Hospital Execs Favor Digital Health Tech

by Alfred Poor | September 28, 2017 | General News, Medical

The American Hospital Association (AHA) and AVIA have conducted a survey of hospitals and health systems executives to understand their views on digital technology in healthcare. Hospitals and healthcare providers are facing increasing demands for their services along...

Smart First Aid Kit Empowers Emergency Bystanders [video]

by Bruce Brown | September 27, 2017 | General News, Medical

Medical emergencies start clocks ticking regardless of who is nearby. When seconds matter, waiting for first responders to arrive can have dire consequences. We’ve written about first responders before. We covered first responder wearables such as EMERGE,...

Drone Blood Delivery Service [video]

by Bruce Brown | September 22, 2017 | General News, Medical

Drones in service in conjunction with Health Tech. Sounds like a winner, right? We covered Flirtey’s drone disaster site delivery service co-developed with NASA – the same company that partnered with Domino’s Pizza Enterprises for another form of...

Retina Implant Receives FDA Approval for Human Trials

by Alfred Poor | September 20, 2017 | General News, Medical

Losing one’s sight has profound impact on a person’s life, not the least of which is a loss of independence and mobility. Many researchers are working on ways to restore vision, using strategies ranging from replacement implants for damaged retinas to...

FDA OKs Tablet-Controlled Pain Implant Management

by Bruce Brown | September 19, 2017 | General News, Medical

Medtronic announced a ground-breaking development for its Intellis neurostimulation platform today, September 18, 2017.  The FDA issued clearance for managing the pain relief technology with a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 tablet device. Neurostimulation for pain management...

Early Detection Test for Parkinson’s Disease [video]

by Bruce Brown | September 14, 2017 | General News, Medical

Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurological disease in the world following Alzheimer’s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Parkinson’s afflicts approximately 10 million people worldwide. Previously there...