AI-based Patient Follow-up Care Management Platform

by Bruce Brown | February 19, 2018 | General News, Medical

Patient follow-up systems after surgical discharge have an important positive impact on outcomes, but they can also add a heavy layer of administrative complexity and expense, according to The National Academy of Sciences. While attending Harvard Medical School and...

AI Interprets Radiology Reports with High Accuracy

by Bruce Brown | February 16, 2018 | General News, Medical

Artificial intelligence and big data score once again for health tech. Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and Boston University’s Department of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics recently published a study in Radiology. The...

Telemedicine Accreditation Standards for Clinical Services and Delivery

by Bruce Brown | February 15, 2018 | General News, Medical

Telemedicine and mobile health offer great promises for remote care, resource efficiency, and cost controls. As with any new technology, many product and service providers will rush to the marketplace. A good number of the would-be telemedicine participants will fail...

Standard Wearables Detect Early Signs of Diabetes

by Kimberly Houston | February 15, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100 million U.S. adults are living with diabetes or prediabetes (a condition that can lead to type 2 diabetes if not treated). Diabetes can often be managed through physical activity, diet, and...

Smart Pill Monitors Stomach Gases [video]

by Kimberly Houston | February 13, 2018 | General News, Medical

A healthy gut is a topic that gets a lot of attention these days, especially as findings increasingly suggest that digestive health impacts other areas of human health. Microbes, also called gut flora or microbiota, help with our digestion. According to the National...

Smartphone App Aids Post-Surgical Wound Care

by Bruce Brown | February 9, 2018 | General News, Medical

According to the American College of Surgeons, surgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common form of hospital-acquired infection and the most frequent cause for readmission after surgery. In addition to their frequency, SSI readmissions are costly; the average...