by Amantha May | May 21, 2020 | Health, Medical
As Americans begin returning to work, employers may consider investing in personal protective equipment (PPE) to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 on the job. A new “tap and track” smart face shield by GTX could reduce concerns about the safety of...
by Amantha May | May 20, 2020 | Medical
Mention remote patient monitoring, and most of us immediately think of a device that sends data regarding an offsite patient to an in-clinic healthcare team. The Mount Sinai Health System and Google, however, have a different take on the idea of remote patient...
by Bruce Brown | May 18, 2020 | Medical
Last fall, Stanford Medicine announced the development of a new life science innovation lab and incubator in a recently vacated building in Stanford Research Park. One section of the new facility — Stanford Medicine Healthcare Innovation Lab — now is going...
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by Amantha May | May 18, 2020 | Health, Medical
Daniel Freeman, Profession of clinical psychology at Oxford University and co-founder of Oxford VR, believes that VR technology can revolutionize mental health care. In April, Oxford VR published a new whitepaper that demonstrates how the company’s VR platform...
by Bruce Brown | May 15, 2020 | Medical
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a significant risk. Every day more than 3% of patients in treatment at U.S. healthcare facilities contract an HAI, according to the CDC. As hard as hospitals and other healthcare facilities work to prevent HAIs, the...
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by Amantha May | May 15, 2020 | Medical
An inhaler can potentially save the life of a young child who suffers from asthma or a respiratory infection that causes wheezing symptoms. But parents and their young ones face challenges when it comes to using an inhaler with a spacer correctly. Rafi-Tone, an...
