Search Tag: Health technology
2023 25 Oct
A device for conducting Clinical Breast Examinations (CBE) has been developed. The manipulator, designed by a team at the University of Bristol and based at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, can apply precise forces similar to those used by human examiners and is equipped with sensor technology that allows it to detect lumps. Safe electronic...Read more
2023 23 Oct
“Showtime” for digital health innovations for the future at MEDICA 2023 A hundred start-ups and more than 120 high-calibre professional speakers: These are just the “naked” facts which this year’s MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM will present as an established part of the programme at the world’s leading medical trade fair MEDICA 2023 in...Read more
2023 13 Mar
Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology announced the appointment of Julia Strandberg as the Chief Business Leader of its Connected Care businesses, effective April 24, 2023. Ms. Strandberg will become a member of Philips’ Executive Committee reporting to Philips CEO Roy Jakobs. As of April 1, 2023, Philips’ Connected Care businesses will...Read more
2021 22 Nov
Collaboration adds Medchat’s live chat and chatbot services to Philips patient management and informatics platform, Patient Navigation Manager Combined offering allows customers in North America to digitally navigate patients using advanced chatbot services to streamline workflows, quickly resolve patient requests and improve contact...Read more
2019 26 Sep
Digital technology and mHealth expansion not only enable patients to be more proactive in keeping themselves fit and healthy, these tech innovations are also underpinning the growth of consumerism in healthcare. With data collected from medical devices – including wearables and other mHealth tools – becoming increasingly valuable for disease...Read more
2019 26 Aug
Summary: How can healthcare leverage mHealth and the parallel movement towards consumerism to better patient engagement? In 2012, my passion for healthcare deepened when my wife, Janet, was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer. She received wonderful care from her healthcare providers, but Janet and I often felt that we were left to make...Read more
2019 26 Aug
Summary: Modern nursing is a multi-layered field of work with increasing work density and complexity, which requires a high level of competence, resilience and commitment from the nursing staff. In numerous professional situations, nursing professionals are required to have a high degree of spontaneous problem solving, abstraction skills...Read more
2019 21 May
Mike Biselli, former collegiate athlete , and now health-tech entrepreneur dedicated to reimagining healthcare. Mike and his team have developed a unique concept in healthcare. The creation of Catalyst HTI a 180,000 square foot, first-of-its-kind industry facility in Denver houses 50+ health-tech startups and Fortune 20s all aligned in the race to...Read more
2019 09 Apr
Dr. Cristina Bescos has been named the new Managing Director of EIT Health Spain. She began her work 8 April 2019, after being approved by the EIT Health Spain Board to take over the position that had been held by Dr. Marco Pugliese since the creation of EIT Health Spain in 2016. Dr. Bescos brings long experience in research and management of...Read more
2018 16 Mar
Hackers could kill patients by attacking their wearable health monitors, the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineers has warned. In a new report, security experts warn that health technology, such as pacemakers and heart pumps, are vulnerable to cyber attacks that can have “severe consequences” on patient safety. The academy warns...Read more
2018 25 Jan
M a c hi ne l ea r n i n g a l g o r i t h m s i n br a i n t u mo u r i d e n t i f i c a t i o n. H o w machine learning is being utilised to cha r ac t erise agg r essive gliomas in a scalabl e analysis...Read more
2018 25 Jan
Is the “Smart Hospital” a chance for change? Prof. Heinemann explains how futuristic and smart technologies that are used in preventive and diagnostic healthcare, are embedded in a new digital professionalism and quality. Artificial intelligence (AI) in diagnostic radiology, robots in nursing and operating theatres, augmented and virtual reality...Read more
2017 22 Aug
Artificial intelligence means using computers and tools to do something that humans do. Machine learning is a subset of overall AI that recognises patterns in data and predicts outcomes based on past experience and data. Most AI systems incorporate machine learning technology to help generate results that replicate human ones. You might also like...Read more