemoglobin content of red blood cells. In 2015, we wrote about STAT Innovations’ early work with Eyenemia, a mobile app that estimates...
Participants Wanted for COVID-19 Wearables Study

Participants Wanted for COVID-19 Wearables Study

Stanford Medicine’s Stanford Healthcare Innovation Lab (SHIL) is enrolling volunteers for its first feature investigation: the COVID-19 Wearables Study. The purpose of the study is to determine whether data from wearables such as Apple Watch and Fitbit can...