by Bruce Brown | November 27, 2018 | General News, Medical
Crowded hospital emergency departments (EDs) can frustrate waiting patients and overwhelmed medical staff. If you’ve visited an emergency department in the last year or two, you likely experienced crowded conditions and long wait times. Earlier this year, the...
by Bruce Brown | August 13, 2018 | General News, Medical
A study conducted for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that while the number of overall hospital emergency department visits decreased 3% in 2015 compared to 2014, non-urgent visits increased by 4.3%. Crowded ER waiting rooms and long wait...
by Kimberly Houston | January 24, 2018 | General News, Medical
With the advent of new technologies come new ways to deliver healthcare. Telehealth services have been around for some time, but the field continues to evolve with the rapid changes in technology, making remote care and monitoring of even serious health conditions...
by Bruce Brown | October 26, 2017 | General News, Medical
Patient survival rate increases with faster treatment following a myocardial infarction, more commonly known as a heart attack. We wrote previously about CathMaps+, a mobile app that can give directions to the closest hospital with a cardiac catheter lab and stores...
by Bruce Brown | April 24, 2017 | General News, Medical
Digital medicine collaborations are picking up speed. Just last week, biosensor company Valencell and data analytics firm FirstBeat announced a collaboration. Last year we covered VitalConnect and BePatient, another pair of biosensor and analytics companies, who...