by Kimberly Houston | February 1, 2018 | General News, Medical
A hospital stay usually involves being attached to a host of medical devices. But how useful is all that data, really? The FDA recently approved a new method of analyzing data to reduce preventable hospital deaths, which are estimated to number 400,000 yearly in the...
by Bruce Brown | January 31, 2018 | General News, Medical
Business or seed accelerators weren’t even a thing until 2005. That was the year Y Combinator started in Cambridge, Massachusetts, followed by TechStars in 2007. The seed accelerator movement soon exploded worldwide. Accelerator programs typically last three...
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by Kimberly Houston | January 31, 2018 | General News, Health
Whether you’re an avid follower of the news or not, it’s nearly impossible to avoid hearing about the current opioid epidemic in the U.S. According to the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 90 Americans die each day after...
by Bruce Brown | January 30, 2018 | General News, Medical
A comprehensive report on healthcare industry security paints a bleak picture. eSentire, a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service provider, found the healthcare industry susceptible to the “most basic opportunistic attacks.” The report outlines...
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by Kimberly Houston | January 30, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Most of us go through the day without stopping to think about the remarkable functionality our limbs provide, and the many tasks they allow us to do. When someone loses a limb due to injury or illness, a prosthetic limb can restore some of the capabilities lost, but...
by Bruce Brown | January 29, 2018 | General News, Medical
Biosensors perform front-line duty with health tech wearables. We’ve written about enabling technologies that improve or extend the use of sensors in the past, including stretchable sensors, optical sensors, and even sensors fabricated from graphene putty....
