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AI «Foresight» predicts health outcomes from NHS data
A new AI initiative in the UK is aiming to transform how healthcare decisions are made. The model, known as Foresight, is being trained on de-identified data from 57 million people across England,...
Face mask detects Kidney disease via breath
Face masks became a symbol of public health during the COVID-19 pandemic, but now researchers have given them an even more powerful role. Scientists have developed a surgical face mask that doesn’t...
Needle-free injections get a boost from microbubble physics
Researchers at Kyushu University have developed an advance in drug delivery: a needle-free injection system powered by electrically induced microbubbles and shock wave reflection. This new approach...
FDA approves at-home cervical cancer screening device
In a major step forward for women’s health, the FDA has approved the Teal Wand, the first at-home cervical cancer screening device in the U.S. Developed by Teal Health, the wand allows women to...
NHS endorses digital therapy for Tourette syndrome
For the first time, the NHS has conditionally approved a digital therapy for treating chronic tic disorders like Tourette syndrome. The therapy, known as ORBIT (Online Remote Behavioural...
Refill automático por voz
La repetición de recetas médicas es una necesidad habitual para muchos pacientes, especialmente los mayores y personas con enfermedades crónicas. Sin embargo, gestionar estas solicitudes consume...
Esta startup ha desarrollado un asistente virtual que ayuda a los pacientes con enfermedades crónicas y cáncer a combatir la soledad
La tecnología de asistentes virtuales impulsados por inteligencia artificial ha avanzado rápidamente, especialmente en el sector salud, donde ha demostrado su potencial para aliviar la carga de los...
Investigadores crean un hospital digital para entrenar médicos del futuro
Investigadores de la Universidad Tsinghua han desarrollado un innovador Hospital Agente virtual para entrenar a médicos utilizando inteligencia artificial (IA), sin intervención humana. Este...
Revolucionando la farmacovigilancia con asistentes virtuales inteligentes
La pandemia de COVID-19 aceleró la transformación digital en el sector salud, impulsando el uso de consultas virtuales, monitorización remota y asistentes virtuales. En este contexto, las compañías...
Un asistente virtual en emergencias basado en IA
El IV Premio Unicaja de Innovación en Biomedicina y Salud ha sido concedido al proyecto SAVE-EM, liderado por los investigadores Carlos Romero y María José Luque. El galardón reconoce una propuesta...
El asistente virtual de ASISA: un aliado eficaz en la gestión de citas médicas
ASISA, una de las aseguradoras líderes en España integrada en el Grupo HLA, ha apostado por la innovación para mejorar la atención a sus pacientes. Con una red asistencial propia de 16 hospitales y...
Florence, el chatbot que ayuda a mejorar la adherencia a los tratamientos médicos y promover hábitos saludables
Florence es un chatbot de salud impulsado por inteligencia artificial, diseñado para ayudar a los usuarios a mejorar su adherencia a los tratamientos médicos y promover hábitos saludables. Sus...
La EMA lanza un nuevo mapa para localizar ensayos clínicos
La Agencia Europea del Medicamento (EMA) ha lanzado un nuevo mapa interactivo disponible en el sitio web del Sistema de Información de Ensayos Clínicos (CTIS). Este recurso busca mejorar el acceso...
Wheely-go: tecnología para préstamo inteligente de sillas de ruedas
La empresa catalana Sterna Innovation ha desarrollado una innovadora solución basada en sensores que permite gestionar y localizar en tiempo real las sillas de ruedas en préstamo. Esta tecnología ha...
Magnetic microparticles for targeted cancer and regenerative therapies
A team of engineers from the University of Pittsburgh has developed magnetically navigable microparticles that could revolutionize targeted drug delivery in medicine. These tiny carriers can be...
Spanish AI CANYA reveals hidden patterns in protein aggregation
A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed by scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia and the Center for Genomic Regulation is transforming how we understand protein...
IA para monitorear y tratar dolores articulares
KINESSENSOR es un nuevo proyecto español que busca transformar el seguimiento de enfermedades musculoesqueléticas con ayuda de la Inteligencia Artificial. Impulsado por Blautic Designs, AIMPLAS,...
Mirapulse reinvents period pain relief with smart device
Belgian startup Mirapulse is breaking new ground in women’s health with EVA, an innovative device designed to relieve severe period pain through a drug-free, non-surgical approach. EVA uniquely...
MIT’s wearable device tracks bloodstream cells in real-time
MIT researchers have unveiled CircTrek, a wearable device capable of noninvasively detecting individual cells circulating in the bloodstream. Roughly the size of a smartwatch, CircTrek uses a...
High-tech gas sensing capsules revolutionize gut health monitoring
Researchers have developed innovative gas-sensing capsules that can transmit data directly from the gut to a mobile phone, offering exciting possibilities for diagnosing and monitoring digestive...
Revolutionizing medicine with atomic force microscopy and AI
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has made a significant leap in molecular medicine by providing a completely new way to "feel" cells and better understand diseases. Combining this technique with...
«Chip» helps combat alcohol addiction in Anhui province
An alcohol cessation treatment has been introduced in Anhui province, China, with the successful implant of a sobriety "chip" at the Third People’s Hospital in Fuyang. Unlike electronic devices, the...
Shallow-angle cannula boosts brain imaging breakthroughs
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have introduced a game-changing tool for neuroscience: a shallow-angle cannula system that enables direct delivery of imaging agents into the brain....
AI-based simulator for diagnosing interstitial lung diseases
Respiratory diseases are among the leading causes of mortality and disability worldwide. Among them, diffuse interstitial lung diseases (DILD), such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and...
Self-powered smart bandage monitors wounds in real time
A team of researchers led by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) has developed an innovative smart bandage that continuously monitors skin temperature without the need for external power sources....
Amazon tests AI health assistant to boost digital care
Amazon is stepping further into the healthcare space with the beta launch of Health AI, a generative AI-powered medical assistant currently being tested on its website and mobile app. This new tool...
The new virtual assistant from AEMPS for medicine-related queries
The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) has recently launched MeQA, a new virtual assistant designed to answer questions about human-use medicines. This interactive tool marks...
First catheter implant of innovative adaptable valve for congenital heart disease in Spain
Cardiologists at the Gregorio Marañón University General Hospital, a public health center in Madrid, have successfully implanted a groundbreaking pulmonary valve in a patient with congenital heart...
‘Super-sensitive’ radar tech gives early warning of serious heart problems
Dr. George Shaker, an engineer with over 20 years of experience in radio waves, has developed a groundbreaking radar device with his team at the University of Waterloo. This small, unobtrusive...
Smart sensory t-shirt enables earlier hospital discharge
A groundbreaking smart t-shirt is helping post-surgery patients recover safely at home while reducing hospital stays by up to 36 hours. The wearable device, developed by LET's Webearable Solutions,...
New leukemia treatment device reduces leukemia risks in kids
Researchers at the University of Houston and Baylor College of Medicine have developed an innovative device to treat children with hyperleukocytosis, a dangerous condition caused by an excessive...
New IV pole improves safety and simplifies intravenous medication delivery
Preventable medication errors, especially those related to IV smart pumps, impact approximately 500,000 hospitalized patients in the U.S. annually. These errors often occur when the IV pump’s setup...
AI improves adherence in sleep apnea patients
Sleep disorders, particularly obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), are an increasing healthcare challenge due to their high prevalence and the negative impact of poor therapeutic adherence on both quality...
Bellvitge Joins GRACE project for digital cardiac care management
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, with 17.9 million deaths annually, a number expected to reach 22 million by 2030, according to the WHO. In Catalonia, one in four...
Abbott launches portable concussion blood test in UK
Abbott has introduced its portable whole blood test for assessing mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI), such as concussions, in the UK. This innovative test allows healthcare professionals to...
NHS roll out AI tool to predict falls and viruses
A new AI tool is being implemented across the NHS to predict patient fall risks with 97% accuracy, potentially preventing up to 2,000 falls and hospital admissions daily. Developed by health tech...
Wireless pacifier monitors vital signs of babies
Newborns require frequent health monitoring, with electrolytes being a critical indicator. Currently, this involves multiple daily blood tests, which can be distressing and technically challenging...
A video game for early detection of Alzheimer’s
Cognitive decline often begins subtly, with minor memory lapses and difficulties in attention, language, and reasoning. While these signs do not always lead to dementia, they can indicate early...
Sensitive, painless, low-cost, radiation-free device detects breast cancer in urine
Breast cancer remains one of the most prevalent and life-threatening diseases worldwide, with early detection being crucial for effective treatment. However, current screening methods, such as...
New wearable device monitors joint pain
Joint injuries are a common issue for active individuals, with around 25,000 ankle sprains occurring daily and 25% of Americans regularly experiencing knee pain. However, physical therapy can be...
Gamified screening tool detects early dementia in 15 minutes
A new AI-based tool, ReCOGnAIze, has been integrated into a health screening service in Singapore to detect mild cognitive impairment (MCI) through gamification. Developed at the Lee Kong Chian...
DNA can be used to track dietary intake
Scientists at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) have developed a groundbreaking method to estimate dietary intake using stool metagenomic data. The new approach, called MEDI (Metagenomic...
Zinc-based dissolvable implants to transform bone repair
Researchers at Monash University have developed a groundbreaking zinc-based dissolvable material that could replace traditional metal plates and screws used to treat broken bones. This innovation...
Skin patch activates new gene switch to treat diabetes
Scientists at ETH Zurich have developed an innovative gene switch that could revolutionize diabetes treatment. Unlike traditional insulin injections, which lack the precision of the body’s natural...
Apple Launches Major Study on Health Data from Its Devices
Apple has announced the launch of the Apple Health Study, a new initiative aimed at exploring how technology can enhance physical and mental health. Conducted in collaboration with Brigham and...
Innovative tool developed to advance knowledge of immune regulation
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a crucial role in balancing the immune system, ensuring it is aggressive enough to fight infections and cancer while preventing attacks on healthy cells. However, the...
Takeda launches digital tool to predict Vedolizumab response in Crohn’s
Takeda has introduced a new digital tool designed to predict patient response to vedolizumab (Entyvio) in individuals with Crohn’s disease. The tool utilizes the VDZ-CDST scoring system, which...
Mass-produced wearable biosensors with printable nanoparticles
A breakthrough in this field comes from a team of engineers at Caltech, who have developed a technique to mass-produce wearable sweat sensors using core–shell nanoparticle technology. These sensors...
AI tool identifies drug repurposing to treat rare disease
A groundbreaking AI tool has saved the life of a patient suffering from idiopathic multicentric Castleman’s disease (iMCD), a rare and deadly condition with limited treatment options. The AI, after...
New light-based technique could transform heart tissue repair
Researchers from Mass General Brigham and collaborating institutions have made a groundbreaking discovery in cardiac therapy. They have developed a non-invasive method to manipulate heart tissue...
Proven app enhances type 2 diabetes control through healthy living
Type 2 diabetes is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases worldwide, and its incidence continues to rise. It is estimated that by 2030, 570 million people will be affected, increasing to 700...
Stroke recovery predicted with 93% accuracy, enhancing surgery decisions
Stroke remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, demanding innovative solutions to improve patient outcomes. Researchers at Ochsner Health, led by Dr. Hernan Bazan, have developed a...
New tool reduces epilepsy misdiagnoses by 70% using routine EEGs
A new tool developed by Johns Hopkins University could reduce epilepsy misdiagnoses by up to 70%, transforming routine EEG tests into highly accurate epilepsy predictors. The tool, EpiScalp,...
Mount Sinai performs first AI-powered robotic BPH surgery
Mount Sinai Hospital has made history as the first in New York City to perform a procedure using the HYDROS™ Robotic System, an advanced technology designed to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia...
A wearable to track and understand perimenopause symptoms
While most reproductive health wearables focus on period tracking or fertility, identifyHer is shifting the conversation with Peri, a new device designed to help people monitor and manage...
Enhancing tuberculosis infection control with a digital risk scoring tool
The rise in tuberculosis (TB) cases in the United States has highlighted the need for improved infection control measures in healthcare settings. Patients suspected of having TB require immediate...
Novel ‘Scaffolding’ biomaterial improves bladder regeneration and function
A team of Northwestern scientists has developed an innovative electroactive scaffolding material that significantly enhances bladder tissue regeneration and organ function, surpassing current...
Proton’s device aims to help those with kidney disease and cut heart-failure risks
Chronic kidney disease and heart failure are conditions where potassium imbalances can have life-threatening consequences. While glucose monitoring for diabetes has become commonplace, potassium...
Researchers develop biodegradable electrodes that may help repair damaged brain tissue
Researchers from the University of Toronto have developed a groundbreaking biodegradable electrode that can stimulate neural precursor cells (NPCs) in the brain. This flexible device delivers...
GenAI imaging model can predict tumours from retinal images
A research team from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), in collaboration with Beijing Tongren Hospital, has developed an innovative artificial intelligence model designed to streamline...
Miniaturized photoacoustic spectrometer enables intravascular blood gas monitoring
Traditional spectroscopy systems are large, complex, and unsuitable for applications in confined spaces or minimally invasive procedures. This limitation poses challenges for fields like...
Predicting the progression of autoimmune disease with AI
Autoimmune diseases, where the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s own cells, often have a preclinical stage marked by mild symptoms or specific antibodies in the blood. This stage presents...
Transforming Your Smartphone into a Hormone Analyzer
Eli Health, a pioneer in hormone monitoring technology, has unveiled a solution that transforms any smartphone into a portable, real-time hormone analyzer using saliva. Winner of the Best of...
Tackling undiagnosed atrial fibrillation with AI
Every year, atrial fibrillation (AF) contributes to around 20,000 strokes in the UK. Many of these strokes are preventable, but AF often goes undiagnosed, as it doesn’t always present symptoms. For...
World’s first affordable laser-based injection, showcase a needle-free future
FlowBeams, the creator of the BoldJet needle-free injection technology, is poised to revolutionize healthcare and dermatology. Unveiled at CES 2025, BoldJet eliminates the pain of traditional...
Smart glasses to enable vision for people with macular degeneration
Millions of people worldwide suffer from macular degeneration and other low-vision disorders, conditions that cause severe visual impairment or even blindness. For those affected, even simple tasks...
Nanopore-based sensor enables rapid and precise disease diagnosis
Current disease diagnostics often rely on detecting millions of molecules to accurately identify infections or health conditions. This process can take days, delaying crucial interventions, and...
Glóbulos rojos universales producidos en laboratorio podrían permitir transfusiones ilimitadas
El suministro de sangre es un componente esencial en la atención médica, pero el sistema actual, basado exclusivamente en donantes humanos, enfrenta serias limitaciones. La dependencia de donaciones...
Desarrollan un modelo 3D para estudiar mutaciones en tejidos epiteliales
Un equipo de investigadores ha desarrollado un innovador sistema de cultivo en 3D, denominado "epitelioides", que simula el comportamiento de los tejidos epiteliales, como el esófago, en el...
YouShift: La plataforma que optimiza la gestión de guardias médicas
La gestión de los turnos y guardias médicas ha sido durante años una tarea compleja y manual, cargada de tensiones y dificultades para equilibrar las necesidades de los hospitales y las preferencias...
Premio a la detección temprana de psoriasis pustulosa con IA
El jueves 14 de noviembre, la 16ª gala de los Premios Comunicaciones Hoy reconoció al Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda con el galardón al proyecto “Afloramiento y trazabilidad de...
Meet Thryve: Leading the way in wearable data integration and insights
In healthcare, data generated by wearables, medical sensors, and connected devices is more fragmented than ever. Information silos prevent organizations from obtaining a comprehensive view of...
First-in-kind flowable collagen liquid fills tissue defects and voids
Soft tissue defects and voids resulting from injuries, diseases, congenital conditions, or tumor removals pose significant challenges for both patients and healthcare systems. Traditional treatments...
New light-based technique maps how immune receptors respond
Immune cells play a crucial role in detecting infections, much like a sniffer dog, using specialized sensors called Toll-like receptors (TLRs). These receptors are activated when they encounter...
Database analysis helps identify “sweet spot” for safe surgery after heart attack
A recent study from the University of Rochester, published in JAMA Surgery, emphasizes how database analysis of millions of surgical records has provided valuable insights into the risks facing...
Nanofiber patch could make treatment for psoriasis more comfortable
Psoriasis, a chronic skin condition affecting 4-5% of the Danish population, is one of the most common skin diseases worldwide. It manifests as a red rash with white scales, which can vary in size,...
New device offers real-time kidney viability data for transplants
Thousands of donated kidneys go to waste every year due to the lack of a reliable, real-time method to assess organ viability. Surgeons are left making difficult decisions about whether to proceed...
3D laser device enhances manual measurement of allergic reactions in skin prick tests
Accurate measurement of allergic skin reactions is a longstanding challenge in allergy diagnostics. In skin prick tests, small amounts of allergens are introduced into the skin to trigger minor,...
IA reescribe los documentos de consentimiento informado haciendo su lectura más fácil
El Hospital Santa Marina de Osakidetza, ubicado en Bilbao, en colaboración con el Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Biobizkaia, ha dado un importante paso en la mejora de la experiencia del...
Computer-assisted thrombectomy streamlines pulmonary embolism treatment
Traditional methods for treating intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE), such as anticoagulation, catheter-directed thrombolysis, and mechanical thrombectomy, have long been the standard of care....
A drug-free approach to managing skin infections
Researchers at the University of Chicago and the University of California San Diego have made a groundbreaking advancement in the fight against bacterial infections. A collaborative effort between...
Algorithm automatically differentiates and counts cell types in bone marrow
The diagnosis of hematological diseases, such as leukemia and multiple myeloma, heavily relies on the analysis of bone marrow samples, a process that is still performed manually in most hospitals....
AI tool predicts risk of emergency hospital visits
Emergency hospital admissions present a significant challenge for healthcare systems, accounting for nearly half of all hospital stays in Scotland. This trend places immense pressure on healthcare...
Avatar therapy eases distress from voices in psychosis patients
Auditory hallucinations, particularly in the form of threatening voices, are a hallmark symptom of psychosis. These experiences can severely impair an individual’s quality of life, leading to...
AI-powered wearable camera system detects medication errors
Medication administration errors are alarmingly common, with estimates suggesting they account for 5% to 10% of all administered drugs. These errors can lead to severe adverse events, affecting...
FDA approves first digital depression therapy alongside meds and psychotherapy
Until now, treatments for clinical depression primarily fell into two categories: psychotherapy and antidepressant medications. However, this year the U.S. FDA approved the first app-based therapy...
Lenovo launches AI avatar for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease
At Lenovo Tech World, Lenovo, in partnership with Innovations in Dementia, introduced “Alzheimer’s Intelligence,” a groundbreaking AI-driven project designed to support people living with dementia...
New clinical model can accurately predict hip fracture risk in the elderly
Each year, around 15,000 people in Sweden suffer from hip fractures, which often lead to pain, loss of independence, and long-term reliance on relatives, friends, or healthcare staff. The stakes are...
Antimicrobial bandage stops bleeding and reduces infection risk
Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) have developed an innovative bandage designed to prevent fatal bleeding in life-threatening situations such as traffic accidents or workplace...
Innovative solution provides continuous, non-invasive ICU-level hemodynamic monitoring
Hemodynamic instability is the second most common cause of ICU readmissions, accounting for 31% of cases. These patients also face significantly higher hospital mortality rates. To address this, a...
Apoyo entre pares para combatir el burnout de los médicos
Un nuevo programa de apoyo entre pares para médicos de Kaiser Permanente, diseñado para reducir el agotamiento profesional, ha demostrado mejorar el bienestar de los médicos y tener un impacto...
Realidad Virtual para formar en habilidades comunicativas a los profesionales de cuidados paliativos
La comunicación efectiva entre pacientes, familias y profesionales sanitarios es fundamental en los cuidados paliativos, ya que puede marcar la diferencia en la calidad de la atención. Sin embargo,...
Mejorar las habilidades sociales de las personas con discapacidad intelectual mediante realidad virtual
El Grupo Cooperativo TEB ha sido reconocido con una subvención del programa Incorpora de La Caixa para su innovador proyecto de realidad virtual, que busca mejorar las habilidades sociales de...
La app que ayuda a las personas con discapacidad a incorporarse al mundo laboral
En el marco de su compromiso por apoyar a personas con discapacidad intelectual, Fundación MAPFRE y Fundación GMP han lanzado la aplicación gratuita SOY CAPPAZ. Esta herramienta innovadora busca...
La primera app de citas y planes para personas con discapacidad intelectual
En el contexto del Mobile World Congress 2023, m4Social, el proyecto de innovación digital de la Taula del Tercer Sector Social, presentó varias iniciativas tecnológicas con un impacto social...
MeMind’, la nueva app del departamento de salud de Alcoy para prevenir suicidios
La Conselleria de Sanidad de la Comunitat Valenciana ha lanzado un innovador proyecto piloto en el departamento de salud de Alcoy, basado en la aplicación 'MeMind', que utiliza inteligencia...
Supernova challenge 2.0: A showcase of global innovation
The Supernova Challenge 2.0, the largest early-stage startup pitch competition in the world, wrapped up today at Expand North Star, showcasing groundbreaking innovations from across the globe. With...
A breathing exercise device for respiratory and sleep issues
WellO2, a pioneering Finnish company in respiratory health, has unveiled its latest breathing exercise device at The Pharmacy Show 2024. This innovative product is tailored for individuals seeking...
Respiree and Roche launch a pilot to simplify patient real-time monitoring
Respiree, in collaboration with Roche, is set to revolutionize patient monitoring across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region through a pilot program that integrates Respiree's vital sign monitoring...
Proactive heart failure management made easy with DIGITIVA
Heart failure is a chronic condition that affects more than 64 million people worldwide, and nearly 7 million in the U.S. alone. Managing heart failure is a complex challenge, often requiring...
Wearable technology delivers electrical fields that kill cancer cells
Lung cancer treatment has evolved beyond traditional methods like chemotherapy and immunotherapy, introducing novel approaches such as wearable technology. The FDA recently approved Novocure’s...
Una enfermera española crea un chatbot de IA para asistir en reanimación cardiopulmonar
La enfermera y divulgadora sanitaria Elena Plaza Moreno ha desarrollado una herramienta innovadora que utiliza inteligencia artificial, específicamente un modelo basado en ChatGPT, para asistir a...
AI Algorithm reduces unnecessary radiation exposure in traumatic neuroradiological CT scans
Traumatic neuroradiological emergencies, such as brain or spinal cord injuries, require swift and precise diagnosis for effective treatment. Computed tomography (CT) scans are crucial in emergency...
AI virtual voice assistant identifies complications after transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Aortic valve stenosis is prevalent, often requiring TAVI as a less invasive treatment option. However, many hospitals struggle to provide the necessary follow-up due to limited resources. To...
Fecundis, the startup improving infertility with male gamete technology
Approximately 180 million individuals worldwide struggle with infertility, and over 90% lack access to effective treatments. Fecundis, a pioneering medical technology startup based in the Barcelona...
A caregiver-designed app for Alzheimer’s support
Pharmaceutical company Otsuka Precision Health and Amalgam Rx, Inc. have announced the launch of Elevmi™, an intelligent digital application designed to empower caregivers of individuals with...
AI triage system achieves 73% reduction in waiting times according to NHS study
An independent, NHS-funded evaluation has confirmed the significant benefits of an innovative Smart Triage system implemented at Groves Medical Centre, a leading family GP practice in Surrey and...
AI-based system developed to predict new ebola outbreaks
Researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid have secured funding for a European project focused on developing an interconnected system for monitoring and predicting potential Ebola...
A biometric solution to enchance hospital patient management and safety
Heuristik, a health-tech startup, has captured attention at the Alhambra Venture event with its advanced patient identification and management solution. Leveraging artificial intelligence and...
Samsung launches new open data source to boost digital health innovation
Samsung Electronics continues to strengthen its role in the digital health industry with the release of the Samsung Health Research Stack 2.0 Beta on September 27. This open-source platform, part of...
AI algorithm automates EEG analysis for highly accurate epilepsy detection
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, affecting 50 million people globally. Epileptic seizures result from abnormal brain activity and can lead to loss of consciousness,...
Nanoparticle potential found for assessing kidneys
Researchers at UT Dallas have uncovered new insights into how kidney damage affects the movement of engineered nanoparticles, commonly used to deliver drugs or imaging agents to the body....
Madrid creates the first virtual hospitalization unit for patients in residential care homes
Madrid has launched its first virtual hospitalization unit to provide comprehensive medical care to elderly patients living in residential homes, aiming to reduce unnecessary hospital transfers....
Real-time prescription tracking: A Win for patients and pharmacists
The NHS app, utilized by over 34 million people, is set to enhance the experience of patients and pharmacists alike with a new feature that provides real-time updates on prescription statuses. This...
Fighting antibiotic resistance through improved wastewater treatment solutions
The scientific community and the World Health Organization have raised alarms about pharmaceutical pollutants, particularly antibiotics, which contribute to the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant...
Improving osteoporosis screening with advanced imaging technologies
Osteoporosis, a condition that affects millions worldwide, is often underdiagnosed and undertreated, leading to serious health complications. Every year, it results in approximately 37 million...
YouTube Health launches in Spain to combat misinformation
YouTube Health has officially launched in Spain, providing users with reliable health information from authorized medical sources. As people increasingly turn to the internet to seek answers to...
AI analyzed vocal biomarkers for detecting high blood pressure
Researchers at Klick Labs have unveiled an innovative method for detecting chronic high blood pressure, or hypertension, using just a person’s voice. This groundbreaking non-invasive technique could...
First CE marked medical device (class IIa) approved for the treatment of fibromyalgia in Europe
Remedee Labs, a French start-up specializing in non-pharmacological treatments for chronic pain, has achieved a significant milestone in the fight against fibromyalgia. The company’s innovative...
AstraZeneca’s new AI, Milton, promises to predict over a thousand diseases before diagnosis
Traditional drug development has long relied on hypothesis-driven approaches. This method involves pinpointing specific targets and mechanisms through preclinical studies, but often grapples with...
A digital therapy shows success in reducing migraine days
Migraine is a complex and debilitating condition that affects more than 47 million Americans,1 and is the second leading cause of years lived with a disability.2 For those living with migraine,...
A voice-based app could revolutionize early detection and management of depression trough voice
Depression, which affects over 258 million people globally, is not just an emotional struggle; it's a leading cause of disability and lost productivity. Traditional screening methods, such as...
Rapid UTI test cuts detection time from 3 days to 45 minutes
In a groundbreaking development for diagnostic medicine, a recent clinical study has validated the Sysmex PA-100 AST system's effectiveness in detecting bacteriuria—bacteria in the urine—and...
First of it’s kind ‘ChemoPatch’ to stop pancreatic cancer returning
Pancreatic cancer is notorious for its low survival rate, with fewer than 7% of patients surviving beyond five years in the UK. Surgery remains the only potentially curative option, but about 75% of...
DeepWell’s FDA-cleared Kit transforms games into stress treatments
Imagine a world where your doctor prescribes video games as part of your treatment for stress. This is not a distant dream but a burgeoning reality thanks to Deepwell DTx, a Seattle-based company...
Thermographic AI app targets early diabetic foot detection
Diabetes is a chronic condition characterized by high blood sugar levels due to insufficient insulin production or improper insulin use. Persistent high glucose levels can lead to severe...
FDA-cleared device uses acoustic therapy to alleviate nasal congestion
Sonu, a groundbreaking acoustic resonance therapy device, is now available over-the-counter (OTC) for treating moderate to severe nasal congestion caused by allergic and nonallergic rhinitis....
Single blood test may predict 30-year cardiovascular risks in women
Recent research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has revealed a promising approach to predicting cardiovascular disease risk in women. Presented at the European Society of...
Eyelid wearable can predict and alert to epileptic seizure
In a groundbreaking development in wearable technology, Blink Energy, an Israeli startup, has introduced a pioneering device that attaches to the eyelid to monitor blink patterns. This tiny patch,...
An innovative videogame to assess and correct visual dysfunctions in just twelve minuts
Vision is responsible for processing up to 85% of the information our brain receives, making it essential for daily activities, decisions, and interactions. However, when visual pathways malfunction...
AI uncovers hidden emotions of chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a slow-progressing cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow, predominantly in older adults. Beyond the physical toll, over 20% of CLL patients suffer from...
3D-printed microneedles could streamline remote health monitoring
Access to quality healthcare remains a persistent challenge, particularly in underserved or remote regions where resources are scarce, and healthcare services are limited. One of the major issues in...
An implantable sensor could reverse opioid overdoses
In 2023, over 100,000 Americans succumbed to opioid overdoses, underscoring a critical need for timely intervention. Naloxone, an effective antidote, can save lives when administered quickly, but...
Treating radiation wounds with aspirin hydrogels
Radiation therapy is a critical tool in cancer treatment, but it often comes with the downside of damaging the skin, leading to painful injuries, infections, and chronic inflammation. Addressing...
3D body volume scanner uses AI to help predict metabolic syndrome risk
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic are pioneering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in conjunction with an advanced 3D body-volume scanner to better predict the risk and severity of metabolic...
Self-adjusting brain pacemaker may help reduce Parkinson’s disease symptoms
La hemofilia es un trastorno hemorrágico hereditario que resulta de la deficiencia o disfunción de los factores de coagulación VIII (FVIII) en la hemofilia A (HA) y IX (FIX) en la hemofilia B (HB)....
Desarrollo y evaluación de una aplicación móvil para la recolección sistemática de PROs en personas con hemofilia
La hemofilia es un trastorno hemorrágico hereditario que resulta de la deficiencia o disfunción de los factores de coagulación VIII (FVIII) en la hemofilia A (HA) y IX (FIX) en la hemofilia B (HB)....
Nueva app para optimizar la administración de medicamentos en la UCI
La Sociedad Española de Farmacia Hospitalaria (SEFH), en colaboración con la empresa de tecnología médica BD, ha lanzado la aplicación "Guía de Validación Farmacéutica de Medicamentos en UCI",...
A best practice in hospital resource management through AI
In an era marked by inflation, talent shortages, and supply chain challenges, healthcare decision-makers must stretch their budgets more efficiently than ever. These pressures are driving some...
Predicting survival of dialysis patients on continuous renal replacement therapy using AI
A groundbreaking study led by UCLA has introduced a machine-learning model that significantly improves the prediction of short-term survival for patients undergoing continuous renal replacement...
IMPLANTABLE LED DEVICE USES LIGHT TO TREAT DEEP-SEATED CANCERS
Scientists at the University of Notre Dame have developed a wireless LED device that promises to revolutionize cancer treatment. This innovative device, combined with a light-sensitive dye, can be...
Step-length sensor monitors neurological disease progression
Researchers have developed a wearable step sensor to monitor the wellbeing of the elderly and patients with cognitive decline or neurological diseases. Reductions in step length are crucial...
Scientists create game-changing method to store medicines without refrigeration
Scientists have developed a groundbreaking method to store and distribute crucial protein therapeutics without the need for refrigeration, as detailed in a recent Nature publication. This innovative...
Band-aid-like microlaser device measures glucose levels from sweat
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed an innovative plaster that can measure body biomarkers through sweat, offering a new non-invasive method...
Machine learning helps define new subtypes of parkinson’s disease
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have made significant strides in understanding Parkinson's disease using machine learning techniques, resulting in the identification of three distinct subtypes...
AI tool utilizes health records for faster rare disease diagnoses
A rare disease is one that affects fewer than 200,000 individuals. Despite their rarity, over 10,000 known rare diseases collectively impact more than 30 million people. While some diseases like...
Dynamic body scanner captures complete digital model of moving person
The Institute of Biomechanics (IBV) has developed an innovative dynamic scanning technology called MOVE4D, which promises to transform the study of muscle morphology and human movement. This...
Transformando la comunicación médico-paciente con IA
Sarai Suárez, experta en Comunicación Audiovisual y estudiante del máster en Salud Digital de la UOC, ha sido galardonada por su proyecto "Mejorando la comunicación médico-paciente con IA". Su...
FarmAlertas mejorará la seguridad de la prescripción médica en Madrid
La Comunidad de Madrid ha implementado un innovador sistema destinado a fortalecer la seguridad en la prescripción de medicamentos, tanto para pacientes como para profesionales sanitarios....
Eupnoos startup transforms airway disease diagnosis via acoustic biomarkers
Early detection of airway disease is an important public health priority with an urgent need for simple diagnostic tools that are easier to deploy than traditional spirometry. Eupnoos, an innovative...
Biohybrid microrobots, a drug-free solution for inflamatory boweI disease
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), have made a significant breakthrough in treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) using cutting-edge technology involving microscopic...
Transforming subarachnoid hemorrhage prognosis with AI
CT Provision SLU, a new start-up revolutionizing the prognosis and diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage, has emerged onto the healthcare technology scene. Founded by Dr. Marcin Balcerzyk, an Iker...
Enhancing medication management through real-time clinical data
The Pharmacy Service at Reina Sofía Hospital in Córdoba has a robust history of developing technological tools to enhance medication management across various contexts. Several years ago, the...
World’s first FDA-cleared preservation device for donor pancreas transplantation
Summary: Paragonix Technologies, a pioneering force in organ transplant innovation, has unveiled the PancreasPak™ Organ Preservation System, marking a significant breakthrough in the field of...
Vibrent Health launches historic LGBTQIA+ research dataset
Summary: Vibrent Health, a pioneering software-as-a-service firm specializing in precision genomics research, has established the largest research dataset dedicated to individuals within the...
Dawn Health and Merck collaborate on a digital solution for Growth Hormone Disorders (GHD) care
Summary: In a groundbreaking partnership, Dawn Health, a leader in digital health innovation, and global pharmaceutical giant Merck, are collaborating to develop a state-of-the-art digital solution...
Eye-tracking VR system revolutionizes MRI for young children
Summary: Researchers from King’s College London have developed an eye tracking technology that enables young children to engage in immersive Virtual Reality (VR) experiences during Magnetic...
Uso de la IA para agilizar los procesos de evaluación científica
Summary: En un esfuerzo por revitalizar los métodos de evaluación científica, investigadores y entidades se están volcando hacia la inteligencia artificial (IA) como una herramienta crucial para...
Towards creating an ingestible ‘Microbiome Sampling Pill’
Summary: Researchers at Tufts University School of Engineering have developed an ingestible device, comparable in size to a vitamin pill, designed to conduct a comprehensive inventory of...
Home-use leukocyte monitoring for infection detection in cancer patients
Summary: Heart failure is a serious condition where the heart struggles to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs, leading to symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, and swelling in the legs and...
InfuKids, the app designed to alleviate pediatric anxiety in day Hospitals
Summary: The Hospital Sant Joan de Déu in Barcelona has partnered with Alexion, AstraZeneca's rare disease group, and Nixi For Children to launch InfuKids, an innovative project aimed at reducing...
AI automatically determines insulin dosing for improved blood sugar control in hospitalized patients
Summary: Managing blood sugar levels in hospitalized patients with complex dietary restrictions is a persistent challenge. These patients, who may be unable to eat normally due to conditions like...
New Artificial intelligence risk-assessment tool to improve heart-failure care
Summary: Heart failure is a serious condition where the heart struggles to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs, leading to symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, and swelling in the legs and...
Abbott gets FDA clearance for over-the-counter continuous glucose monitors
Summary: Abbott has announced the FDA clearance of two innovative over-the-counter continuous glucose monitors (CGMs): the Lingo and the Libre Rio. These advancements mark a significant shift in the...
UK pioneers a smart inhaler study to tackle childhood asthma
Summary: In a groundbreaking initiative, Leicester has launched a pioneering study using Adherium's Smart Inhalers to prevent asthma flare-ups among children and young people. This study, a first in...
World’s «first» at-home blood monitoring solution for patients
Summary: Entia's innovative home-use blood count analyser, which provides personalised and preventative care for cancer patients outside the hospital, has been approved for use in the UK. This...
Catalonia pilots a drone medical sample transport system
Summary: Catalonia is set to embark on a groundbreaking initiative, piloting the use of drones to transport biological samples, pharmaceuticals, and medical equipment between various healthcare...
AI predicts cardiac risk an mortality from routine chest CT scansAI
Summary: Heart disease continues to claim the top spot as the leading cause of mortality globally, despite being preventable. However, the lack of awareness of individual risk often leads to...
Madrid unveils Europe’s largest healthcare data warehouse
Summary: The Community of Madrid has recently revealed plans for the establishment of Europe's largest healthcare data warehouse, consolidating a staggering 1.6 billion records from up to 400...
Implantable multisensor device monitors vascular health
Summary: The IV-Lab project, funded by the European Union and coordinated by the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT, Genoa, Italy), is spearheading the development of a miniaturized sensor device...
A test to detect the risk of lung cancer using artificial intelligence
Summary: Amadix, a Spanish biotechnology company headquartered in Valladolid, specializes in developing tests to detect various types of cancer at a very early stage using a blood sample, emerges...
Real time health outcomes monitoring for heart attack risk detection
Summary: Survivors of acute myocardial infarction (MI) face a significantly higher risk of experiencing new cardiovascular events, including cardiovascular death, compared to the general population....
AI for decision-making in lower urinary tract pathologies diagnosis
Summary: Lower urinary tract symptoms encompass a range of disorders affecting urine frequency, control, and voiding. While in men, these symptoms often stem from prostate-related issues, in women,...
Drone home medical delivery becomes the reality of Mayo Clinic
Summary: In a groundbreaking move to revolutionize healthcare delivery, Zipline, an instant logistics and delivery company, has announced that its state-of-the-art urban drone delivery system,...
Microsoft collaboration launches whole-slide AI model for digital pathology
Summary: The convergence of digital transformation in biomedicine with the current generative AI revolution presents an unprecedented opportunity to advance precision health rapidly. At the...
Next-gen MR-guided ultrasound redefines incisionless neurosurgery
Summary: Essential tremor, a condition known by various names such as familial, idiopathic, or benign tremor, presents a significant challenge for those affected, often leading to uncontrollable...
At-home tampon-based screening kit test for HPV testing
Summary: Award-winning gynecological health startup Daye is making waves once again with the expansion of its innovative at-home screening kit. The pioneering “Diagnostic Tampon,” already renowned...
Portable wheeze counting device monitors patient’s breathing in real time
Summary: The symphony of wheezing, crackling, and rumbling often foretells the onset of respiratory distress, signaling a call for immediate intervention. However, detecting these subtle cues can be...
A new IA for enhancing field rep effectiveness in healthcare
Summary: In a groundbreaking move poised to redefine the landscape of healthcare provider (HCP) engagement, ACTO has unveiled TalkTRx™, a pioneering product designed to empower representatives with...
World’s first AI-powered sepsis alert system detects sepsis in one minute
Summary: Bacteremia, a common acute condition identified in approximately 30% of patients with urinary tract infections (UTIs), can swiftly progress to septic shock in the absence of immediate...
Women’s health companies unite to scale specialty care access
Summary: A groundbreaking initiative in women’s healthcare has emerged, spearheaded by a collective of innovative companies dedicated to addressing critical gaps in care. Known as the Wonder Woman...
Google DeepMind has released an improved version of its model for predicting life’s molecules
Summary: Google DeepMind has once again pushed the boundaries of scientific discovery with the release of AlphaFold 3, an upgraded version of its groundbreaking biology prediction tool. While its...
Predecir la demanda en urgencias mediante IA
Summary: elefónica Tech y 3M Health Information System (HIS), multinacional líder en soluciones para el sector sanitario, han lanzado una solución tecnológica pionera con capacidad predictiva,...
El Clínico San Carlos crea una herramienta que predice la evolución de pacientes con Covid
Summary: La solución desarrollada por los médicos especialistas del Servicio de Urgencias del Hospital Clínico San Carlos para la gestión de la demanda utiliza inteligencia artificial (IA) para...
Predicción del riesgo de readmisión de un paciente mediante IA
Summary: La innovadora solución que utiliza inteligencia artificial (IA) para predecir el riesgo de readmisión de pacientes revoluciona el campo de la atención médica al superar las limitaciones de...
Una alternativa para personalizar los tratamientos orales en oncohematología
Summary: El proyecto DIANA, liderado por el servicio de Farmacia del Instituto Catalán de Oncología (ICO) de Hospitalet, representa un avance significativo en la personalización de tratamientos en...
Sanidad utiliza la inteligencia artificial para evitar errores con la medicación en la UCI
Summary: El Hospital Universitario Sant Joan d'Alacant ha implementado una solución pionera que integra la prescripción electrónica de medicamentos en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI) con la...
El proyecto que utiliza IA para evitar el desperdicio de medicamentos
Summary: El proyecto 'Farmastock' del Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar y otros centros del Sistema Sanitario Público de Andalucía representa un avance significativo en la gestión de...
Digitalizar y agilizar la disponibilidad de material sanitario en hospitales
Summary: Las empreses tecnológicas Cardiva y Raindance se alian con el objetivo de implementar soluciones de inteligencia artificial (IA) para agilizar los procesos de distribución y logística de...
Novel scoring system addresses underdiagnosis of women’s heart conditions
Summary: Historically, cardiovascular medicine has been biased towards males, resulting in underdiagnosis and delayed treatment for women. However, recent advancements in machine learning are...
An AI blood test purports to diagnose postpartum depression
Summary: Postpartum depression stands as a significant threat to maternal well-being, with diagnostic and treatment standards often falling short. Addressing this gap, Dionysus Digital Health, a San...
Pfizer’s new generative AI platform for pharma marketing
Summary: Pfizer, the renowned pharmaceutical giant, has unveiled its latest innovation in the realm of artificial intelligence: Charlie. Named after the company's co-founder Charles Pfizer, this...
Siemens Healthineers has launched a reality app for surgical planning
Summary:Siemens Healthineers has introduced a groundbreaking app tailored for Apple Vision Pro, revolutionizing how surgeons, medical students, and patients engage with medical imaging. This...
Early detection of cardiac amyloidosis using AI
Summary: Cardiac amyloidosis, a serious condition characterized by the abnormal accumulation of proteins (amyloid) in the heart muscle, has seen a major breakthrough in its detection thanks to an...
AI tool helps predicts patient responses to cancer drugs
Summary: Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have unveiled a groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) tool that could...
New enhanced hydrogel for aneurysm treatment and progression halt
Summary: Aneurysms, abnormal bulges in blood vessels, pose a serious health risk, often stemming from conditions like atherosclerosis, infections, and inflammatory diseases. The chronic inflammation...
First ex vivo model realistically mimicking tumor formation
Summary: Organoids, miniature and simplified versions of organs cultivated in vitro, have long served as invaluable tools in understanding cell behavior, particularly in cancer research. However,...
An smart wireless bladder implant for real time bladder monitoring
Summary: Millions worldwide grapple with bladder dysfunctions stemming from neurological, cerebral, or spinal issues arising from congenital conditions like spina bifida or acquired injuries...
Machine Learning para predecir las faltas de suministro de medicamentos
Summary: El uso de inteligencia artificial (IA) para prevenir la falta de suministros de medicamentos está emergiendo como una solución crucial en el ámbito farmacéutico. La escasez de ciertos...
Un asistente virtual que mejora la comprensión de los prospectos minimizando errores
Summary: Medi, el pionero asistente virtual del sector farmacéutico, ha llegado para transformar la manera en que los pacientes y los farmacéuticos interactúan con la información de los...
‘Adhan’: el uso de inteligencia artificial para prevenir faltas de adherencia
Summary: La adherencia al tratamiento médico es un factor crucial en el manejo efectivo de diversas condiciones de salud. Sin embargo, hasta ahora, la evaluación de la adherencia se ha limitado en...
FAITHFUL, the AI project that aims to cut IC hospitalizations by 40%
Summary: The FAITHFUL innovation project consortium, spearheaded by the Spanish startup Idoven and supported by EIT Health, in collaboration with the ICOMEM Foundation, has embarked on developing a...
Swallowable sensors could pinpoint gut movement problems for patients
Summary: In a groundbreaking development, scientists have pioneered an ingestible capsule embedded with sensors capable of detecting pressure within a patient's digestive system, pinpointing...
SyntheMol’s, the AI against antibiotic resistance
Summary: With antibiotic resistance claiming nearly 5 million lives annually worldwide, the quest for innovative solutions has never been more urgent. In a groundbreaking endeavor, researchers from...
AI-powered study reveals rheumatoid arthritis’s pulmonary complication
Summary: The University and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe has spearheaded a groundbreaking multicenter study in the field of rheumatology, employing natural language processing techniques to analyze...
High-tech paint reduces surgeries for heart, dialysis patients
Summary: Vascular surgeons play a crucial role in combating cardiovascular diseases through revascularization procedures, aiming to restore blood flow to compromised regions of the body. From vein...
Abbott launches smallest implantable, rechargeable pain treatment system in Spain
Summary: Abbott has unveiled the arrival of its spinal cord stimulation system, Eterna, in Spain. Representing the world's smallest implantable and rechargeable neurostimulation system, Eterna has...
Implantable wireless sensor monitores inflamation leading timelier crohn’s disease treatment
Summary: Northwestern University scientists have achieved a groundbreaking milestone in medical technology with the development of the first wireless, implantable temperature sensor designed...
Klariva, a groundbreaking digital therapeutic for psoriasis, makes its debut in the German market
Summary: GAIA, a pioneering privately-held company, has unveiled an exciting update on klariva, an innovative digital therapeutic (DTx) poised to revolutionize the landscape of psoriasis treatment....
DrugGPT: new AI tool could help doctors prescribe medicine in England
Summary: Drugs constitute a fundamental aspect of medical treatment, yet errors in prescription and patient adherence pose significant challenges. Addressing these issues, a groundbreaking AI tool,...
FDA clears first digital therapeutic to treat major depressive disorder
Summary: The landscape of depression treatment is witnessing a groundbreaking shift with the recent FDA clearance of Rejoyn, a software app designed to modify behavior through structured lessons and...
First AI Tool approved for early heart failure detection with a stethoscope
Summary: The FDA's recent approval of Eko Health's stethoscope equipped with embedded artificial intelligence (AI) capable of identifying heart failure (HF) within 15 seconds, marks a significant...
Catalan researchers validated an AI tool that identifies 3 Brain tumor types with 78% accuracy
Summary: Researchers at the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), in collaboration with radiologists from the Bellvitge University Hospital, have introduced an innovative tool based on...
Nvidia apuesta por las enfermeras virtuales mediante IA
Summary: En un mundo donde la tecnología avanza rápidamente, la atención médica no es una excepción. En un reciente evento, Nvidia, una empresa líder en tecnología, presentó una visión innovadora de...
A new alternative to invasive blood glucose measurement methods
Summary: For individuals living with diabetes, the daily routine of managing glucose levels has long been synonymous with discomfort. Traditionally, methods such as finger pricks or adhesive...
Ultrasound innovation transforms respiratory diagnosis through contactless thoracic vibration mapping
Summary: Doctors have long relied on various methods to assess the respiratory system, from auscultation with traditional stethoscopes to more advanced imaging techniques. However, the ability to...
Smart hydrogels for enhancing the safety and efficacy of polypectomies
Summary: In the realm of medical procedures, advancements are continually sought to enhance efficacy and mitigate risks. One such area of focus is polypectomies, where the use of submucosal...
Prediction of psychosis risk and diagnosis through fingerprints
Summary: In a groundbreaking study conducted by FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation in Barcelona and CIBERSAM, researchers found fingerprint images have emerged as potential predictors...
A wearable device restores voice for people with vocal disorders
Summary: People suffering from voice disorders due to conditions like pathological vocal cord issues or post-laryngeal cancer surgeries face significant challenges in communication. Voice disorders...
‘A tu lado’, la app que acompaña a los pacientes con cáncer
Summary: Cada año, casi 300.000 nuevos casos de cáncer se diagnostican en nuestro país, dejando un impacto profundo en los pacientes y sus seres queridos. Para proporcionar apoyo digital a lo largo...
FarmaDepresC, una alternativa a través de IA para hacer frente al reto de la polimedicación
Summary: En un contexto donde la polimedicación representa un desafío creciente para la salud pública, el Grupo de Trabajo de Utilización de Fármacos de la Semfyc alerta sobre la necesidad urgente...
AIRE, EL PROYECTO DE TELEMONITORIZACIÓN DEL EPOC QUE DISMINUYE 75% LAS HOSPITALIZACIONES
Summary: el proyecto AIRE, impulsado por el Centro de Emergencias Sanitarias 061 y enmarcado en el Programa Operativo FEDER 2014-2020, emerge como un pionero en la telemonitorización de pacientes...
PK-PDrugs: La Herramienta Innovadora para Recomendaciones Posológicas Precisas
Summary: El Servicio de Farmacia del Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago (CHUS) ha sido galardonado por su innovador software R-evolución farmacocinética PK-PDrugs, premiado como Mejor...
Estratificación de pacientes con IA para optimizar la atención farmacéutica
Summary: El proyecto "OptimIA: Optimizando la atención farmacéutica en el paciente hospitalizado, un futuro impulsado por la Inteligencia Artificial" liderado por Beatriz Torroba, farmacéutica...
Una ‘app’ que permite a los pacientes comunicarse directamente con la farmacia del hospital
Summary: En el año 2020, el Servicio de Farmacia del Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón introdujo eMidCare, una aplicación que revoluciona la comunicación entre pacientes y...
Mayo researchers invented a new class of AI to improve cancer research and treatments
Summary: Mayo Clinic researchers have pioneered a groundbreaking advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) with the development of hypothesis-driven AI algorithms. Departing from traditional AI...
Smart wearable device monitors high-risk postpartum women
Summary: In the United States, postpartum care faces a critical challenge: around 40% of pregnancy-related deaths occur within the first 42 days after childbirth, with underserved populations,...
Catalan clinic uses AI to assess Alzheimer’s speech level
Summary: The Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona memory clinic has published a study showing that a short test of spontaneous speech through artificial intelligence (AI) is able to distinguish the degree...
Virtual reality to improve chronic pain and central sensitization
Summary: Badalona Care Services (BSA) has launched a pilot in the organization's Primary Care, initially in the CAP Apenins Montigalà to develop and evaluate a virtual reality program. The goal is...
A new headset aims to treat Alzheimer’s with light and sound
Summary: In the fight against Alzheimer’s, a groundbreaking initiative by startup Cognito Therapeutics is paving the way for a drug-free solution to combat cognitive decline. Based in Cambridge,...
Virtual Coach, the AI for breast cancer prevention
Summary: Breast cancer ranks among the most common cancers worldwide and nationally. In Spain alone, over 30,000 cases are diagnosed annually, with an incidence expected to increase by over 40% by...
Genesis, an AI completing medical records from doctor-patient conversations
Summary: VÓCALI, a leader in language technology-based software solutions for the healthcare sector, has developed Genesis, a groundbreaking artificial intelligence service designed to streamline...
Un tratamiento respiratorio digital y entrenador de inhalación
Summary: La EPOC y el asma son enfermedades pulmonares graves potencialmente mortales y que predisponen a crisis. Además, son las enfermedades respiratorias crónicas (ERC) más comunes. Aunque no...
Inteligencia Artificial para mejorar la adherencia a la medicación
Summary: Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), hasta el 50% de los pacientes no siguen las indicaciones de sus facultativos, lo que puede conducir a resultados adversos e incluso a una...
AdherenciaMed, el servicio de adherencia terapéutica en la farmacia comunitaria
La falta de adherencia a los tratamientos médicos es un desafío común entre los pacientes con enfermedades crónicas, con causas que abarcan diversos factores. Abordar este problema de manera...
Amazon Alexa estrena una ‘skill’ con el objetivo de ralentizar el deterioro cognitivo de personas con demencia
Summary: El gigante tecnológico Amazon ha dado un paso significativo en el campo de la salud cognitiva al presentar su última innovación: la 'skill' Memoria para su asistente virtual, Alexa. Esta...
Early detection of diabetic retinopathy using AI
Summary: Research by the Pere Virgili Health Research Institute (IISPV) and the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) have culminated in the formation of RetinaReadRisk, a cutting-edge spin-off poised...
Scientist develop a simple blood test to diagnose sarcoidosis
Summary: A groundbreaking advancement in the diagnosis of sarcoidosis has emerged from the collaborative efforts of scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Their innovative...
First over the counter use of a glucose monitoring technology
Summary: Aria CV, a pioneering medical device company based in Minnesota, has achieved a significant breakthrough in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. The company recently announced the...
iTalkBetter App revolutionizes speech therapy for aphasia patients
Summary: A groundbreaking app developed by the Neurotherapeutics Group at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology is transforming the lives of individuals struggling with aphasia, a language...
World’s first patient treated with new implantable device for pulmonary hypertension
Summary: Aria CV, a pioneering medical device company based in Minnesota, has achieved a significant breakthrough in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. The company recently announced the...
xShare initiative simplifies Health Data sharing
Summary: The xShare project is a 3-year European initiative that aims to enable people to easily share their health data through the European Electronic Health Record Exchange Format (EHRxF). This...
Realidad virtual inmersiva para aliviar los efectos cognitivos de la quimioterapia
Summary: El impacto devastador de la quimioterapia en la calidad de vida de los pacientes es una realidad que ha desafiado a la comunidad médica durante décadas. Aproximadamente el 60 o 70% de las...
AI predicts drugs that are not safe to take together
Summary: A groundbreaking study, recently published in Nature Biomedical Engineering by a collaborative team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard...
El asistente de IA que agiliza la vacunación pediátrica y mejora la gestión de la gripe infantil
Summary: Flu-Copilot es un asistente de inteligencia artificial desarrollado por Arkangel Ai, una compañía canadiense, con el objetivo de proporcionar información esencial sobre la gripe pediátrica....
An AI-powered app to help bring more clarity and transparency to pediatric emergency visits
Summary: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has garnered attention with its introduction of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven ER patient app within CHLA’s emergency department, a move aimed...
An AI tool to predict the evolution of patients with multiple sclerosis
Summary: A groundbreaking study led by Dr. Pablo Villoslada has resulted in the development of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool aimed at forecasting the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS) in...
A new «heart on a chip» device that could replace animal traditional testing
Summary: Researchers at the University Montreal have developed a “heart-on-a-chip” device that promises to improve the understanding of cardiovascular disease and help in the development...
A new non-invasive therapy for over active bladder treatment
Summary: Avation Medical, Inc., a pioneering company in neuromodulation and digital health, is proud to announce the publication of safety and efficacy results from a multi-center study named...
A portable saliva test for breast cancer detection
Summary: The incidence of breast cancer is on the rise, but new tools for early detection could save lives. Researchers from the University of Florida and the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung...
BL-DetecTool, a rapid diagnostic test for antibiotic resistance detection
Summary: Antibiotic resistance is a pressing public health issue with significant clinical and economic repercussions worldwide. Addressing this challenge requires strategies at different levels,...
Una nueva herramienta de aprendizaje automático que predice la evolución de los pacientes de TOC
Summary: El trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo (TOC) es una condición mental crónica que puede tener un impacto significativo en la vida diaria de quienes la padecen. La comprensión de su naturaleza...
Cosymbio el coworking de laboratorios
Summary: El boom de los coworkings ha llegado al sector de la salud con la inauguración de un innovador espacio en el barrio barcelonés del Poblenou. La empresa catalana Cosymbio ha sido pionera en...
An AI algorithm that predicts antidepressant response for depression patients
Summary: Depression, affecting millions in the U.S. alone, poses serious emotional and physical challenges, including symptoms like sadness, irritability, and in severe cases, suicidal thoughts....
China’s first blood delivery platform powered by drones
Summary: Shenzhen, China's tech hub, made a significant stride in healthcare logistics with the launch of the country's first blood transportation drone platform. Developed by the Shenzhen Blood...
A skin patch that monitors tumor size during cancer dare
Summary: Researchers at Taiwan’s National Tsing Hua University have developed an innovative wearable patch capable of continuous monitoring of tumors beneath the skin. The patch, constructed from a...
An AI histopathologist to streamline endometrial diagnosis
Summary: Histological analysis, crucial for identifying pathological tissue changes, traditionally relies on immunohistochemical studies. In this process, thin histological sections are treated with...
First steps in designing the framework for evaluating Digital Health technologies
Summary: Andalusian research and expertise in public health are making waves beyond regional borders. The Foundation for Progress and Health (FPS), under the Andalusian Ministry of Health and...
Bacterial evolution may be predictable
Summary: A groundbreaking international study led by the Center for Biotechnology and Plant Genomics (CBGP) at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) explores the predictability of evolution,...
An app that identifies medication suitability for food Intolerances and metabolic disorders
Summary: The University Hospital Infanta Leonor, has received recognition for its innovative project called "INTOMED." Developed by the Pharmacy Service in collaboration with the Biomedical Research...
An innovative AI-based Malaria diagnosis system
Summary: A collaborative effort involving the microbiology service and research group at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, the university Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), and the...
A robot pill set to replace flexible tubes in endoscopies
Summary: The prospect of undergoing an endoscopy, a procedure involving the insertion of a flexible tube with a camera at one end that traverses the entire digestive system while continuously...
Abbott wins FDA nod for world’s smallest rechargeable deep brain stimulation system
Summary: Abbott has received FDA approval for its Liberta RC DBS (rechargeable deep brain stimulation) system, marking a significant advancement in the treatment of movement disorders. The device...
Virtual reality helps NHS doctors spot signs of sepsis
Summary: Hospital staff and students are utilizing virtual reality (VR) technology to enhance their ability to identify symptoms of sepsis, a potentially life-threatening condition. The initiative,...
A deep learning model that enhances early sepsis detection and patient survival
Summary: Sepsis, a life-threatening condition stemming from improper reactions to infections, affects millions worldwide, causing numerous fatalities annually. Early detection is crucial for...
Wireless smart patch: Revolutionizing drug delivery on-demand
Summary: Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have unveiled a groundbreaking drug delivery system called the Spatiotemporal On-Demand Patch (SOP). Resembling a comfortable...
Creation of a cybersecurity excellence center for the Health sector
Summary: SIA, a cybersecurity leader in Spain and Portugal, under the Indra umbrella, has launched a specialized Cybersecurity Center of Excellence for the healthcare sector. The center, based in...
New machine learning models show superiority in pancreatic cancer identification
Summary: MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) has developed PRISM, two machine learning models – PrismNN and PrismLR – that offer hope for early identification of...
Danone partners with digital oncology company Resilience for better nutritional care for cancer patients
Summary: A Danone-commissioned Ipsos survey shows that 64% of European cancer patients experience nutritional issues, such as loss of appetite and nausea, leading to weight loss and malnutrition....
Microsoft launches AI Health Bot Copilot preview for healthcare copilot customization
Summary: In the era of Large Language Models (LLMs), healthcare organizations are increasingly turning to AI solutions. The demand for GPT-powered copilots and virtual health assistants is driven by...
Needle-Free vaccination with ultrasound
Summary: Researchers at the University of Oxford have pioneered a needle-free vaccination technique using ultrasound technology. The method involves mixing vaccine molecules with cup-shaped protein...
Image J unlocks accessibility in uric acid quantification
Summary: Recently, significant attention has been directed towards digital image colorimetry DIC using mobile applications or available software programs, which offer the advantage of analyzing...
Chinese AI model transforms Ovarian Cancer detection
Summary: Ovarian cancer has a low prevalence in the population, but is the most lethal gynecological malignacy as it lacks typical early-stage symptoms. Within the healthcare system, primary care is...
FDA-Authorized an AI biomarker for lung fibrosis diagnostic
Summary: IMVARIA Inc a leading health tech company specializing in AI-driven digital biomarker solutions, has received marketing authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for...
Guided drug delivery via carbon-based magnetic gel
Summary: Researchers at the University of Michigan and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany, have developed a groundbreaking metal-free magnetic gel that holds...
BeamO, an all-in-one thermometer, ECG and stethoscope
Summary: Withings has introduced BeamO, a four-in-one health monitoring device resembling a game stick, capable of functioning as a thermometer, electrocardiogram (ECG), oximeter, and stethoscope....
The chat connecting generation Z with mental health
Summary: Mental health has become a growing concern, particularly in Spain, where it ranks highest in Europe for adolescent mental health issues, as reported by Save the Children. The Confederación...
First Menstrual Blood Health testing device
Summary: Biotechnology research company Qvin™ has achieved FDA clearance for its Q-Pad™ and A1c Test, marking a significant breakthrough in women's diabetic patients. Qvin's innovative approach...
Inhalable sensors could enable early lung cancer detection
Summary: MIT researchers have developed a revolutionary technology that could make diagnosing lung cancer simpler and more accessible. The new method involves inhaling nanoparticle sensors, which...
Rethinking stroke monitoring: new criteria urged as EEG activity falls short in assessing brain damage
Summary: A team of international researchers, including scientists from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), has developed an optimized biomathematical technique for monitoring the precise...
A ‘smart urinal’ that analyzes and monitors hydration levels
Summary: The Quimiometry, Qualimetry, and Nanosensors Research Group at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), led by Jordi Ferré, has been exploring the application of biosensors for monitoring...
World-first handheld defibrillator could revolutionise access and save lives
Summary: When someone collapses in cardiac arrest, early recognition and prompt commencement of CPR combined with access to rapid defibrillation, provides the greatest opportunity for a positive...
Tiny ‘superbots’ heal neural wound model
Summary: Researchers from Tufts University and the Wyss Institute at Harvard University have developed tiny biological robots, known as Anthrobots, capable of healing brain cells in a laboratory...
Tres proyectos pioneros de gamificación en salud
Summary: Serious Games Lab es una iniciativa innovadora que pretende aplicar la metodología “Serious Games” (juegos serios) en el sector de la salud y cuenta con el apoyo, entre otras instituciones,...
guIA, un nuevo ChatGPT basado en Guías de Práctica Clínica
Summary: GuIA, la primera herramienta capaz de indexar Guías de Práctica Clínica y generar aplicaciones con Inteligencia Artificial (IA) al estilo de ChatGPT, ha sido lanzada por Luzán 5 Health...
SonIA: Una alternativa para resolver dudas en farmacoterapia a pacientes crónicos
Summary: Espacialistas en farmacia hospitalaria han desarrollado un chatbot inteligente llamado SonIA, un farmacéutico virtual, que interactuará con el paciente mediante lenguaje natural. Esta...
A digital health algorithm to guide antibiotic prescription in pediatric outpatient care
Summary: Bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) was responsible for 1.27 million deaths in 2019, with the highest burden in sub-Saharan Africa. In Tanzania and many resource-constrained countries,...
Stretchable E-Skin for Robotic Prostheses
Summary: Engineers from the University of British Columbia and Honda have collaborated to develop an innovative e-skin for robotic prostheses, enhancing their ability to sense and interact with the...
New AI predicts cancer survival using epigenetics
Summary: “Traditionally, cancer has been viewed as primarily a result of genetic mutations,” Hilary Coller, a professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology at UCLA, said. “However, the...
Arediana, la startup que vela por la salud y el bienestar de las mujeres
Summary: Arediana, a brand established in September 2022, aims to counter misinformation about women's health circulating on the Internet. Recognizing the underexplored nature of women's health,...
Merck taps Owkin’s AI to boost microsatellite testing of GI cancers
Summary: Merck & Co. has partnered with artificial intelligence developer Owkin to develop digital diagnostics for cancer testing. Building upon Owkin’s machine learning-powered test for...
Using computer vision to catch early-stage skin cancer
Summary: Melanoma, the most severe form of skin cancer, demands early detection to mitigate its rapid spread. Recognizing the limitations of the human eye, researchers at Johns Hopkins in...
Dispositivos tecnológicos para detectar y controlar la hipertensión
Summary: La hipertensión, una de las principales causas de muerte prematura a nivel mundial, afecta a alrededor de 1.280 millones de personas entre 30 y 79 años, de las cuales solo uno de cada cinco...
Tres aliados robóticos para atenuar los efectos del cáncer infantil
Summary: En España, alrededor de 1,500 niños y adolescentes son afectados por el cáncer cada año, la mayoría menores de 14 años. Para hacer más llevadera la difícil estancia hospitalaria de estos...
A novel robot could aid in early diagnosis of breast cancer
Summary: A team from the University of Bristol has developed a device capable of performing clinical breast examinations (CBE). The robotic manipulator, designed at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory,...
Algoritmo para asignar equipos quirúrgicos óptimos en un hospital
Summary: Un estudio llevado a cabo por un equipo de investigadores en ocho hospitales representativos de la atención secundaria y terciaria de Cuba han desarrollado un modelo computacional experto...
Huma and Merck Germany collaborate to deliver cancer care management tool
Summary: Huma Therapeutics and Merck Germany, have announced a partnership to develop a digital solution aimed at assisting cancer patients in understanding and managing their conditions and...
Bayer launches support tool for diabetic kidney disease
Summary: Bayer has introduced a digital patient support package in England called My Kidney Assistant to assist individuals with type 2 diabetes in managing kidney health and preventing the...
Takeda, Janssen join wearable maker to measure scratching
Summary: Exciting collaboration between pharmaceutical giants Takeda and Janssen with wearable device maker Actigraph. The project, DECODE, aims to validate a digital measure quantifying nighttime...
IBM SE ASOCIA CON BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PARA APROVECHAR LA IA EN EL DESCUBRIMIENTO DE ANTICUERPOS
Summary: IBM y Boehringer Ingelheim han anunciado una colaboración innovadora para utilizar modelos básicos de inteligencia artificial (IA) en la investigación de nuevos tratamientos con...
Hydrogel innovation promises diabetes breakthrough, ending daily injections
Summary: Diabetes affects nearly half a billion people globally, with a significant impact on health and economic costs. In the United States, 38 million have diabetes, and 97.6 million have...
AZerca, a virtual assistant to enhance COPD monitoring
Summary: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death in Spain, affecting around 11% of individuals aged 40 to 80. COPD patients contribute significantly to...
A pricing scheme that links patient copays to adherence
Summary: Approximately 75% of U.S. patients face challenges in taking prescribed medicines due to factors like high costs, copayments, complex treatment regimens, and poor health literacy. The...
Single-color fundus image AI Tool for diabetic retinopathy screening
Summary: Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a widespread disease and a leading cause of preventable blindness in the adult working population.In 2020, the number of adults worldwide with DR was estimated...
Stanza, the first digital therapeutic for treating fibromyalgia symptoms
Summary: Swing Therapeutics has announced positive results from its Phase 3 PROSPER-FM trial on Stanza, a self-guided smartphone-based behavioral therapy for fibromyalgia. The digital therapy is a...
These bionic tights make it easier for patients with MS to walk
Summary: Cionic startup developed a wearable technology embedded in clothing to assist individuals with mobility issues. The device, known as the Neural Sleeve, employs sensors to monitor gait and...
Digital pill promises early detection of sleep apnea, opioid overdose
Summary: Researchers from Massachusetts and West Virginia have developed a wireless ingestible device called the Vitals Monitoring Pill (VM Pill) for remote monitoring of vital signs. The...
AstraZeneca launches Evinova a new digital health business to bring AI to clinical trials
Summary: Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has introduced Evinova, a health technology business aimed at deploying the digital health solutions already utilized globally by the company to clinical...
MIT’s wearable ultrasound patch measures bladder fullness without gel
Summary: MIT researchers have developed a wearable ultrasound patch that can image organs, including the bladder, without the need for cold gel or an operator. Unlike traditional ultrasounds that...
Researchers develop first wearable for continuous monitoring of body sounds
Summary: Northwestern University researchers have developed a noninvasive, continuous monitoring wearable that offer a dynamic assessment of lung health and other physiological functions, With...
An app to streamline the workflow during cardiac arrests and support professionals in critical situations, winner of the 5th edition of Jo innovo
Summary: The 5th edition of the I innovate innovation competition concluded during Innovation Week at CosmoCaixa in Barcelona. Sponsored by Siemens Healthineers and Alexion AstraZeneca Rare Disease,...
These AI booths want to become the doctor of the future
Summary: Forward Health, an AI-driven healthcare startup, has introduced CarePod an automated cabin designed to revolutionize medical consultations. The cabin, equipped with various diagnostic...
A custom GPT for researchers and scientists
Summary: OpenAI's GPT store has seen increased demand for custom GPTs across various fields, including scholarly publishing. SciSpace has recognized the necessity for a tailored GPT for researchers...
Innovative in-ear wearable predicts fainting by monitoring blood flow
Summary: STAT Health has unveiled a groundbreaking 24/7 in-ear wearable designed to measure blood flow to the head, providing insights into symptoms like dizziness, brain fog, headaches, fainting,...
Samay’s AI-assisted wearable technology accurately diagnoses COPD
Summary: Samay, a US start-up based in the San Francisco Bay area, has released clinical data demonstrating the effectiveness of its Sylvee wearable device in accurately diagnosing chronic...
Spanish startup Pragmatech and HM Hospitals pioneer AI-driven antibiotic prescriptions, tackling resistance and reducing errors
Summary: Antibiotic resistance has become one of the main concerns for global health since the range of these available drugs is in many cases decreasing and the emergence of multi-resistant...
The spinoff RetinaReadRisk launches AI-Based system for early diabetic retinopathy detection
Summary: Researchers from the Pere Virgili Health Research Institute (IISPV) and the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) in Tarragona have developed a software and mobile system based on Artificial...
Europa premia a España en el uso del lenguaje como indicador de psicosis
Summary: El Consejo Europeo de Investigación (CEI) ha anunciado los 37 equipos científicos que recibirán un total de 395 millones de euros para resolver problemas de investigación muy complejos....
Galicia crea el Consejo Asesor en Inteligencia Artificial y Datos de Salud
Summary: Este viernes la Xunta de Galicia ha creado el Consejo Técnico Asesor en Inteligencia Artificial y Espacio de Datos del Sistema Público de Salud de Galicia.Este Consejo será un órgano...
Nace el primer fondo dedicado a la Salud Digital en España
Summary: La gestora de venture capital española CRB Inverbío ha obtenido la autorización de la CNMV para ampliar su portafolio con un tercer fondo de capital riesgo dedicado a proyectos de Salud...
Gine360, la innovadora plataforma digital sobre salud de la mujer
Summary: En los últimos años, la salud de la mujer ha ido adquiriendo mayor protagonismo; aunque todavía está algo generalizado el hecho de que la mujer tiene que aceptar algunos problemas de salud...
Researchers developing lateral flow test to detect brain tumours
Summary: Scientists at the University of Sheffield and Nottingham Trent University are developing the world's first lateral flow test to detect aggressive, recurring brain tumors. This test, similar...
The first woman to receive a neurally controlled bionic hand
Summary: More than two decades ago, a Swedish woman named Karin lost her right hand in a farming accident, causing her severe phantom limb pain. In 2018, researchers at the Center for Bionics and...
A wearable to manage Parkinson’s motor symptoms
Summary: Parkinson's disease is a rapidly growing neurological disorder affecting over 10 million people globally, leading to various motor symptoms due to neurotransmitter loss, particularly...
Needle-Free Blood Draw Technology Redefines Hospital Procedures
Summary: BD, a prominent global medical technology company, has introduced a new needle-free blood draw technology that is compatible with integrated catheters, aligning with its "One-Stick Hospital...
Revolutionizing leukemia diagnosis with Alercell’s TED test
Summary: Alercell, Inc., a cutting-edge molecular diagnostics company specializing in revolutionizing therapeutics, particularly in Oncology In-Vitro Diagnostic Testing, proudly announces a...
This is how Virtual Reality transforms the pharmacy sector in Spain
Summary: Virtual Reality (VR) has emerged as an effective tool for training in various sectors, including pharmaceuticals. Boehringer Ingelheim, a global leader in the pharmaceutical industry, has...
Revolutionizing Breast Cancer Care: Secure AI Predictions with ODELIA
Summary: The Ribera health group participates in a European research project, named ODELIA, which seeks to facilitate the massive analysis of patient data, thanks to Artificial Intelligence (AI) to...
Roche Partners with Ibex and AWS to Advance Digital Pathology
Summary: Roche has announced collaborations with Ibex Medical Analytics and Amazon Web Services to provide pathology laboratories with AI-powered decision support tools through the navify® Digital...
Curio DTx hits mark in postpartum depression trial
Summary: A digital therapeutic called MamaLift Plus, designed to assist women in managing mood disturbances after giving birth, has demonstrated its effectiveness in a randomized clinical trial....
Japanese doctors start adopting AI-Powered Patient Interview Summarization Tool
Summary: A new generative AI tool has been introduced to assist doctors in Japan in summarizing lengthy and detailed initial patient interviews. Japanese startup Ubie has launched a feature called...
Sensor monitors transplanted organs for early signs of rejection
Summary: Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a thin and flexible sensor that can monitor transplanted organs for signs of rejection, addressing the ongoing risk that transplant...
Revolutionizing Bladder Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment with BlaDiMiR
Summary: BlaDiMiR, a project of the joint unit CIEMAT and 12 de Octubre for the diagnosis and treatment of bladder cancer, wins the Pfizer Award for the best health innovation...
IA para estudiar el impacto del dolor crónico en el cuerpo y el comportamiento humano
Summary: Un equipo de investigación de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid y el University College London ha desarrollado un sistema de inteligencia artificial basado en aprendizaje profundo para...
Evaluar los efectos nocivos de los tratamientos oncológicos sobre la salud renal a través de una app
Summary: NEFROTOX es una innovadora aplicación diseñada para ayudar a los profesionales de la salud a comprender y prevenir los efectos dañinos en los riñones de ciertos medicamentos utilizados en...
Revolutionary AI voice test identifies type 2 diabetes in seconds
Summary: A new AI-driven diagnostic test for Type 2 diabetes can accurately identify the condition with just a six-second voice clip, according to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings:...
A digital Pinching Test for assessing Multiple Sclerosis patients remotely
Summary: A multidisciplinary scientific team has developed an innovative tool for the remote assessment of upper extremity function in individuals with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). This...
New A.I. Tool Diagnoses Brain Tumors on the Operating Table
Summary: In a recent study published in the journal Nature, scientists in the Netherlands have harnessed artificial intelligence (AI) to assist surgeons in making critical decisions during brain...
Automatic detection of bipolar disorder episodes thanks to a wristband
Summary: Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that severely affects the sufferer, making it difficult to carry out everyday tasks and to interact with other people. Diagnosis and treatment of...
Roche’s mySugr App Eases Diabetes Distress & Seeks DiGA Approval
Summary: Roche's Digital Therapeutic App mySugr, has recently showcased in it's clinical trial the effectiveness of the digital health application in alleviating diabetes distress, a condition that...
Boehringer Ingelheim and ZEISS join forces to early detect eye diseases and prevent vision loss
Summary: Boehringer Ingelheim and ZEISS Medical Technology have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at developing predictive analytics for the early detection of eye diseases, with the goal of...
Facial Blood Flow Revolutionizes Health Vital Monitoring
Summary: Imagine a future where you can accurately monitor your health by simply scanning your face with your smartphone. The concept may sound like science fiction, but it's very much a reality...
Telehealth giant Amwell and Nestlé partner on digital nutrition programs
Summary: Telehealth giant Amwell is collaborating with Nestlé Health Science to develop digital health initiatives focused on nutrition. Their initial offering, the Advanced Surgical Nutrition...
Artificial intelligence for dysphagia screening
Summary: IMS-Medical (Artificial Intelligence Massive Screening) was founded by nurse Alberto Martín, who developed an algorithm utilizing artificial intelligence to identify elderly patients at...
El ICO apuesta por tecnología con IA para mejorar la precisión en tratamientos oncológicos
Summary: El Instituto Catalán de Oncología (ICO) ha inaugurado el primer equipo de acelerador lineal de radioterapia en Cataluña -y el segundo de España-, llamado Ethos, que usa inteligencia...
Ochsner Health launches generative AI pilot for patient messaging
Summary: Ochsner Health, a nonprofit health network in New Orleans is launching a pilot program in which it will integrate Microsoft's Azure Open AI technology into its patient response service....
No more needles, an oral insulin medication could be on the horizon
Summary: nsulin, a life-saving medication for controlling blood sugar in diabetics, has been a breakthrough in treating what was once considered a deadly disease. However, its administration through...
Dexcom and SocialDiabetes Join Forces to Make Diabetes Management More Accessible
Summary: Dexcom, a leader in continuous glucose monitoring systems for people with diabetes, and SocialDiabetes, a globally certified medical device platform for diabetes management, have partnered...
Wearable patch wirelessly monitors estrogen in sweat
Summary: Caltech researchers have developed a wearable sensor that can monitor the hormone estradiol by detecting its presence in sweat. This innovation could make it easier for women to monitor...
Ovum Health and IBM partner to tackle infertility with AI
Summary: Fertility care provider Ovum Health has partnered with IBM to enhance its web and mobile app-based chat and scheduling solution using AI. Ovum Health's platform offers personalized support...
Novo Nordisk Plans to Open a Tech Headquarters in Spain
Summary: Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is expanding its presence in Spain by establishing a technological and digital center in Madrid. This center will provide crucial support for the...
Natural Cycles gets FDA clearance to use Apple Watch temperature data for birth control
Summary: The FDA has approved the use of the Apple Watch with the Natural Cycles digital birth control app. This allows Apple Watch Series 8, 9, Ultra, or Ultra 2 owners to import their temperature...
World Best Smart Hospitals 2024
Summary: Una lista que incluye 330 hospitales de 28 países que sobresalen en el campo de las tecnologías inteligentes, destacando por su uso de funcionalidades electrónicas, telemedicina, imágenes...
iaGEMA, la primera guía de práctica clínica con Inteligencia Artificial conversacional
Summary: iaGEMA es la primera guía de práctica clínica que incorpora Inteligencia Artificial (IA) conversacional, diseñada para mejorar la atención médica en el manejo del asma. Desarrollada con la...
Sealant with integrated sensors rapidly detects leaks after stomach surgery
Summary: Researchers have developed a surgical sealant equipped with built-in sensors to detect leaks after stomach or bowel surgery. These leaks, a common cause of fatality following bariatric...
A breakthrough breath analyzer detects silent blood clots
Summary: Researchers have developed a groundbreaking technique to detect small blood clots that are early signs of many diseases and often worsen clinical symptoms. These tiny clots, associated with...
Novo Nordisk Embraces AI in Drug Discovery with Valo Health Partnership
Summary: Novo Nordisk has entered into a partnership with Valo Health, a computational drug discovery company, to tap into the potential of artificial intelligence in drug development. This...
Huawei launches an Innovative Solution to accelerate Intelligent Healthcare
Summary: During HUAWEI CONNECT 2023, Huawei hosted its inaugural Intelligent Healthcare Summit under the theme "Build a Digital Health Community to Accelerate Intelligent Healthcare." The company...
INBRAIN’s Breakthrough Graphene-Neural Therapy Offers Hope for Enhanced Parkinson’s Disease Treatment
Summary: INBRAIN Neuroelectronics, a health-tech company specializing in cutting-edge graphene-based neural technology, has received Breakthrough Device Designation (BDD) from the U.S. Food &...
El Servicio Madrileño de Salud, pionero en la aplicación de Inteligencia Artificial Generativa para la mejora del diagnóstico en pacientes con enfermedades raras
Summary: La Comunidad de Madrid, en colaboración con la Fundación 29 y Microsoft, está a punto de lanzar un proyecto pionero en España y el mundo que utiliza tecnología de Inteligencia Artificial...
Google desarrolla una IA para identificar mutaciones genéticas que causan enfermedades
Summary: AlphaMissense, una nueva herramienta basada en inteligencia artificial desarrollada por Google DeepMind, está ayudando a identificar y clasificar mutaciones en proteínas conocidas como...
Nace Serious Games Lab, la primera incubadora de gamificación en salud de Cataluña
Summary: Serious Games Lab es una innovadora iniciativa con sede en Barcelona que se enfoca en aplicar la metodología de "Serious Games" al campo de la salud. Su misión es desarrollar y promover...
Pfizer Commits to Empowering Clinical Trial Participants with Access to Their Data
Summary: Pfizer has announced its commitment to provide clinical trial participants with consistent and reliable access to their individual data through its Participant Data Return initiative. This...
A battery charged by tears for smart contact lenses
Summary: Researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a super-thin, flexible battery designed for smart contact lenses. This innovative battery, as thin as the human...
This is the GPT Health Chat for asthma treatment
Summary: The Health ChatGPT, known as iaGEMA, is now a reality and is set to revolutionize clinical practice in the field of asthma prevention. Developed in collaboration with the Spanish guide for...
Digital Health in Europe: WHO Report Highlights Progress and Challenges
Summary: In a significant stride towards modernizing healthcare systems, the World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled its latest report, offering a comprehensive analysis of the Digital Health...
NHS uses AI Tool to Predict Long-Staying Hospital Patients in the UK
Summary: The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is exploring the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to predict when patients are at risk of experiencing extended hospital stays. This initiative,...
Pfizer crea un asistente virtual para acompañar y apoyar a los pacientes con Mieloma Múltiple
Summary: En 2023, se espera que aproximadamente 3,000 personas en España sean diagnosticadas con mieloma múltiple, convirtiéndolo en el tercer cáncer hematológico más común en el país. Este tipo de...
Click Therapeutics and Indivior Join Forces to Develop Digital Solution for Substance Use Disorders
Summary: Click Therapeutics, Inc. has joined forces with pharmaceutical company Indivior to create Prescription Digital Therapeutics for Substance Use Disorders. This collaboration holds significant...
Unlocking Personalized Diabetes Care: Abbott’s Bigfoot Biomedical Deal
Summary: Abbott is on the verge of acquiring Bigfoot Biomedical, a pioneer in diabetes technology management. This move comes after a longstanding collaboration between the two companies, with...
Microsoft and Paige are building the world’s largest AI model for detecting cancer
Summary: Microsoft has announced a collaboration with digital pathology provider Paige to develop the world's largest image-based artificial intelligence model for cancer identification. This AI...
First device to monitor transplanted organs detects early signs of rejection
Summary: Transplant rejection can occur at any time after the procedure, and it's often asymptomatic, causing patients to live in constant anxiety. Furthermore, the current methods for monitoring...
Huma collaborates with Google Cloud to improve healthcare through generative AI
Summary: Huma Therapeutics, a prominent global digital health company, has announced a strategic collaboration with Google Cloud's generative AI (GenAI) to enhance its regulated disease management...
Jerusalem hospital performs world’s first spinal surgery using augmented reality robot
Summary: A groundbreaking surgery recently took place at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, where augmented reality (AR) robotic technology was used in a minimally invasive procedure to...
Apple AirPods Could Soon Track Brain Activity
Summary: Apple has recently filed a groundbreaking patent for a new AirPod design that includes bio-monitoring electrodes capable of measuring electrical brain activity. This innovation could...
RESEARCHERS DEVELOPED A 4D PRINT PERSONALIZED “SMART IMPLANTS” TO TREAT BREAST CANCER
Summary: Researchers at Queen's University Belfast have introduced a groundbreaking use of 4D printing for personalized breast cancer treatment. In a first-of-its-kind approach, they've developed...
First AI-Designed Immunotherapy Drug Unveiled by Etcembly
Summary British biotech company Etcembly, has achieved a groundbreaking feat by utilizing AI inspired by ChatGPT to create a novel immunotherapy drug for cancer treatment. This marks the first-ever...
Mahana signs with Bayer to commercialise digital therapeutics
Summary Bayer, a prominent pharmaceutical company, has taken a significant step in its pursuit of revolutionizing consumer health by partnering with Mahana Therapeutics, a San Francisco-based...
Diseñan un dispositivo basado en la física de microfluidos para predecir la respuesta terapéutica contra el cáncer
Summary Un equipo de expertos de la Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad de Barcelona y del Instituto de Bioingeniería de Cataluña (IBEC) ha desarrollado un dispositivo...
Un estudio demuestra que el uso de realidad virtual reduce el dolor de ingresados en UCI
Summary "Un estudio realizado en el Hospital de Bellvitge ha revelado que el uso de gafas de realidad virtual en pacientes de unidades de cuidados intensivos (UCI) conlleva una reducción del 25% en...
Revolutionary VR Headset Reveals Real-Time Brain Activity During Virtual Experiences
Summary Texas researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have developed a method to enhance the popular Meta Quest 2 VR headset, costing approximately $300, by integrating it with an EEG...
Breakthrough Test Identifies Targets without Amplification
Summary Researchers from Stanford University have developed a novel molecular test that has the potential to revolutionize disease monitoring, crop health assessment, and more. Traditional molecular...
New workout sensor tells you when you’re at risk of heat stroke
Summary Researchers in Japan have developed a new method for creating chloride ion sensors that can be integrated into clothing to monitor the wearer's health. These sensors track the concentration...
AstraZeneca forms strategic alliance with PicnicHealth to develop robust breast cancer data registry
Summary Health technology company PicnicHealth has revealed its move into the field of oncology, collaborating with AstraZeneca to establish a registry aimed at generating real-world data concerning...
NHS england initiates wireless trials to boost digital services
Summary NHS England is supporting the trials to ensure health and care organisations make the most out of current and emerging wireless technology to deliver digital healthcare services. Funding...
AI-Driven Algorithm Enables Phone Camera to Detect Blood Vessel Oxygen Levels
Summary Researchers at Purdue University have developed AI-driven technology that utilizes smartphone cameras to detect and diagnose medical conditions like anemia more quickly and accurately than...
Curso de Inteligencia Artificial en Medicina: Potenciando la Práctica Clínica Oncohematológica
Summary GSK, Verne Academy, Microsoft y la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC) han colaborado para ofrecer la primera edición del curso "Data IA School: Inteligencia Artificial aplicada a la...
El Hospital General de Valencia evalúa una IA para monitorizar la insuficiencia cardiaca mediante la voz
Summary El Servicio de Cardiología del Hospital General de Valencia, en colaboración con la Sociedad Valenciana de Cardiología, está evaluando la aplicación HearOTM, la cual emplea biomarcadores de...
La FDA aprueba la solución inalámbrica de GE HealthCare para detectar el deterioro del paciente
Summary GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. ha obtenido la aprobación de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los Estados Unidos (FDA) para su innovadora solución de monitorización...
Crean un algoritmo de IA que brinda una ‘Segunda Opinión’ a escaneos médicos sin depender de datos etiquetados manualmente
Summary Investigadores de las facultades de Ingeniería y Tecnología de la Universidad de Monash han desarrollado un algoritmo de inteligencia artificial (IA) que puede evaluar las anotaciones o...
Desarrollan un dispositivo en papel para el diagnóstico rápido de enfermedades pulmonares
Summary Un grupo de investigadores del Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona del CSIC (IMB-CNM-CSIC), junto con otros colaboradores de instituciones y empresas, ha desarrollado un dispositivo...
El Hospital de Fuenlabrada usará la IA para mejorar la calidad de vida de pacientes tromboembólicos
Summary El Hospital de Fuenlabrada está desarrollando un prototipo de servicio digital llamado Promete, basado en inteligencia artificial, para pacientes con enfermedad tromboembólica (ETE). El...
Experimental insulin implant uses electricity to control genes
Summary Researchers have developed genetically engineered human cells that can produce insulin in response to a small electric current. The cells undergo a chain reaction triggered by reactive...
Nanotech used to grow eye cells as a potential treatment for blindness
Summary Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University in the UK have made a breakthrough in treating age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in developed countries. They used...
Deep learning para comprender cómo afecta el dolor crónico en el paciente
Summary Un equipo de investigación de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid junto al University College London de Reino Unido, ha llevado a cabo un estudio para analizar cómo afecta el dolor crónico...
Elsevier Takes Scopus to the Next Level with Generative AI
Summary: Elsevier, a global leader in scientific information and data analytics, has announced the release of an alpha version of Scopus AI, a cutting-edge tool that combines generative AI with...
Amazon strengthens its commitment to telemedicine and expands its Clinic service to all US states
Summary: Amazon has expanded its virtual healthcare service, Amazon Clinic, to cover all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Launched in November, the service allows customers to access clinicians and...
Teva UK launches first integrated digital inhaler system
Summary: Teva UK has introduced GoResp Digihaler, a novel inhaler system that enables adult patients with asthma and COPD to self-manage their condition effectively and share their data with...
MIT researchers build wearable ultrasound scanner for earlier breast cancer detection
Summary: Researchers at MIT have developed a wearable ultrasound scanner in the form of a flexible patch that attaches to a bra using magnets. The patch contains miniaturized ultrasound scanners...
A new machine learning-based algorithm predicts blood-brain barrier (BBB) permiability with 89–92% accuracy
Summary: The dreaded obstacle of the blood-brain barrier, which limits the effectiveness of medications, could finally be overcome thanks to artificial intelligence (AI). Dallas-based drug discovery...
AWS Releases Generative AI Service for Clinical Documentation
Summary: Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced AWS HealthScribe, a generative AI-based service aimed at automating clinical documentation. This service allows health IT providers to use a single...
MucOncoBots: Nanobots Target Mucus-Producing Tumors for Advanced Drug Delivery
Summary: The "MucOncoBots" project aims to use nanobots to transport a specialized drug for the treatment of peritoneal pseudomyxoma (PMP), a rare disease characterized by mucus-producing tumors in...
Implantación del Servicio de Telerehabilitación en Atención Primaria
summary: El Hospital de Denia ha tenido éxito con su plataforma de telerehabilitación, ReHub, desde su lanzamiento en 2020. Ahora, han decidido ampliar su oferta para permitir que los profesionales...
ProstaGYM, el programa guiado por voz de Alexa que ayuda a pacientes con cáncer de próstata
Summary El programa ProstaGYM, impulsado por Bayer y guiado por la voz de Alexa, utiliza nuevas tecnologías para ayudar a los pacientes con cáncer de próstata a mejorar su calidad de vida y manejar...
Rewarding people for taking their meds
GoodRx, an online pharmacy and telehealth app, is trying to take it a step further by launching a digital “medicine cabinet.” The idea is to create a one-stop shop that allows people to check price...
Kits de pruebas diagnósticas que trasladan el laboratorio a casa
Ailin es una innovadora solución de apoyo al diagnóstico que busca llevar las pruebas de laboratorio a los hogares, facilitando la prevención, el control de patologías y el conocimiento del estado...
Crean una plataforma para automatizar la medición de la calidad asistencial y la seguridad en las UCI
Un grupo de investigación del Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV) y el Hospital Joan XXIII de Tarragona ha desarrollado una plataforma llamada Pevamis (Proyecto de Evaluación de...
Avances en el suministro de oxígeno
Summary: El Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio de Granada ha sido sede de una jornada sobre innovación en el servicio y suministro de gases medicinales en entornos sanitarios, en...
La Urgencia Digital de Quirónsalud en el Sermas alivia la presión en las Urgencias Hospitalarias
Los servicios de urgencias de los Hospitales de Quirónsalud, integrados en la red pública madrileña (Sermas), atendieron conjuntamente a cerca de 623,000 pacientes en 2022, lo que representa un...
MYSPHERA, la empresa española capaz de eliminar las listas de espera quirúrgicas
tras la crisis de la COVID-19, se cuantifica que existen más de un millón de personas en espera de una operación quirúrgica. Una presión asistencial insostenible para el modelo clásico hospitalario,...
Dawn Health and Novartis Launch Ekiva-MS DTx App for Multiple Sclerosis
Dawn Health has launched a patient companion App called Ekiva-MS, developed in collaboration with Novartis, to support people living with multiple sclerosis (PlwMS). The App aims to empower patients...
This tiny saliva sensor could track acidity, glucose, medication and more
The company Lura Health has developed a tiny, wireless oral sensor for saliva monitoring. The initial focus is on measuring saliva acidity to help prevent tooth decay, which is a widespread global...
Virus artificiales: una promesa para la terapia génica y la medicina personalizada
La nanotecnología está abriendo nuevas posibilidades en la medicina, y gracias a ella, la construcción de virus artificiales capaces de ingresar a las células humanas para realizar tareas...
The ROI of Artificial Intelligence in voice-based patient follow-up
In today's healthcare landscape, patient follow-up is a crucial aspect of providing comprehensive care. While various text-based solutions are available, they often fail to engage patients...
Un paso hacia la prevención del ictus: Estudio revela la utilidad de los relojes inteligentes
Un estudio liderado por Vall d'Hebron ha investigado el uso de relojes inteligentes para detectar fibrilaciones auriculares de forma temprana, el tipo de arritmia más común que aumenta...
A Biodegradable ECG Patch Paving the Way to a Greener Future
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed an environmentally sustainable electrocardiogram (ECG) patch made of biomaterials. The patch is modular, allowing electronic components to be...
La iniciativa Fortalece lanza un programa de ayudas por 30 millones de euros a la I+D sanitaria
El Consejo de Ministros ha aprobado una serie de iniciativas destinadas a fortalecer la investigación sanitaria en España. Entre ellas se encuentra el programa piloto Fortalece, que otorgará...
A novel digital therapeutic to slow the progression of juvenile myopia
Lindus Health and Dopavision, a digital health start-up, have initiated a groundbreaking clinical trial in the UK aimed at addressing short-sightedness, or myopia, in children. This trial aims to...
CATALONIA.AI, Artificial Intelligence Strategy of Catalonia
The Government of Catalonia has made a commitment to prioritize the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) both within the government and throughout the country. This initiative, known as...
Teladoc doubles down on Microsoft partnership to bring AI, voice tech into telehealth visits
Telehealth company Teladoc is increasing its investment in artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance its telehealth solution for hospitals. Through its partnership with Microsoft, Teladoc plans to...
DrugGPT, the Game-Changing “ChatGPT” for Ligand Design
Researchers from Xi'an Jiaotong University have developed DrugGPT, an autoregressive model based on the GPT framework specifically designed for drug development. DrugGPT addresses the challenge of...
Loop Diagnostics, un test capaz de detectar la sepsis en su fase inicial
La empresa Loop Diagnostics ha desarrollado SeptiLoop, un test diagnóstico llamado a revolucionar la detección temprana de la sepsis. La sepsis es una condición grave que causa millones de ingresos...
Un biosensor evalúa la mejor opción para tratar el párkinson y el alzhéimer
Investigadores de la Escuela Politécnica Federal de Lausana (EPFL) en Suiza han desarrollado un biosensor llamado ImmunoSEIRA que detecta proteínas mal plegadas relacionadas con enfermedades...
Entrenan una IA para diagnosticar seis tipos de enfermedad cardiovascular
Científicos de la Universidad Metropolitana de Osaka han desarrollado un modelo de inteligencia artificial (IA) que utiliza radiografías de tórax para clasificar con precisión las funciones y...
La IA descifra el genoma del cáncer cerebral durante la cirugía
Científicos de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Harvard han desarrollado una herramienta de inteligencia artificial llamada CHARM (Cryosection Histopathology Assessment and Review...
Sanidad permite conocer la historia clínica a «golpe de clic» y en dispositivos móviles
El ministro de Sanidad, José Miñones, ha presentado la nueva actualización de la aplicación "Mi Carpeta Ciudadana", que permitirá a los ciudadanos acceder a su historial clínico a través del...
FDA Approves Game-Changing Digital Therapy to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes
Better Therapeutics, a company specializing in software development for the treatment of cardiometabolic diseases, has received FDA authorization for its digital therapeutic, AspyreRx as a treatment...
Revolutionizing Glaucoma Treatment with Innovative Contact Lens Technology
Smartlens, an ophthalmology technology company, has successfully closed a Series A equity financing round to pursue regulatory clearance for its innovative offering miLens; an electronics-free soft...
NHS digital health check-ups launched ‘to ease pressure on GPs’
The UK government has announced the rollout of a Digital NHS Health Check, which aims to deliver one million health checks across England starting from spring 2024. The current NHS Health Check has...
Ferrer launches open innovation challenges for digital solutions for ALS
Ferrer, a Spanish pharmaceutical company, has launched an international open innovation challenge seeking start-ups with digital solutions for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The challenge,...
Siemens presenta el primer escáner CT de alta resolución y baja radiación con tecnología de conteo de fotones
Siemens Healthineers ha llevado a mercado el primer escáner CT de conteo de fotones, llamado Naeotom Alpha. El Naeotom Alpha ofrece imágenes de alta resolución, permitiendo a los médicos visualizar...
L’Oréal y UC Berkeley lideran el camino hacia una belleza libre de crueldad con modelos de piel en 3D
L'Oréal, líder en la industria de la belleza, se ha asociado con la incubadora de biotecnología Bakar Labs de la Universidad de California para ofrecer acceso gratuito a sus modelos de piel...
Nueva tecnología CAR-T acelera y mejora el tratamiento del cáncer
Investigadores del Vall d'Hebron Instituto de Oncología han desarrollado una tecnología innovadora que acelera y mejora el procesamiento de células CAR-T, lo que podría reducir significativamente el...
Una plataforma para recoger experiencias de gestión basadas en valor
La Sociedad Española de Directivos de la Salud (Sedisa) ha creado el Observatorio de la Gestión Basada en Valor para impulsar la calidad y evolución tecnológica en el sector sanitario. El...
¡Accede a tus medicamentos en cualquier farmacia de la Unión Europea!
La Comunidad Valenciana ha puesto en marcha un proyecto innovador que permite a los ciudadanos obtener los medicamentos recetados por sus profesionales de salud en cualquier país de la UE adherido...
AI-Powered Sensor Patch Revolutionizes Wound Care Monitoring for Faster Healing
Researchers from the National University of Singapore and A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering have developed an AI-powered sensor patch called PETAL (Paper-like Battery-free In...
North East of England pilots at-home cholesterol test
Around 10,000 people in the North East region of the UK will participate in a trial of the PocDoc Lipid Test, a home-based cholesterol testing kit. The trial aims to determine if the test can...
Using biofeedback to modify immersive experiences in real-time
Healium, a company that offers virtual and augmented reality experiences based on biofeedback, has received $3.6 million in seed funding and partnered with Mayo Clinic for the development of mental...
Apple ventures into Hearing Aid Market with Advanced AirPods Features.
Apple is working on various changes and updates for its AirPods earbuds as part of its effort to expand its wearables business. AirPods have become a significant revenue generator for Apple,...
España implanta con éxito un chip que vigila la epilepsia
En España, el Hospital del Mar ha logrado perfeccionar el tratamiento de la epilepsia mediante un chip craneal que permite monitorizar las crisis epilépticas las 24 horas del día. Gracias a esta...
El éxito del proyecto HOPE: Innovación en el cuidado del cáncer
Más de cuatro años después de su implementación, la iniciativa, que supone un cambio de paradigma, ha transformado el modelo tradicional de tratamiento del cáncer, en el que los pacientes orbitan...
El Hospital de Bellvitge lanza un webapp para mejorar el acompañamiento del paciente durante todo el proceso quirúrgico
El Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge (HUB) ha lanzado una nueva herramienta digital llamada 'El Meu Quiròfan' (mi quirófano), con el objetivo de reducir la ansiedad de los pacientes antes de una...
IQVIA y DPS crean la principal fuente de información sobre tendencias de prescripción en la sanidad privada
El 25% de la población española tiene seguro sanitario privado, y este número ha ido aumentando a un ritmo del 4% desde 2017. Ante esta creciente realidad, IQVIA y DPS han llegado a un acuerdo para...
Chiesi se une al Consorcio DTx para potenciar la innovación en terapias digitales
El Consorcio DTx es una alianza estratégica que busca promover la adopción de las terapias digitales (DTx) en el ámbito sanitario. Las terapias digitales son software clínicamente evaluados que...
Murcia licita la gestión de un ‘data lake’ sanitario en la región por un millón de euros
El Gobierno de la región de Murcia ha lanzado un concurso para desarrollar una plataforma de data lake sanitario por un valor de un millón de euros. Esta plataforma permitirá recopilar datos de los...
Next-Gen Digital Stethoscope
Eko Health has launched the CORE 500 Digital Stethoscope, a next-generation tool for heart and lung disease detection. Combining artificial intelligence (AI) software, high-fidelity audio, a...
New AI software to assess mammogram quality and identify positioning errors
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is conducting a nine-month trial of artificial intelligence (AI) software developed by Densitas, a Canadian company, to assess mammogram quality and identify...
New Digital Therapeutics Toolkit Aims to Support Adoption
The Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA) has introduced the Policymaker & Payor DTx Evaluation Toolkit, a comprehensive set of resources aimed at promoting the adoption and integration of...
AWS Launches $100M Generative AI Center to Accelerate Healthcare, Life Sciences
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is investing $100 million to establish the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, with a focus on healthcare and life sciences, as well as other industries like Financial...
Un monitor portátil detecta niveles de hormonas del estrés durante 24 horas en busca de enfermedades endocrinas
Un nuevo dispositivo portátil podría facilitar la detección temprana de enfermedades relacionadas con desequilibrios en las hormonas del estrés. Investigadores de la Universidad de Bristol, la...
Ferrer4Future lanza un reto de innovación abierta para impulsar soluciones digitales para la ELA
Ferrer4Future lanza un reto de innovación abierta para encontrar soluciones digitales y tecnológicas para la Esclerosis Lateral Amiotrófica (ELA). El programa busca abordar las necesidades no...
Sensores neuromórficos: El futuro de la salud está en tus bioseñales
La Universidad Rovira i Virgili (URV) está participando en un proyecto pionero de computación neuromórfica que busca desarrollar sensores inspirados en el funcionamiento del cerebro humano. El...
Galicia apuesta por el liderazgo en estudios clínicos con la innovadora plataforma Innovatrial
La plataforma Innovatrial, desarrollada por IQVIA y Bahía Software en colaboración con otras organizaciones, ha sido seleccionada como ganadora en el concurso para integrar la investigación clínica...
La SEMG apuesta por la realidad virtual para formar a los profesionales sanitarios
De la mano de la realidad virtual, la Sociedad Española de Médicos Generales y de Familia (SEMG) se embarca en nuevos formatos formativos, como el presentado en su reciente Congreso Nacional, una...
Descubren prometedor tratamiento experimental contra el cáncer cerebral pediátrico DIPG
Descubren un potencial medicamento experimental contra el cáncer cerebral pediátrico. Científicos del Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory en Estados Unidos han desarrollado un tratamiento prometedor...
World’s First Fully Customizable Multivitamin
Sun Genomics, has developed the world's first fully customizable multivitamin called Floré Multi-V. The idea behind this innovation is to address the challenges faced by people who rely on a variety...
Patient Remote monitoring brings 30-day mortality rate to almost zero for heart bypass procedure
Atrium Health's Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute implemented a care experience platform to enhance the postoperative recovery process for cardiac patients. The platform, proposed by health IT...
Scientists utilize AI Technology to Build Global Vaccine Library for Future Pandemics
Leipzig University researchers in Germany are creating a "vaccine library” so that future scientists can access and quickly design new jabs when faced with an outbreak of a novel pathogen with...
Sanofi bets on AI with new application to support company’s manufacturing R&D
Sanofi is committed to becoming the first pharma company powered by AI at scale, marking a significant step in their digital transformation journey. The pharmaceutical company, has launched an...
New Frontiers in Neonatal Medicine: Approaching the Artificial Placenta
The CaixaResearch Artificial Placenta Project, led by BCNatal (Hospital Clínic Barcelona - Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona), have developed an artificial placenta prototype that increases the...
Europa, preparada para crear la primera ley sobre inteligencia artificial
El Parlamento Europeo aprueba el desarrollo de la primera ley a nivel mundial sobre inteligencia artificial para proteger la salud y los datos sanitarios. Las normas establecen obligaciones para...
Sanitas y Roche unen fuerzas para el acceso temprano a fármacos innovadores
Roche y Sanitas firman un acuerdo para impulsar la innovación y el acceso a tratamientos innovadores. El convenio tiene como objetivo permitir a los pacientes el acceso temprano a terapias...
Lilly invierte 15 millones de euros en la expansión de su Centro de I+D en España
En el marco de la celebración del 60º aniversario de Lilly en España, la farmacéutica ha anunciado la expansión de su Centro de I+D en Alcobendas (Madrid), al que destinará una inversión de 15...
AstraZeneca y Quell Therapeutics unen fuerzas para revolucionar el tratamiento de enfermedades autoinmunes con terapias de células T.
AstraZeneca y Quell Therapeutics colaborarán en el desarrollo de terapias con células Treg para tratar la diabetes tipo 1 y la enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal. Quell aportará su tecnología...
Diseñan un dispositivo portátil para medir con precisión la apnea obstructiva del sueño
Investigadores de Georgia Tech han desarrollado un dispositivo portátil para diagnosticar la apnea obstructiva del sueño y evaluar la calidad del descanso de las personas. Los parches, que tienen...
Diseñan una herramienta para la valoración remota de pacientes de entornos rurales
Investigadores de la Universitat Politècnica de Valencia (UPV) y la Fundación Fisabio han desarrollado un prototipo de herramienta para la valoración médica remota de pacientes en entornos rurales....
Así es el proyecto `Carabela EPOC´ que quiere revolucionar el proceso asistencial
AstraZeneca lidera el innovador proyecto 'Carabela EPOC' para revolucionar el abordaje de la enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC) en España. En colaboración con destacadas sociedades...
Presenta tu proyecto de innovación en salud en Health 2.0 Basque
¡Descubre las últimas innovaciones en salud digital en el próximo encuentro de Health 2.0 Basque! El 15 de septiembre de 2023, dentro del X Congreso Internacional de Salud Digital, se celebrará este...
Philips consigue reducir costes y mejorar resultados en el tratamiento del ictus
Royal Philips, líder mundial en tecnología sanitaria, ha desarrollado una innovación en el tratamiento del ictus que reduce los costes de atención y mejora los resultados clínicos de los pacientes....
Google seeks patent for chest condition-detecting device
Google is looking to patent a device that can determine "chest conditions from radiograph data" using machine learning. This AI-powered tech processes x-rays of a patient to offer up a preliminary...
In-Ear Wearable to Measure Blood Flow to the Head
STAT Health has unveiled a groundbreaking wearable device that measures blood flow to the head. This device can help understand symptoms like dizziness, brain fog, and fatigue that occur when...
Bayer launches unit to develop new precision health consumer products
Bayer's Consumer Health Division has established a new Precision Health unit aimed at developing digital solutions for personalized self-care. The unit will focus on creating products that empower...
Non-Permanent Tattoos: A Solution for Cancer Radiation Therapy
Michigan's Henry Ford Health has partnered with Ephemeral Tattoo, a maker of non-permanent ink, to test tattoos that are designed to disappear. The trial aims to assess the safety and effectiveness...
DKV lanza una app de salud para medir la exposición diaria a la naturaleza
"DKV se consolida como aseguradora líder en innovación y activista por el medio ambiente con su nuevo lanzamiento, Dosis de Naturaleza 1.0, una pionera herramienta digital de salud ambiental que...
Care.ai partners with Samsung to provide Smart Care Teams with high-fidelity virtual care experiences
AI-powered care facility automation platform care.ai has partnered with multinational electronics company Samsung to integrate its Smart Care Facility Platform into Samsung displays for use in...
La Fundación Ship2B lanza su programa S2B Health&Care para startups que revolucionarán la salud y la calidad de vida
La Fundación Ship2B ha lanzado su 15ª edición del programa S2B Health&Care, dirigido a startups enfocadas en la salud y la calidad de vida. El programa tiene como objetivo apoyar a emprendedores...
Desarrollan una impresora 3D que permite crear medicamentos con distintas formas y contenidos
La Universidad del País Vasco y el centro de investigación Tecnalia han desarrollado la primera bioimpresora 3D en Euskadi, capaz de crear medicamentos, órganos y tejidos en tres dimensiones. La...
El 12 de Octubre coordina un proyecto de IA para el tratamiento de enfermedades hematológicas
El proyecto 'ALMA', gestionado por el Hospital 12 de Octubre en colaboración con otros centros de investigación y la empresa SpotLab, utiliza inteligencia artificial (IA) para mejorar el diagnóstico...
The European Commission and WHO launch landmark digital health initiative to strengthen global health security
The European Commission and the World Health Organization (WHO) have announced a landmark partnership in the field of digital health to strengthen global health security. This partnership marks the...
Zurich partners with DKV and Google to launch its first digital health insurance
Summary: Zurich joins forces with DKV and Google so that its first digital health insurance comes to light, with several specialized services. Customers who take out this policy may have their...
Better and T-Systems join forces for openEHR-based medication management platform in Catalonia
Catalonia's healthcare system is taking a major leap towards patient-centric care with the implementation of a vendor-neutral health data platform and medication management system. Spearheaded by...
VHIR coordinates TRUSTroke, a European artificial intelligence project aimed at optimising stroke treatment
Summary: The TRUSTroke project, coordinated by the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) and funded by the Horizon Europe program, aims to develop an Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform to...
Xploro: la app que transforma la experiencia hospitalaria de los niños
Summary: Xploro es una aplicación diseñada para ayudar a los niños a comprender y enfrentar los tratamientos médicos y procedimientos. Esta aplicación aborda los desafíos emocionales que enfrentan...
OncoGYN: Un programa multidisciplinario y tecnológico para abordar los cánceres ginecológicos
Summary: El programa OncoGYN, desarrollado por la multinacional británica GSK en colaboración con Telefónica Empresas, busca abordar los cánceres ginecológicos, como el cáncer de ovario y el de...
Vodafone Business y el Consorcio DTx impulsarán la adopción de terapias digitales en España
Summary: Vodafone Business y el Consorcio DTx se han unido para crear un Think Tank de Terapias Digitales, con el objetivo de promover su implementación en España y abordar los desafíos actuales y...
Scientists use AI to discover new antibiotic to treat deadly superbug
Summary: Scientists from McMaster University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology used AI to discover a new antibiotic capable of combating a deadly superbug, abaucin. To identify a new...
AstraZeneca & Bellvitge Hospital Pilot Heart Failure Monitoring App
Summary: AstraZeneca and the Bellvitge University Hospital have announced their plans to launch a pilot program for the Cordio Medical HearO app, which aims to provide widespread access to...
Ascires revoluciona el diagnóstico hepático con HepaTools: una biopsia virtual sin dolor ni riesgos
Summary: "Diagnosticar la patología hepática sin necesidad de biopsiar al paciente, sino a través de unos biomarcadores de imagen que equivalen a una biopsia ‘virtual’ del hígado. Este es el...
Brain implants help paralysed man to walk again
Summary: An international team of scientists has successfully enabled Gert-Jan Oskam, a 40-year-old Dutch man who was paralyzed after suffering a spinal cord injury in a bicycle accident in 2011, to...
El Hospital La Paz lidera la revolución de la salud con inteligencia artificial y robótica en el proyecto ‘HosmartAI’
Summary: El Hospital Universitario La Paz y su Instituto de Investigación, IdiPAZ, participan en el proyecto 'HosmartAI', que busca soluciones de inteligencia artificial y robótica para mejorar los...
B. Braun y DyCare colaboran para mejorar la rehabilitación postoperatoria con tecnología digital
Summary: La compañía líder en tecnología médica, B. Braun, ha decidido asociarse con la empresa DyCare y utilizar su plataforma de rehabilitación digital, llamada ReHub, para complementar su oferta...
Madrid invierte 32,5 millones de euros en teleasistencia domiciliaria
Summary: Madrid ha dado un paso hacia la renovación tecnológica en la asistencia domiciliaria al invertir 32,5 millones de euros en la incorporación de herramientas tecnológicas para el servicio de...
Almirall, primera compañía en evaluar el bienestar del paciente en un estudio clínico en dermatología
Summary: Almirall se compromete a evaluar el impacto de las enfermedades de la piel en el bienestar de los pacientes y promover una atención sanitaria centrada en las personas y la participación de...
Meet Dave, world’s first AI chatbot for cancer patients
Summary: Meet “Dave,” an AI chatbot that offers support to cancer patients in what is said to be the world’s first virtual oncology mentor. Cofounder and CTO of Belong.Life Irad Deutsch said Dave...
Finally A Good Wearable Blood Pressure Monitor: Aktiia Bracelet Review
The digital health revolution has been lagging behind in at least one major field: blood pressure monitoring. For a very long time, there were no better solutions in the market than traditional...
Wellen taps OpenAI’s GPT for a chatbot that dishes advice on bone health
Summary: Wellen, a New York–based bone health–focused fitness startup that launched earlier this year with a subscription service aimed at middle-aged women — touting science-backed “personalized”...
Meet the tiny, wireless sleep apnea diagnostic wearable headed for the US
Summary: U.K. medtech startup Acurable has gained FDA clearance for a novel wireless diagnostic device for remote detection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Healthcare services often struggle to...
Is it Time to Double Down on Automation in Medtech?
Summary: Plaguing the tech and medtech industries, layoffs have put a harsh spotlight on the realities of running such a company during unsteady economic conditions. On the other hand, medtech...
Monitoring Blood Sugar During Pregnancy Just Got a Lot Easier
Summary: A pilot program at NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is using remote patient monitoring to track blood sugar levels in pregnant people with gestational diabetes. The program utilizes...
Monash-developed AI wearable patch monitors multiple health signs
Summary: Engineering and IT researchers from Monash University have combined nanotechnology and AI to create wearable technology for remote health monitoring.They came up with an ultra-thin wearable...
South African healthtech startup, Aviro Health, offers counselling and support to people living with HIV
Summary: South Africa has the highest HIV prevalence of any country, with 7.5 million people living with HIV in 2019. By 2020, this figure had risen by 300,000, bringing the total to 7.8 million...
BetaLife to showcase its AI powered health tech solution for advancing health equity at GITEX AFRICA 2023 the largest tech event
Summary: BetaLife Health is changing the African healthcare narrative by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to promote health equity and improve patient outcomes. Africa has long been plagued...
Westmead team collaborates on health tech with Google
Summary: Professor Clara Chow, a renowned cardiologist and Academic Director of the Westmead Applied Research Centre (WARC), achieved recognition in 2019 by winning the esteemed Google.org AI Impact...
Hear how Sensi.AI is building AI for remote patient monitoring
Summary: Sensi.AI, a startup led by CEO Romi Gubes, has developed an AI software that monitors patients receiving in-home care. The software uses audio-based technology to detect physical,...
IMVARIA Announces Data Demonstrating Company’s Non-Invasive Digital Biomarker for Predicting Mortality in Interstitial Lung Diseases
Summary: IMVARIA Inc., a health tech company pioneering AI-driven digital biomarker solutions, today announced data from a study evaluating the company’s lead non-invasive digital biomarker...
El Parc Taulí apuesta por la inteligencia artificial para gestionar las urgencias
Summary: El Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell ha dado un paso audaz en la mejora de la atención médica al implementar la Unidad Asistencial de Resolución Avanzada (ARA), respaldada por tecnología de...
How Medical Records Can Close the Information Gap in Patient Care
Summary: At a time when every click can be tracked and medical records are fully electronic, physicians should be able to digitally reference the decisions made by other clinicians to find out: What...
How The Zozosuit Is Redefining Wearable Tech By Making Bodily Measurements More Accessible To Everyone
Summary: The Zozosuit from Zozofit is a wearable technology priced that allows users to take precise 3D scans of their body. It works with a companion app and is described as "the future of fitness"...
Deep Hearing, la startup que redefine la experiencia auditiva a través de la innovación tecnológica
Deep Hearing es una startup deep-tech del sector health tech y wellness de Inteligencia Artificial centrada en la detección de sonidos ambientales. Su objetivo principal: mantener a las personas...
Health Tech: Why Design Matters and Ease of Use is Everything
Summary: Healthcare staff are struggling to keep up with the ever-increasing amounts of patient data, leading to challenges in delivering quality care. Complex user interfaces and a lack of...
This UK startup plans to radically shake up the antiquated world of COPD measurement
Summary:Back in 1846, a London surgeon named John Hutchinson created the spirometer, which is commonly used by doctors to assess lung function in asthma patients by measuring the amount of air...
Using AI to eliminate protein allergies
Summary: Allergy sufferers currently have limited treatment options despite the increasing prevalence of allergies. The only FDA-approved treatment available today is food allergy immunotherapy,...
Improving longevity with a personalised AI-powered health data platform
Summary:Biolytica has developed a health data platform it calls NEXUS. The artificial-intelligence-driven (AI-driven) platform analyses and aggregates data from genomics, blood, microbiome, and...
BEYOND EXPO 2023 | Future of health tech: AI drug development, anti-aging, and brain science
Summary:Cutting-edge technologies are disrupting the healthcare and life science field. While recent headlines have largely focused on its content creation abilities, AI technology can also be used...
What is the future of electronic patient records?
Summary: Electronic Patient Records (EPR) are essential to delivering more joined up and integrated care. Business Intelligence (BI) is expected to play an increasingly important role during and...
National Technology Day: Health-tech boom democratising healthcare
Summary: India’s healthcare technology sector is witnessing steady expansion due to the increasing adoption of digital technologies, rising healthcare spending, government initiatives, and growing...
Moving Virtual Nursing from Concept to Practical Application
Summary: Virtual nursing is moving from concept to real-world implementation as health systems look for new solutions to address workforce challenges and better support patient care. Virtual nurses...
Outperforming doctors and dealing with hallucinations — how GenAI will transform healthtech
Summary: Since ChatGPT’s launch last year, large language models (LLMs) have mostly drawn attention for helping non-engineers write code and explaining quantum computing to five-year-olds. Less...
Apple Plans AI-Powered Health Coaching Service and Mood Tracker
Summary: Apple Inc. is working on an artificial intelligence-powered health coaching service and new technology for tracking emotions, its latest attempt to lock in users with health and wellness...
Healthtech chatbot aims to improve diabetes health outcomes
Summary: One in nine South Africans are affected by diabetes, which is also the number one killer of women and the second cause of death in the country. Daily self-management is critical to control...
Cannabis HealthTech on high after share placing
Summary: Kanabo Group plc, a HealthTech company behind cannabis-based treatments, has raised more than £2.5 million in a share placing. Since its foundation in 2017 it has developed cannabis-derived...
Novel ultrasound uses microbubbles to open blood-brain barrier to treat glioblastoma in humans
Summary: A major impediment to treating the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma has been that the most potent chemotherapy can’t permeate the blood-brain barrier to reach the aggressive brain tumor....
La Fe de Valencia implanta con éxito un marcapasos sin cables a un bebé prematuro por primera vez en Europa
Summary: La Unidad de Arritmias junto con los servicios de Cardiología Pediátrica y Cirugía Cardíaca del Hospital Universitario La Fe de Valencia ha implantado con éxito, por...
Monitorización de pacientes con insuficiencia cardíaca a través de la voz
Summary: El Proyecto Cordio es una iniciativa innovadora que utiliza tecnología de procesamiento del habla para monitorizar de manera continua a pacientes con insuficiencia cardíaca. Consiste en una...
This AI-Powered App Helps Parkinson’s Patients Exercise Using Social Media
Summary: Eurofarma, a Brazilian-based multinational pharmaceutical company, has launched an app called Scrolling Therapy, which uses facial recognition to help patients with Parkinson's disease...
Breast Cancer Metaverse, una puesta a punto de los últimos avances en cirugía de la mama
Summary: "Lisboa acogerá los próximos días 4 y 5 de mayo el XI Congreso anual de la Asociación Española de Cirujanos de la Mama, AECIMA, que en esta ocasión lleva por título Breast Cancer Metaverse....
HumanITcare and Gebro Phama partner up to help patients with asthma
Summary: Laboratorios Gebro Pharma and startup HumanITcare have signed a collaboration agreement to launch a connected health solution for patients with asthma. The solution allows patients to...
Cataluña da un paso al frente en el ámbito de la interoperabilidad de datos al permitir a la ciudadanía disponer de un resumen de los datos de su historia clínica
Summary: El sistema sanitario público catalán se ha convertido en el primer sistema de la Unión Europea en implementar una herramienta que permite a los usuarios utilizar sus datos clínicos para...
AstraZeneca, Vall d’Hebron and Tucuvi launch the AZerca project for the follow-up of patients with heart failure
Summary: AstraZeneca, in collaboration with Vall d'Hebron and Tucuvi, have presented AZerca, a program that enables personalized monitoring of patients with congestive heart failure through...
Ingestible “electroceutical” capsule stimulates hunger-regulating hormone
Summary: MIT engineers have created a capsule that uses electrical signals to stimulate the stomach's endocrine cells to produce ghrelin, the hormone responsible for stimulating appetite. The...
Desarrollan una plataforma para informar en tiempo real a los participantes en ensayos clínicos sobre los avances en los mismos
Summary: Para avanzar en la investigación médica es necesario desarrollar estudios a través de los cuales poder testar los resultados obtenidos y, en este contexto, es clave e imprescindible el...
Abbott launches diabetes team-up with Ypsomed, CamDiab to bring artificial pancreas system to Europe
Summary: "Abbott is announcing plans for a three-way collaboration to put forward an automated insulin delivery system in Europe by the end of this year, connected to its FreeStyle Libre 3 wearable...
New app personalises sleep cycle for hospital shift workers
Summary: Researchers from Monash University's Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health have developed a mobile app called SleepSync, which aims to help hospital shift workers improve their sleep...
La inteligencia artificial desbloquea el ‘imposible’ de triar en Primaria
Summary: La Sociedad Española de Médicos de Atención Primaria (Semergen) está desarrollando un programa de inteligencia artificial que permitiría a los médicos de familia realizar el triaje de...
El nuevo test que simplifica y agiliza el diagnóstico de cáncer de endometrio
Summary: MiMARK Diagnostics, una spin-off del Vall d'Hebron Instituto de Investigación (VHIR) en Barcelona ha desarrollado un test de diagnóstico del cáncer de endometrio llamado WomEC, basado en la...
Diseñan un sensor de nanopartículas para el diagnóstico precoz del cáncer a partir de un análisis de orina
Summary: Investigadores del Instituto de Tecnología de Massachusetts (MIT) han creado un sensor de nanopartículas que permite detectar proteínas cancerosas en la orina y así diagnosticar el cáncer...
EU launches research center on algorithmic transparency in Seville
Summary: The European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency has opened in Seville, with the aim of supporting the application of EU digital rules by decoding algorithmic black boxes. The centre, which...
Un nuevo robot puede imprimir biomateriales en 3D dentro del cuerpo humano
Summary: Investigadores de la Universidad de Nueva Gales del Sur han desarrollado un brazo robot blando y flexible que es capaz de imprimir en 3D biomateriales directamente en órganos humanos...
Vall d’Hebrón analiza el coste-eficacia de la IA en insuficiencia cardiaca
Summary: El Hospital Vall d'Hebron en Barcelona está utilizando la Inteligencia Artificial (IA) para un seguimiento personalizado de pacientes con insuficiencia cardíaca. El estudio piloto, llamado...
El primer ensayo clínico del mundo de la transferencia de huso materno muestra su eficacia para tratar la infertilidad
El primer ensayo clínico del mundo para validar la eficacia de la Transferencia de Huso Materno (Maternal Spindle Transfer, MST), una innovadora técnica de reproducción asistida, ha demostrado su...
Scientists create ‘mini beating heart’ in a petri dish in major medical breakthrough
Summary: Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have successfully developed a miniature heart organoid, created from 35,000 pluripotent stem cells. The organoid, which is...
HM Málaga incorpora una técnica innovadora para tratar el dolor cervical
El Hospital HM Internacional Santa Elena de Torremolinos ha introducido una técnica pionera en Andalucía para el tratamiento del dolor cervical causado por discopatía. Se trata de un enfoque de...
NuraLogix announces new AI model for fatty liver disease
Summary: NuraLogix has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can predict a person's risk of having fatty liver disease (FLD) by using facial blood patterns. The technology is part of...
Telefónica Tech and 3M optimise hospital emergencies with AI
Summary: Telefónica Tech and 3M have launched a technological solution based on artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize the management and planning of hospital emergency department (HED) resources...
GE Healthcare acquires an innovative CT Navigation System for More Accurate Needle Placement
Summary: GE Healthcare has acquired IMACTIS, a small French med-tech company that designed an innovative navigation system to guide medical needles more precisely to their target inside the body....
“Debemos ser capaces de auditar los datos de los que se nutren los algoritmos”
La catedrática de Ciencias de la Computación en la Universidad de A Coruña, Amparo Alonso Betanzos, defiende la iniciativa de la Unión Europea de impulsar una Inteligencia Artificial (IA) centrada...
New test detects Parkinson’s biomarker before movement symptoms start
Summary: Researchers from the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative have developed a test to detect alpha-synuclein, a protein that accumulates in the brains of patients with Parkinson’s...
“Nanosyringes” can inject medicine into a single cell
Summary: MIT researchers have developed a system that can inject proteins into individual human cells using a tool found in bacteria. The system, called an "extracellular contractile injection...
Toledo dirige a Europa hacia un cribado en cáncer de mama sin radiación
Summary: El Hospital Universitario de Toledo, en Castilla-La Mancha (España), lidera un proyecto internacional, denominado Mammowave, cuyo objetivo es diagnosticar el cáncer de mama en mujeres en...
El Hospital Universitario General de Villalba consolida el Diálogo Web en su Servicio de Farmacia Hospitalaria como vía de comunicación con el paciente ágil y eficaz para la resolución de dudas sobre los tratamientos
Summary: El Servicio de Farmacia Hospitalaria del Hospital Universitario General de Villalba ha puesto en marcha el Diálogo Web, una plataforma integrada en la red pública madrileña que tiene como...
New Bandages Promise Faster Healing for Stubborn Wounds
Summary: Investigadores del Instituto de Tecnología de California han desarrollado vendajes inteligentes hechos de un polímero flexible y elástico que incorpora sensores electrónicos para monitorear...
Revolutionizing Senior Care with AI-Powered Wireless Monitoring System
Summary: Developers are increasingly innovating passive monitoring technology to help the elderly stay safe and healthy, as chronic illnesses among US adults continue to rise, and a growing...
XRHealth, Amelia Virtual Care merge for world’s largest XR platform
Summary: XRHealth, a virtual treatment rooms developer based in Boston, has announced its plans to merge with Amelia Virtual Care, a Barcelona-based virtual reality platform for mental health...
Get Rewarded for Healthy Habits with Albertsons’ Apple Watch Program
Summary: Grocery chain Albertsons Companies' digital health and wellness platform, Sincerely Health, has launched a rewards program that allows customers to share data from their Apple Watches or...
Vall d’Hebron logra el primer trasplante pulmonar totalmente robotizado con una nueva vía de acceso
Summary: El Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron de Barcelona ha llevado a cabo el primer trasplante de pulmón con una técnica robótica y acceso menos invasivo. Esta técnica quirúrgica utiliza un...
Los sistemas de IA en Pontevedra «revolucionan» el diagnóstico de cáncer de colon
Summary: En marzo, el Servicio de Aparato Digestivo del Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Pontevedra (CHUP) anunció la llegada de Polydeep, un nuevo sistema de inteligencia artificial (IA) que...
Fenin propone 10 iniciativas para la sanidad y el sector de Tecnología Sanitaria de cara a las próximas elecciones
Summary: La Federación Española de Empresas de Tecnología Sanitaria (Fenin) ha presentado diez propuestas para mejorar la eficiencia del sistema sanitario español en el marco de las elecciones...
Cataluña invertirá 8,7 millones de euros en transformación digital para patologías complejas
Summary: "La Generalitat catalana invertirá 8,7 millones de euros en dieciséis iniciativas transformadoras hasta 2025, en lo que se conoce como el proyecto Daipo, acrónimo de nuevas capacidades y...
Smartphone technology takes on Anaemia detection
Summary: Researchers at the University College London and the University of Ghana have developed a smartphone-based system to detect haemoglobin concentrations. Anaemia is a common disease that...
Promising new AI can detect early signs of lung cancer
Summary: Researchers at the Mass General Cancer Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool called Sybil that can detect early signs of...
Mouse “Avatars” May Help To Design Personalized Myeloma Therapies
Summary: An international team of researchers led by Dr. José Ángel Martínez-Climent at the Cima University of Navarra has created mouse avatars of patients with multiple myeloma to study and...
New drug delivery tech could ensure you never forget your meds
Summary: Researchers at Rice University have developed a new drug delivery technology called PULSED, which stands for “Particles Uniformly Liquified and Sealed to Encapsulate Drugs”. The technology...
La barrera hematoencefálica en un chip para estudiar fármacos contra el alzhéimer
Summary: "Investigadores de España y Chile han desarrollado un ‘órgano-en-un-chip’ que, sin necesidad de ensayos con animales, funciona como modelo de la inexpugnable barrera...
La empresa española que hace biopsias virtuales con inteligencia artificial
Summary: La empresa valenciana Quibim ha desarrollado algoritmos que permiten obtener y analizar datos cuantificables de imágenes médicas sin necesidad de extraer una muestra invasiva de los...
«Smart» jewelry could be the future of quitting cigarettes
Summary: Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a heat-tracking device, called SmokeMon, that can help smokers quit and avoid relapse. The smart necklace tracks the heat signature...
How ChatGPT Is Helping Doctors Take Better Patient Notes
Summary: Nuance Communications, a company that automates clinical documentation, has introduced an updated clinical note-generation tool, DAX Express, that utilizes ChatGPT-4 to produce secure...
Wearable fluid sensor lowers risk of HF rehospitalizations
Summary: "A wearable sensor called μCor, which detects fluid buildup in the lungs, can help patients with heart failure avoid readmission to hospital within 90 days, according to new data from the...
Revolutionizing Single Cell Analysis: Meet the Hybrid Micro-Robot
Summary: Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a tiny micro-robot, the size of a biological cell, which can be controlled and navigated using both electric and magnetic fields. The...
Patientory Launches Blockchain App Enabling Patients to Earn Money for Their Health Data
Summary: Patientory Inc. has launched two solutions: Patientory Consumer Decentralized Application. Patientory allows patients to monetize their medical data through its Patientory Consumer...
Fundación iSYS presenta las Top 5 Apps de Salud para 2022/2023 evaluadas con el iSYSCore en la mHealth Barcelona Conference
Summary: La Fundación iSYS ha presentado las Top 5 Apps de Salud para 2022/2023, evaluadas utilizando el iSYSCore. El iSYSCore es un método único y objetivo que evalúa y puntúa las aplicaciones de...
What Are Modern Data Platforms, and How Can They Boost Healthcare Agility?
Summary: "There’s certainly no shortage of data in today’s health systems, the problem is that up to 97 percent of that data goes unused, in large part because it remains in proprietary systems or...
¿Es el Juramento Hipocrático obsoleto en la era digital?
Summary: "La necesidad de actualizar el Juramento Hipocrático para la era digital" es un artículo que argumenta sobre la importancia de actualizar el Juramento Hipocrático para reflejar mejor la...
FDA approves Neuromod’s Lenire, the first bimodal neuromodulation device for tinnitus treatment
Summary: "Lenire, a bimodal neuromodulation device designed to treat tinnitus, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the first of its kind to receive approval. According to...
Medtronic and DaVita announce new kidney health technology company
Summary: "DaVita and medical device company Medtronic launched their new venture, Mozarc Medical, to develop new kidney care technologies with a specific focus on at-home treatments." "Kidney...
Addressing Clinical Staffing Shortages in Healthcare: The Crucial Role of IT Investmen
Summary: "In healthcare, clinical staffing shortages can significantly impact the quality of patient care and the overall efficiency of healthcare organizations. With an aging population and a...
Uber Health launches same-day prescription delivery
Summary: "Uber Health is foraying deeper into healthcare with a new feature that allows providers to order prescriptions to be dropped off at patients homes same-day." "The same-day prescription...
Barcelona acogerá una sede del Instituto Fraunhofer, el mayor centro de Europa en investigación aplicada
Summary: "Barcelona acogerá la primera sede española del Instituto Fraunhofer: una de las entidades más grandes y prestigiosas de toda Europa en investigación aplicada." "El gran objetivo que se...
ConnectHealth: la empresa española que unifica, estandariza, certifica y conecta el dato de salud
Summary: Descubre más en esta entrevista con la CEO Marisa Gil sobre la compañía ConnectHealth, una solución innovadora para la gestión de datos de salud, que utiliza tecnologías como la...
Presentan la primera computadora cuántica dedicada a la investigación del cuidado de la salud
Summary: "La computación cuántica es una tecnología emergente que aprovecha las leyes de la mecánica cuántica para resolver problemas que las supercomputadoras más poderosas de la actualidad no...
La revolución digital del SNS anuncia tres contratos por más de 12 millones
Summary: "El Gobierno español ha anunciado una inversión de 12,5 millones de euros para llevar a cabo una transformación digital en el Sistema Nacional de Salud (SNS). Esta inversión se distribuirá...
DKV presenta “Cubo Voice”, el compañero virtual que integra la salud digital en el hogar
Summary: DKV ha presentado Cubo Voice, un altavoz inteligente que funciona como un orquestador doméstico para temas médicos y como dispositivo de conexión con cualquier televisión moderna....
Desarrollan un test para detectar resistencia a los antibióticos en 3 horas
Summary: Especialistas del Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, en Sevilla, han creado un test llamado RapidTZP que permite detectar rápidamente en apenas tres horas la resistencia al...
Bellvitge transforma la UCI con tecnología multisensorial a favor del bienestar físico y emocional
Summary: "El Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge (HUB) ha transformado los 64 boxes de la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI) con la incorporación de elementos sensoriales (luces, proyecciones,...
Un equipo del CSIC desarrolla una tecnología para mejorar la distribución de radiofármacos en el cuerpo de pacientes con cáncer
Summary: "Los actuales sistemas de imagen de fotones son en general de baja eficiencia, y tienen mayor dificultad cuando hay fotones de distintas energías, cuando estas energías son más altas que...
AstraZeneca opens a new hub in Barcelona, creating 1,000 jobs
Summary: "The Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca will open a research and development hub in Barcelona to develop new therapies, creating 1,000 new jobs in the next five years. With this...
Too Many Dashboards, Not Enough Insight: How Companies Can Build Remote Patient Monitoring Tech
Summary: As healthcare providers continue to adopt remote patient monitoring (RPM) technology, many are discovering a common problem: too many dashboards and not enough insight. RPM technology...
How to Measure the ROI of Digital Healthcare Innovation
Summary: " Despite the stars aligning for the disruption of healthcare, the industry is about a decade behind retail and banking when it comes to digital transformation and customer engagement...
VR Is Revolutionizing Therapy. Why Aren’t More People Using It?
Summary: "VR therapy has been studied since the 1990s. But as of 2023, we're still talking about its potential." "Despite the pandemic shining a spotlight on stress, anxiety and burnout, it feels...
First wearable device for vocal fatigue senses when your voice needs a break
Summary: "Northwestern University researchers have developed the first smart wearable device to continuously track how much people use their voices, alerting them to overuse before vocal fatigue and...
Transforming veteran healthcare: How telehealth is changing the game
Summary: "The heroic individuals who serve in the armed forces make immeasurable sacrifices for our nation. But their fight for health does not end when they return home. Unfortunately, for many...
This VC built a lab to make building biotech startups easier
Summary: "When you think of life sciences and biotech hubs in the U.S., where do you travel to in your mind? Boston? The Bay Area? Texas? Portal Innovations, a biotech VC firm based in Chicago, is...
CES 2023: Smart Patch Makes Sure You Stay Hydrated
Summary: "Epicore Biosystems, a digital health company, unveiled their Connected Hydration sweat patch and mobile app at CES 2023. The wearable patch continuously measures sweat fluid and...
If you’re diabetic, don’t wait for your smartwatch to replace your needles
Summary: "Recently, Bloomberg ran a story that set the health tech sphere abuzz. Citing insider knowledge, it claimed Apple had reached a major milestone in noninvasive blood glucose monitoring that...
Digital tools make physical exercise programs more effective and easier to stick with, find researchers
Summary: "Physical exercise programs tend to be more effective and easier to stick with when they have been prescribed via mobile digital devices rather than in person or without technological...
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Summary: "Jay Barth became the chief medical officer of Ascidian Therapeutics, a company focused on treating diseases by rewriting RNA. He has previously held executive roles at Merck, Amicus...
Revolutionising Healthcare Access For Women In India Through Cutting-Edge Technology
Summary: "Access to healthcare in India has improved over the years, but it remains a distant dream for most – especially women. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), as many as 60...
Healthcare App Development: How to Create a Top-Notch App?
Summary: "Digital technologies are now available in all areas of our daily lives. Unfortunately, healthcare is also just a little behind. Recent developments in healthcare application development...
How virtual nursing can help solve many workforce shortage woes
Summary: "Hospitals across the nation are facing workforce challenges, and a nurse staffing shortage poses one of the biggest threats to care delivery." "More than 100,000 nurses exited the U.S....
3 Tech Trends That Will Outlast the Downturn
Summary: "Pundits are slinging a lot of doom and gloom these days, predicting that this will be a lean year for startups, marked by limited funding and a new obsession with profitability. They're...
Gold Coast Hospital to try out HeraMED’s remote pregnancy monitoring platform
Summary: "Queensland-based Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service will be trying out a remote pregnancy monitoring platform by ASX-listed HeraMED." "The organisations recently signed a memorandum of...
First wearable health sensor for monitoring muscle atrophy
Summary: "A condition involving the loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength, muscle atrophy can happen for a variety of reasons, but is typically a side effect of degenerative disease, aging or...
Cosmos Health Acquires Telemedicine Platform ZipDoctor – M&A
Summary: "Cosmos Health Inc., a global healthcare group with proprietary lines of nutraceuticals and distributor of pharmaceuticals, branded generics, OTC medications and medical devices, announced...
The Role of Digital Health in Healthcare System Optimization and Efficiency
Summary: "The impact of digital health technologies on healthcare system efficiency is far-reaching. By enabling better access to data and insights, digital health technologies are helping...
The Future of Preventive Healthcare: The Role of Wearables
Summary: "The impact of wearables on healthcare is profound and has wide-ranging consequences, including a rapid transformation of preventive care, patient adherence, engagement, and...
New Study Uses Sensors to Monitor Parkinson’s Patients
Summary: "BlueRock Therapeutics recently announced collaborative partnerships with Rune Labs and Emerald Innovations in BlueRock’s noninterventional clinical study of the effects of Parkinson’s...
Digital therapeutics startup Mindset Health scores $12M in Series A funding
Summary: "Launched in 2018, the company develops a range of hypnosis-based DTx apps which address health conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, menopause, and most recently, smoking cessation....
From penicillin to digital health: the impact of social media on medicine
Summary: "In a growing social media world population, one cannot ignore the technological invasion of the medical world. From the discovery of penicillin to electronic medical records and the...
DigitalHealth.London Accelerator opens for applications
Summary: "DigitalHealth.London has opened applications to its flagship Accelerator programme, which aims to speed up the adoption of technology within London’s NHS to relieve pressure on services...
Bionic Health raises $3M for its AI health clinic using GPT-4 and other ML models to design better preventative care
Summary: "The startup has raised $3 million in seed funding to create what it describes as an “AI health clinic”: people can get bloodwork and other diagnostics carried out and monitored, and then...
Researchers Developed First Smart Wearable Device to Avoid Vocal Fatigue
Summary: "Researchers from Northwestern University have developed the first smart wearable device to continuously track how much people use their voices to prevent vocal fatigue and potential...
South Korean Health Ministry calls to make telemedicine permanent
Summary: "According to the report, over 25,000 medical institutions provided remote treatment to 13.79 million people from February 2020 to January 2023. Of the 36.61 million treatments administered...
Digital Health: Opportunities and Challenges in India
Summary: "A broad, interdisciplinary notion called “digital health” or “digital healthcare” comprises ideas from the point where technology and healthcare meet. Software, technology, and services...
Digital Health: benefit and concerns
Summary: "Digital health has the potential to transform the way healthcare is delivered by enabling remote monitoring, improving patient outcomes, increasing efficiency, and reducing costs. For...
Improve your Well-being with Healthable Hearing Tech
Summary: "There has and always will be a relentless wave of diet and fitness trends that promise the health and wellness boost most crave in this fast-paced world. But what about hearing aids and...
UnitedHealthcare Launches Rewards Program With Wearable Devices
Summary: "By simply completing a health survey or meeting step goals, some UnitedHealthcare members can now receive rewards of up to $1,000 per year. On Wednesday, the payer unveiled its new rewards...
AI Doesn’t Exist in Medtech, It’s Just Machine Learning
Summary: "Don't call it aritificial intelligence - it's just machine learning. That's what Galen Robotics, co-founder and CTO, Dave Saunders is quick to point out whenever the initials AI come up....
New double lung transplant technique is successful in two late-stage cancer patients
Summary: "A novel treatment for certain late-stage lung cancers has succeeded in the first two patients to undergo the operation." "Using knowledge learned during the Covid pandemic, surgeons at...
Digital Health ID Card: How to Apply Online, Check Registration and Benefits
Summary: "How we do business and transact in India has been completely changed by digitization. Technology and digitization have touched every industry, including healthcare. To digitize the...
The Future of Heart Health – Continuous Heart Monitoring
Summary: "Heart health issues are intermittent and often asymptomatic, leaving issues undetected with individuals unaware of any underlying problem. This presents itself in places where we least...
Nabla, a digital health startup, launches Copilot, using GPT-3 to turn patient conversations into action
Summary: "Healthcare has been pegged as a prime candidate for more AI applications — both to aid in clinical work and to lighten some of the more time-consuming administrative burdens that come...
This tiny chip is being used to develop a tooth-mounted sensor that can read your spit
Summary: "Miniaturizing tech is a perpetual challenge for wearable makers. The smaller the device, the better it is for wearability. The thing is, that usually comes at the expense of battery life....
We Used Midjourney To Design Digital Health Technologies
Summary: "Text-to-image AI generators like Midjourney, DALL-E or Stable Diffusion became popular and widely used in the past year. Although these algorithms have their limitations, feeding them with...
Telehealth use for behavioral health increases 45X since pandemic onset and more digital health briefs
Summary: "Telehealth use for behavioral health services has increased 45 times since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic across all care settings and provider types, according to a report by...
El servicio vasco de salud adjudica el suministro de eyetracking a Irisbond por un millón de euros
Summary: "Licitación concedida. El servicio vasco de salud anunció la concesión de los suministros de dispositivos oculares a Irisbond por un millón de euros, compañía vasca que se encarga de...
The Role of Wearable Technology in Healthcare: Tracking Health and Wellness in Real-Time
Summary: "Wearable technology is a phrase that describes devices and apps that you wear, rather than carry. This category of products has been around for decades, but it didn’t start to gain...
How Technology Is Changing Preventative Healthcare and Self-Diagnosis
Summary: "Not too long ago, the only way to get medical advice was to schedule an appointment with a doctor. Seriously! And before that, you had to consult a dusty medical encyclopedia. Thankfully,...
Spotting innovation in digital health – and can you patent it?
Summary: "Intellectual Property (IP) can add significant value to your business, providing a competitive edge over the market, as well as demonstrating sound business planning to help secure...
Using Telehealth to Serve Disparate Populations
Summary: "Armando Ruiz is like many who walk through the doors of Exalta Health: an elderly man greeted in his native Spanish by a bilingual marquee outside the small purple clinic on Grand Rapids’...
How Consumers and Physicians View Digital Health – An Update from the Consumer Technology Association
Summary: "Most consumers are bullish on the benefits that digital health technologies can play in their health. Most health care practitioners are also positive about the potential of digital health...
The Drive to Adopt Digital Therapeutics: Where do we Stand?
Summary: "The healthcare industry is continuing to evolve with technological innovations that can provide clinicians with a more holistic view of their patient’s health and which we ultimately...
Governments Should Adopt Startups Way of Thinking When Developing Services
Summary: "Ever tried to fill in your tax form or submit files to government offices? Some countries are highly digitized and made the leapfrog of digital transformation, like Sweden, Estonia, or...
Preventing Workplace Injuries with Wearable Technology: The Future of Workers’ Compensation
Summary: "Welcome to the future of workers’ compensation! We are living in an age where wearable technology is revolutionizing workplace safety. This innovative technology has the potential to...
The Market Demand for Data-Driven Tech Solutions in Healthcare
Summary: "The market demand for data-driven technology solutions in healthcare is on the rise. Today, one-third of the world’s data is generated by the healthcare industry. This data is often...
La mujer lidera el crecimiento de empleo en salud, con 400.000 profesionales más en diez años
Summary: "El porcentaje de mujeres ocupadas en el sector de actividades sanitarias y de servicios sociales en España copa el 78,4% sobre el total, con 1,4 millones de trabajadoras. En el caso de los...
Could your Fitbit data be used to deny you health insurance?
Summary: "Wearing a fitness tracking device could earn you cash from your health insurance company. At first, this sounds lucrative for the people who participate, and good for the companies, who...
14 Types of Medical Software You Really Need
Summary: "The healthcare industry has always been faced with the far-reaching challenge to find the perfect balance between adhering to distinct patient-facing workflows and complying with...
How our Desire for ‘Screen-ready Skin’ is Driving Dermatology’s Digital Transformation
Summary: "We might not be living in the metaverse quite yet, but Brits are spending more time in online spaces than ever before. 73% of us use social media daily, we each spend over 3 hours a week...
Phone app tracks cough frequency in tuberculosis trial, opening up monitoring opportunity
Summary: "Researchers have used a smartphone app to assess cough frequency in people with tuberculosis (TB) and other respiratory diseases, suggesting the technology can enable remote monitoring."...
Varjo, machineMD partner to detect brain disorders using VR
Summary: "In an exclusive interview, Varjo and machineMD discuss their partnership to develop Neos, a VR-powered eye-tracking tool that aims to help providers detect brain disorders." "Extended...
Apple Patent reveals their work on new Health & Specialty Sensors for Apple Watch & Band, Smartglasses, AirPods, iDevices and more
Summary: "On Thursday, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to improving sensitivity, functionality, accuracy, speed of sensor operations and...
ATA2023: The ‘Job Is Not Done’ with Making Telehealth an Integral Part of Care Delivery
Summary: "As technology and medical processes advanced in the 1990s, modern telemedicine entered a new era, and with that, the American Telemedicine Association emerged as a leading voice...
Why ChatGPT In Healthcare Could Be a Huge Liability, Per One AI Expert
Summary: "ChatGPT refers to an AI model that analyzes language to answer questions and produce in-depth written content that humans can easily understand. The technology, which was developed by...
CES 2023: Wireless Sensors Use Radar to Monitor Patients
Summary: "Tellus is a virtual patient-monitoring platform designed for assisted living and managed care facilities. This platform delivers health-related information and real-time alarms, enhancing...
Digital tech trends shaping women’s health
Summary: "International Women’s Day is a great reminder to pause, reflect and focus on the development in women’s health, technologies, and future improvements. This year, for International Women’s...
La presencia de la mujer asciende al 32% en los consejos de las ‘farma’ españolas
Summary: "El porcentaje de mujeres en los máximos órganos de decisión de Grifols, Almirall, Faes Farma, Pharma Mar, Rovi, Reig Jofre se eleva del 26% registrado en 2022. Ninguno de los consejos está...
ADHD startups are exploding, and now there’s even a dedicated browser
Summary: "Was it the pandemic? Did everyone follow too many ADHD TikTokers? Have smartphones fried our brains? Whatever the case, there is a boom in ADHD tech solutions, from online drug deliveries...
9 Digital Health Leaders talking about Artificial Intelligence
Summary: "The healthcare industry is going through a lot of changes. Artificial intelligence is one of the most important ones." "Artificial intelligence can be used in many different ways, but it’s...
Guide To Developing Healthcare Software in 2023
Summary: "Consumers now expect healthcare services to be accessible at the time and manner most convenient and safe for t hem. Enterprises and startups recognize this and have accelerated their...
FDA Launches New Digital Health Center of Excellence
Summary: "FDA Launches New Digital Health Center of Excellence- Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unveiled a center of excellence dedicated to encouraging digital health...
How to Address Security Issues in IoT Devices – Cybersecurity
Summary: "The Internet of Things (IoT) has transformed the healthcare industry, allowing for the collection and analysis of vast amounts of data to improve patient outcomes." "According to a report...
After 25 years of AI health tech research, computers are slowly beginning to listen to patients
Summary: "In a new paper published in The Lancet Digital Health along with an associated opinion piece, experts from the University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham have looked at...
Supercapacitor Patch Could Solve Power Problem for Wearables
Summary: "One of the key challenges that researchers have faced with making user-friendly and viable wearables technology is how to eliminate the need for wires or other bulky power sources. Now...
Del hospital digital a un ‘chatbot’: el sector asegurador hace equilibrios entre lo manido y lo innovador
Summary: "El sector de los seguros ha sido considerado, junto con la banca, uno de los grandes caladeros de innovación. No en vano, se trata de un segmento muy crítico, regulado e históricamente...
LAS FARMACÉUTICAS APUESTAN POR COLABORAR PARA INNOVAR
Summary: "En el 4 Years From Now (4YFN), la innovación se respira en cualquier rincón. Con emprendedores y congresistas por todas partes, el salón de emprendimiento del Mobile World Congress (MWC)...
How Wearable Technology Impacts Healthcare
Summary: "We’re all familiar with wearable devices today, whether we use them or not. From fitness trackers to smartwatches and beyond, there are all sorts of products and brands operating in this...
How life sciences benefits from broader healthcare transformation
Summary: "Life sciences and healthcare are often considered adjacent but not adjoined worlds: Biopharma enables everyday care, while unmet needs at bedside can, in turn, inform new research." "But...
Wearable fitness trackers could interfere with cardiac devices, study finds
Summary: "Wearable fitness and wellness trackers could interfere with some implanted cardiac devices such as pacemakers, according to a study." "Devices such as smartwatches, smart rings and smart...
Stuck in translation: Stakeholder perspectives on impediments to responsible digital health
Summary: "Spurred by recent advances in machine learning and electronic hardware, digital health promises to profoundly transform medicine. At the same time, however, it raises conspicuous ethical...
Madrid invertirá 39 millones de euros en teleasistencia digital
Summary: "La adjudicación de estos equipos digitales se dará en tres fases. La primera inversión asciende a 13 millones de euros y el Gobierno autonómico tiene previsto que la implantación de los...
Survey: 80% of consumers have used telemedicine
Summary: "Eighty percent of all respondents have used telemedicine within their lifetime and it's now the preferred channel for receiving prescriptions and care for minor illnesses, according to...
mWell earns best innovation award at Mobile World Congress
Summary: "Metro Pacific Investments Corporation’s (MPIC) mWell gains its spot as among the best players in the digital world as it bags the highly- coveted 2023 Global Mobile Awards (GLOMO) Best...
Digital health tools propel chronic condition management to a new age of care
Summary: "Chronic conditions are a challenge to manage within the confines of the current episodic care model, where a patient is seen for 15 minutes in an office visit a few times a year. Effective...
Consumers Prefer Telehealth to In-Person Visits While Traveling
Summary: "New KeyCare survey finds nearly 7 in 10 (68%) of consumers who needed minor but urgent medical services while traveling in the prior year received care via telehealth visits with their...
Imperial College Healthcare launches Digital Collaboration Space
Summary: "Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has launched a Digital Collaboration Space within its Paddington Life Sciences development to boost health data-enabled research." "Located in...
Apple Hardware Will Change The Face of Consumer Healthcare
Summary: "Undoubtedly, Apple has made its mark on the world. More than 2.2 billion iPhones have been sold to date, upending the entire smartphone market. The company not only created a world-class...
Researchers use artificial intelligence to predict cardiovascular disease
Summary: "Researchers may be able to predict cardiovascular disease -- such as arterial fibrillation and heart failure -- in patients by using artificial intelligence (AI) to examine the genes in...
El kit que abre la realidad virtual y la digitalización al tratamiento del ojo vago y otras patologías oftalmológicas
Summary: "Mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas es el fin último de la tecnología. En ocasiones, la dificultad está en encontrar ese punto de vista, esa necesidad en la que nadie ha reparado...
Treating rare diseases: How digital technologies can drive innovation
Summary: "Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) affects fewer than one in 6,000 newborn males every year.1 This rare genetic disorder is characterized by a progressive muscle breakdown, starting with...
How Can Digital Health Help In Improving Women’s Health?
Summary: "Digital health encompasses many technologies, such as mobile health apps, wearable devices, telemedicine, and electronic health records, that can improve patient care and outcomes. This...
As Tech Valuations Shrink, Healthcare Startups Can Get Even Stronger
Summary: "As the tech industry’s valuations shrink, healthcare startups can take several steps to make it through the storm. Digital health startups have a particular opportunity to open up new...
How can the metaverse improve public health?
Summary: "The metaverse is a technological revolution in the field of virtual reality, with potential benefits to public health research. A new article proposes several new ways in which the...
Study: Deidentifying wearable data may not be enough to protect privacy
Summary: "Deidentifying data from wearable devices may not be enough to protect users' privacy, according to a review of studies published in the Lancet Digital Health." "The analysis focused on...
Access and reimbursement pathways for digital health solutions and in vitro diagnostic devices: Current scenario and challenges
Summary: "Digital therapeutics (DTx) are innovative solutions that use meaningful data to provide evidence-based decisions for the prevention, treatment, and management of diseases. Particular...
AIIMS forges digital health partnership with IIIT-Delhi
Summary: "AIIMS and IIIT-Delhi had previously worked on some medical AI projects, including the development of predictive models for sepsis, gastrointestinal tuberculosis, and antimicrobial...
China Medical University Hospital ranks global third in 2022 HIMSS Digital Health Indicator
Summary: "China Medical University Hospital in Taichung, Taiwan has proven its capability in digital health by scoring well above the global average in the latest HIMSS Digital Health Indicator."...
How New Technologies Are Transforming The Way We Do Business: A Look At Digital Health, Robotics, and More
Summary: SHARE TWEET SHARE EMAIL"In the digital age, businesses must constantly be changing to keep up with the rapid development of new technologies. This article takes a look at how digital...
UnitedHealthcare Launches Rewards Program With Wearable Devices
Summary: "By simply completing a health survey or meeting step goals, some UnitedHealthcare members can now receive rewards of up to $1,000 per year. On Wednesday, the payer unveiled its new rewards...
Hito en Apple frente a la diabetes: su reloj inteligente podrá detectar la glucosa en sangre
Summary: "Según los datos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) una de cada 11 personas en el mundo padece diabetes, un trastorno que se ha multiplicado por cuatro en los últimos años y...
El indicador digital que brinda al médico una medida objetiva de la evolución de pacientes neuromusculares severos
Summary: "Decía el médico griego Hipócrates de Cos hace 2.400 años que "la mejor medicina para el hombre es caminar". Mucho ha evolucionado la ciencia y la investigación desde que el considerado...
Dawn Health, Novartis partner to develop chronic condition management tools
Summary: "Copenhagen-based digital health company Dawn Health announced a strategic partnership with pharma giant Novartis to develop a chronic condition management platform." "Under the...
Digital Health Interventions for Adult Patients With Cancer Evaluated in Randomized Controlled Trials: Scoping Review
Summary: "Digital care has become an essential component of health care. Interventions for patients with cancer need to be effective and safe, and digital health interventions must adhere to the...
Focus on Digital Nursing innovation at Digital Health Rewired 2023
Summary: "The Digital Nursing Summit will showcase some of the best leaders, teams, and initiatives from across the NHS." "Highlights of the programme include Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, chief...
Exploring the Possibilities and Barriers of Wearable Technology in Healthcare
Summary: "Wearable tech is becoming increasingly popular as the potential benefits of this technology are becoming more evident. However, there are also challenges and barriers that need to be...
Scientists Are Testing Virtual Reality For Pain Relief
Summary: "Earlier this month, scientists published a ground-breaking study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research discussing the efficacy of virtual reality (VR) as a means for pain relief."...
Baptist Memorial Health Care to expand inpatient monitoring with AI
Summary: "The collaboration utilizes LookDeep's Clinical Action Platform, built on modern SOC2 Type II audited software, to provide Baptist Memorial's nurses, therapists, doctors and others with a...
Virtual care system designed for COVID-19 grows into a multiuse digital health tool
Summary: "University Hospitals' chatbot now helps manage capacity in EDs and urgent care centers while improving care for patients with chronic conditions." "Ultimately, the health system was...
6 Healthcare Examples Of Virtual, Augmented And Mixed Reality
Summary: "Lately, there has been a tendency in the tech world to adopt “new” realities in their midst. Meta has a branch dedicated to developing virtual reality (VR) hardware and software; earlier...
The Rise of Digital Native Startups in the Healthcare Industry
Summary: "In the past, startups emerged in a linear process. First, ideas were generated from within large established companies, and then later spun off into startup companies. Today, digital...
InnovationRx: Artificial Intelligence In Biopharma; Plus, Lingering Covid Symptoms
Summary: "The most common use of artificial intelligence in biopharmaceutical research and development over the past few years was drug discovery, according to a report out today from IQVIA. The...
How brain chips can change you
Summary: "Elon Musk wants to put a computer chip in your brain. Well, maybe not in your brain, but in the brain of some human somewhere." "Musk's neurotech startup, Neuralink, has been working...
Abingdon Health and Salignostics sign deal on saliva-based pregnancy test
Summary: "Salistick is a rapid saliva-based pregnancy test that offers women a new and improved user-experience, and high accuracy for early pregnancy detection. Salistick is based on Salignostics’...
Macmillan invests in Neutrocheck device for home-testing neutropenic sepsis
Summary: "Macmillan Cancer Support, the cancer charity, has invested in Neutrocheck – a portable device and accompanying app in development from 52 North Health – with the aim to help people with...
How the right infrastructure increases the resilience of your HealthTech devices
Summary: "When you deliver critical care through smart devices, they need to just work. But ensuring the performance of those devices when they’re in the hands of care providers or patients isn’t...
How Electronic Data Capture is Transforming the MedTech Industry
Summary: "Though MedTech is already among the fastest-evolving markets in the world, it doesn’t mean it couldn’t still benefit from a spark of innovation." "Electronic data capture (EDC) solutions...
COMBINING NEUROSCIENCE AND IOT IN HEALTHCARE
Summary: "The Internet of Things (IoT) and neuroscience are two rapidly advancing fields that are transforming the healthcare industry." "Combining these two fields has the potential to...
From Telemedicine to Complete Virtual Care and Beyond
Summary: "Telemedicine has helped improve the quality of life of patients in every corner of the world and has been successfully utilized to provide convenient care to people with limited or no...
Testing A Wireless Wearable Glucose Sensor – FreeStyle Libre 2 Review
Summary: "I have tested over a hundred digital health devices and gadgets over the past 8 years. And by far the most problematic of all these has been the FreeStyle Libre wireless wearable glucose...
Moms’ and babies’ medical data predicts prematurity complications, Stanford Medicine-led study shows
Summary: "Stanford Medicine scientists and their colleagues have shown they can tap mothers’ and babies’ medical records to better predict newborn health risks." "By sifting through electronic...
El cuidado de mayores no intrusivo que salva la brecha digital: estos radares anticaídas funcionan ‘solos’
Summary: "Los sensores de IngeVital permiten a los cuidadores anticiparse a las caídas o problemas de salud gracias a su algoritmo predictivo del nivel de riesgo. Se instalan como parte del...
DarioHealth, Dexcom partner to use CGM data for chronic care
Summary: "DarioHealth is partnering with Dexcom to integrate the company's continuous glucose monitors into Dario's chronic condition management platform." "The collaboration will allow Dario's...
DiMe releases resources aimed at diversity in digital clinical trials
Summary: "The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) and a suite of digital health and pharma players partnered to launch a toolkit aimed at improving diversity, equity and inclusion in clinical trials."...
EU cybersecurity measures on medtech – what you need to know
Summary: "Increasing digitisation and greater interconnection have seen a rising number of malicious cyber activities around the world. To respond to these increasing threats, the European...
Scientists develop five minute AI respiratory disease test
Summary: "These findings, published in peer-reviewed, scientific journal ACS Nano, demonstrate how machine learning can improve the efficiency, accuracy and time taken to identify different types of...
Robot startup Vicarious is latest medtech company to cut jobs
Summary: "Vicarious Surgical, which is preparing to make a 510(k) submission for a robotic system to rival Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci, said it plans to lay off 14% of its workforce in a bid to...
Digital Health Innovation: The True, Quantifiable Impact On The Industry and Patients
Summary: "Patients, health systems and CROs are embracing digital health, as indicated by the number of digital health apps, digital diagnostics, digital biomarkers, digital therapeutics and devices...
Medtech in the Metaverse
Summary: "What happens when technology becomes more advanced than the technologist? Christopher Lafayette, founder of Gatherverse.org, posed the question at the end of his keynote address at the...
Revolutionizing Healthcare: A Comprehensive Guide to Telemedicine and Digital Health Integration
Summary: "Telemedicine refers to the use of telecommunication and information technologies to provide healthcare services remotely. Digital health refers to the use of technology to improve health...
Latest Health Tech Trends For 2023 & Beyond
Summary: "As the epidemic enters its third year, healthcare workers throughout the world continue to endure crushing workloads and significant personnel shortages. If we do not rapidly reconsider...
Artificial intelligence in medical devices
Summary: "With all of the changes seen in the medical devices industry over the last couple of years, many have begun to wonder what 2023 holds for the industry. The Covid-19 pandemic significantly...
Why user needs should be at the heart of healthtech
Summary: "Digital solutions should never be imposed on patients or NHS staff. To be successful, learn from the people who will be using the system – and make sure their first experience of it is...
Unlocking the Future of Health—and Care—with AI
Summary: "Unlocking the future of healthcare with Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a hot topic amongst tech and medical professionals alike. Leaps and bounds have been made since the term was first...
Digital Health Insurance Provider Angle Health Pulls in $58M
Summary: "The $58 million funding round was led by Portage and included participation from PruVen Capital, Wing Venture Capital and others. With the funding, Angle Health plans to expand into...
Researchers examine impact of gamification on the effectiveness of digital health interventions
Summary: "An adequate amount of sleep and physical activity helps alleviate several health conditions, such as obesity, depression, and cardiovascular disease. However, the recommended amount of...
Leveraging Tech to Achieve Health Goals
Summary: "Adults in the United States are focused on prioritizing their health and well-being in 2023. Around 57% of adults shared that the most important factors they are focusing on this year are...
Bayer partners with Huma to create online tool for assessing cardiovascular risk factors
Summary: "Huma is a digital health company that has developed a “hospital at home” platform to collect real-world data remotely and connect patients and clinical teams virtually. The company raised...
Blue Shield of California Adds Virta Health to Network for Diabetes Care
Summary: "Virta is available this month to all Blue Shield of California members enrolled in preferred provider organization plans for individual and family, fully insured, self funded and Medicare...
5 Key Trends in Women’s Health Technology for 2023 to Watch
Summary: "Women’s healthcare faces an uphill battle after centuries of being ignored. Yet, ironically enough, women currently share half of the consumerism market, hold power over 80% of household...
Broomx lleva su tecnología de salud mental a Japón y duplica ventas en 2022
Summary: "La compañía que desarrolla tecnología audiovisual inmersiva para tratamientos de salud mental busca expandir su plataforma al país nipón. Broomx cerró el último ejercicio con una...
Dubai: DHA to focus on healthcare startups, tech companies this year
Summary: "Dr Ibtesam Al Bastaki, Director of Investments and PPP (Public Private Partnership) at the DHA, highlighted that Dubai’s strategic location, future-outlook, diverse and growing population,...
El electrocardiograma del siglo XXI, con sello español: Corify Care comercializará este año su mapeo cardíaco sin cirugía
Summary: "Sorprende al ciudadano medio 'de a pie' -al menos a aquel que no es experto en medicina o cardiología- que, en la era de la tecnología, la ciencia y la digitalización, el...
The health benefits and business potential of digital therapeutics
Summary: "Around the world, the burden of chronic disease is increasing at a rapid pace. Unfortunately, most of these conditions are irreversible and need to be managed through lifelong medication...
Singapore General Hospital shifts to gamified VR nurse training
Summary: "The Singapore General Hospital has started training its nurses in IV cannulation using VR technology." "A team of SGH nurses, together with Serious Games Asia and sensor solutions...
Emm aims to upgrade periods with a smart menstrual cup
Summary: "What exactly is a smart menstrual cup? In Emm’s case, it’s a suite of products that center around a wearable device that kind of looks like a shuttlecock-shaped ketchup cup. The reusable...
The Impact Of Digital Health Technologies On The Future Of Medical Specialties In One Infographic
Summary: "Will digital assistants prescribe medication, will smart algorithms diagnose patients with malignant lesions based on CT scans while robot surgeons do the dirty work in the OR 20 years...
Forensic Psychiatric Outpatients’ and Therapists’ Perspectives on a Wearable Biocueing App (Sense-IT) as an Addition to Aggression Regulation Therapy: Qualitative Focus Group and Interview Study
Summary: "The aim of this study was to provide insight into the perspectives of both psychiatric outpatients and therapists in a forensic setting on the use and implementation of the Sense-IT...
5 Ways People Are Using Wearable Devices to Improve Their Health
Summary: "Wearable devices are big business these days. Whether you’re using an Apple Watch, a Fitbit, or another type of wearable, these little gadgets come packed full of features, apps, and other...
Metaverse Operating Room Simulates Surgery on Cleft Lip & Palate
Summary: "Smile Train and BioDigital launched the first-ever cleft surgery virtual reality (VR) platform experience at the IMSH Conference in Orlando, Florida." "The platform utilizes a “metaverse...
Which Digital Health Startups Are Most & Least Suited to Raise Capital in 2023?
Summary: "Last year’s digital health investment trends have left some startups feeling uneasy about their ability to raise capital in the new funding environment. Healthcare startups raised $3.4...
Valencell plans product launches for chronic disease
Summary: "The company’s first product candidate being showcased at CES is focused on helping people monitor and manage hypertension by combining an intuitive app with an innovative over-the-counter...
Digital health unicorn Innovaccer lays off 245 employees
Summary: "Innovaccer, a health data analytics startup that reached unicorn status in 2021, has laid off 245 workers, or about 15% of its workforce." "First reported by Inc42, the cuts mark the...
Teragnóstico: diagnóstico y terapia de precisión
Summary: "La teragnosis o teragnóstico es un concepto novedoso, que combina diagnóstico y terapia en medicina nuclear. Por ejemplo, para diagnóstico oncológico realizamos un PET-TC con un...
InnovationRx: A Mental Health Startup Unionizes; Plus, Covid Emergency To End In May
Summary: "Therapists at mental health startup Resilience Lab voted to unionize on Wednesday, one of the first successful unionization efforts at a digital health company. The move comes two months...
Technology in wound care: digital health, remote monitoring, and AI
Summary: "The pandemic catalysed the integration of modern tools like remote monitoring, telemedicine, and digital health in traditional disciplines of medicine." "Wound healing is often assessed...
What’s Trending in the World of Medtech Materials
Summary: "What are the latest trends in the medtech materials space? Robert Klein, principal materials engineer at AtriCure, is set to moderate a panel at IME West in Anaheim titled “Enabling...
AI drug developer Alto Neuroscience raises $25M and more digital health fundings
Summary: "Alto Neuroscience, which uses AI to identify biomarkers to develop targeted psychiatric medicine options, announced it had closed a $25 million equity investment with new investor Alpha...
8 Types of Wellness Tech You Can Buy Today to Improve Your Health
Summary: "A healthy mind means that you'll have a better shot at handling the stressful curveballs that life throws your way—changing jobs, dealing with relationship issues, or maybe just dealing...
What is Digital Health, and Why is it Important?
Summary: "A broad, multidisciplinary concept called “digital health” or “digital healthcare” includes ideas from the point where technology and healthcare converge. Digital health integrates...
Put a (smart) ring on it: Movano on why its health wearable will put women first
Summary: "Movano Health turned heads at CES with an ouroboros-esque smart ring designed for women." "In the crowded field of fitness wearables, where the mainstream heavy hitter of the Apple Watch...
5 Things Every Smart Operating Room Should Prioritize – Surgery
Summary: "The healthcare industry is in the middle of deep digital transformation across every aspect of the patient journey. Technology has always been important in healthcare, but COVID-19 has...
A wearable ultrasound sensor provides real-time cardiac imaging
Summary: "In a recent article published in the journal Nature, a team of researchers described a wearable ultrasonic device that allows cardiac function to be assessed directly in real-time, with...
¿Iluminar el sistema nervioso durante una cirugía? Así funciona la última innovación en el campo de la salud
Summary: "El 25% de las cirugías en la cabeza y en la nuca acaban produciendo daños en los nervios faciales de los pacientes." "La cifra empeora cuando hablamos de operaciones de próstata: el daño...
Los implantes 3D a medida permiten la corrección del ‘pectus excavatum’ de forma poco invasiva
Summary: "El pectus excavatum es la deformidad de la caja torácica más frecuente, con una incidencia mayor entre el sexo masculino. Puede estar presente desde el nacimiento, sin embargo, en muchos...
AI application in pathology reveals novel insights in endometrial cancer diagnostics
Summary: "Research at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) Department of Pathology shows the power of artificial intelligence (AI) applied to endometrial carcinoma microscopy images. The...
Three barriers that can slow AI’s potential in pharma
Summary: "As we enter the new year, the latest developments in artificial intelligence hold the promise to transform almost every aspect of drug R&D. Our ability to access large datasets, rapid...
Machine learning identifies drugs that could potentially help smokers quit
Summary: "Medications like dextromethorphan, used to treat coughs caused by cold and flu, could potentially be repurposed to help people quit smoking cigarettes, according to a new study....
Starling Medical’s new urine-testing device turns your toilet into a health tracker
Summary: "If you enjoy some good toilet technology, then I think “urine” for a treat. Starling Medical is poised to launch its at-home urine diagnostic patient-monitoring platform, dubbed...
Philips, Masimo expand remote patient monitoring partnership
Summary: "Medtech companies Philips and Masimo are expanding their patient monitoring partnership to include the latter's new W1 wearable." "The collaboration allows vital sign data from the W1...
Study: New VR sensory room reduces anxiety in people with intellectual disability
Summary: "A new VR programme with interactive sight, sound, and touch experiences has helped improve outcomes for adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism and intellectual...
Co-creation in a digital health living lab: A case study
Summary: "Co-creation in healthcare, especially in developing digital health solutions, has been widely identified as a fundamental principle for person-centered technologies that could accelerate...
Digital future: How is data transforming healthcare in Europe?
Summary: "The Covid-19 pandemic saw spectacular advances in vaccine technology, but it also highlighted the huge importance of digital healthcare. Exchanging and having access to clinical...
Huma CEO says UK risks falling behind on digital health
Summary: "The CEO of Huma Health, Dan Vahdat, has warned that the NHS risks falling behind countries including US, Germany and France on adoption of digital health unless it aligns funding." "Vahdat...
Effectiveness of mHealth on Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Patients Living With HIV: Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Summary: "The aim of this meta-analysis is to analyze the effectiveness of mHealth on adherence to antiretroviral therapy in patients living with HIV." "A total of 2163 participants in 8 studies...
US-Based Startup Spike Enters The UAE To Offer Healthcare Providers Better Access To Data From Wearable Tech
Summary: "The next time you strap an Apple Watch or a FitBit onto your wrist, consider this for a second: every statistic saved onto this tiny device -including your heart rate, your blood sugar...
10 Innovative Health Start-ups in Nigeria in 2023
Summary: "The Nigerian digital health startup industry has been steadily growing over the years. Whether it is mhealth or e-health, they have been numerous exciting digital health start-ups in...
Is AI-Assisted Lung Cancer Diagnosis Right For Your Hospital?
Summary: "Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, with approximately 1.8 million people dying from this disease each year. Most patients are diagnosed after symptoms have...
Smart Patch Can Track Two Types of Heart Data
Summary: "Continuous heart health monitoring is infinitely more useful than the single readings typically generated during a visit to a doctor’s office. Continuous monitoring for longer durations...
Top 5 FDA considerations for medtech-enabled data platforms
Summary: "Medtech companies should have a team of FDA advisors at the ready to develop and implement pre- and post-market strategies, prevent and resolve pre- or post-market issues and guide...
Digital Health, Cancer Therapeutics Accelerators Add 29 Participants
Summary: "A recent announcement from the Texas Medical Center Innovation (TMCi) noted that various startups, researchers, and entrepreneurs will join the spring 2023 Accelerator for HealthTech...
Meet the telehealth company that’s treated 20,000 opioid addiction patients
Summary: "Josh has been an opioid addict for over a decade. The 39-year-old Floridian, who was happy to discuss his sobriety efforts on the condition that we chat online, got sober seven years ago...
22 Executive Digital Health Predictions to Watch in 2023
Summary: "From a digital health perspective, 2022 was a reset year for many and a serious reality check. We went from sky high growth to the sky is falling, and in 2023 I think this market...
Amazon launches a $5 monthly subscription for unlimited prescription medications
Summary: "Amazon is launching RxPass in the US, a new drug subscription exclusive to Prime members that charges users a $5 monthly fee to ship eligible prescription medications to their doorstep....
La telemedicina, la eterna promesa que choca con la falta de preparación y la reticencia de los propios pacientes
Summary: "La digitalización en el ámbito de la salud se ha convertido en una de las tendencias tecnológicas más relevantes de los últimos años, en parte por el impulso que ha ganado a partir de la...
THIS SEEMINGLY SIMPLE ARM PATCH LETS YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WATER TO DRINK AND WHEN
Summary: "It isn’t just our planet that’s mostly made up of water. Our bodies, too, have large quantities of water and require a regular intake of fluids to keep them functioning properly. We all...
AI-powered pop up clinic launched to detect skin cancer in South Australia
Summary: "Health charity Skin Check Champions, the University of South Australia, and The Hospital Research Foundation have teamed up to launch a pop-up clinic that uses AI to diagnose skin cancer."...
AI Mental Health Chatbot Predicts Disorders with 93% Accuracy
Summary: "London-headquartered digital health startup, Limbic, has announced that its psychological assessment tool, Limbic Access, has achieved Class IIa UKCA medical device certification – making...
AI’s Biggest Promise: The Democratization Of Precision Medicine
Summary: "While AI is making its mark across numerous industries, one of its most significant single impacts will be the democratization of precision (or personalized) medicine. AI will make it...
Big Techies: Healthcare Is Waiting With Open Arms
Summary: "Facing rising costs and widespread economic uncertainty, big tech companies continue laying off their skilled workforce in droves. From Meta to Twitter, Amazon to Stripe, and AirBnB to...
How to Improve Patient Care by Using Health Care Data
Summary: "Collecting and using health care data can help improve patient care. By understanding the use of health care data, you can develop better strategies for improving patient outcomes." "In...
Healthcare AI Transformation: 9 Executive Predictions to Watch in 2023
Summary: "Innovation areas to watch: One of the exciting areas of applied machine learning recently is so-called Generative Tech. Some say it’s the biggest change to the Internet since crypto was...
15 digital therapeutics startups to watch, according to investors
Summary: "It’s a good time to be a digital therapeutics startup. The sector is the fastest-growing healthtech segment, and the global market for startups offering digital and app-based treatment is...
The Rise of Wearable Technology in the Healthcare Sector
Summary: "As the healthcare sector seeks to use technology in order to consolidate data and improve patient care, wearable technology is flooding the market. From activity trackers to health...
Patient experience is key to harnessing the benefits of medical technology
Summary: "The Medical Technology Awareness Week reception at the House of Commons is a rare opportunity to bring together MPs and NHS leaders to discuss the ways in which medical technology can...
From digital health fandom to a Jimmy Fallon roast, these Philly startups found success at CES 2023
Summary: "The four-day networking and demo event is filled with the biggest names in tech, startups that would win big on “Shark Tank,” and some of the smartest people you’ll ever meet — such as the...
Mental Health Apps Won’t Get You Off the Couch
Summary: "The first time you open Headspace, one of the most popular mental wellness apps, you are greeted with the image of a blue sky—a metaphor for the unperturbed mind—and encouraged to take...
2023 predictions: Digital health leaders on what lies ahead
Summary: “Next year will continue to be challenging for the NHS, and in the digital space funding will remain constrained. Despite this, NHS board leaders will continue to look to digital ways of...
How technology will shape healthcare in 2023
Summary: "The COVID-19 pandemic kickstarted a rapid increase in adoption of healthcare technology, reshaping the bedrock of American medical operations and delivery. But as 2022 drew to a close,...
Wearable medical devices are a helpful way to track health: Dr. Nina Radcliff
Summary: "Arising trend in healthcare is wearable health technology, which includes wearable smart devices designed to be worn close to the skin, like watches, wristbands, activity trackers and...
Researchers use AI to triage patients with chest pain
Summary: "To the best of our knowledge, our deep learning AI model is the first to utilize chest X-rays to identify individuals among acute chest pain patients who need immediate medical attention,"...
Advancing digital transformation in healthcare
Summary: "Digital transformation in healthcare is well underway, driven by innovative systems and applications that give healthcare providers unparalleled access to sources of data. Patient care is...
Understanding Wearable Health Technology
Summary: "These days, technology has changed the way that we can learn from our bodies to live healthier lifestyles." “Wearable technology” — tools like smart watches, digital pedometers, and even...
Digital Maturity Is Six Steps Away. How Close Is Your Healthcare Organization?
Summary: "The healthcare industry dragged sorely behind other industries in digital maturity just three years ago, according to McKinsey. Then, the pandemic shifted priorities and accelerated the...
Peppy raises $45M for U.S. expansion and more digital health fundings
Summary: "Founded in 2018, Peppy offers gender-related health services through employers, including care for menopause, pregnancy, fertility, early parenthood and men's health concerns. The company...
CVS Invests $25M in Virtual Mental Health Clinic
Summary: "Investors understand that virtual behavioral health services are not only here to stay, but are crucial to addressing the nation’s mental health crisis. That’s why CVS Health on Monday...
Addressing modern challenges in digital health with sensors
Summary: "Digital technology is becoming increasingly important in modern healthcare. As society becomes faced with an abundance of new healthcare challenges, such as a rise in the number of chronic...
How Remote Patient Monitoring Devices can Improve Overall Health
Summary: "Health monitoring devices today can provide data about your sleep patterns, diet, and physical activity in real time. These remote patient monitoring (RPM) devices can also be used to...
Shortening Hospital Discharges: Technical and Workflow Solutions
Summary: "An earlier article, “Why Hospital Discharges Take So Long—And What We Can Do To Shorten Them,” explored the complexities of discharging and how hospitals are re-evaluating their workflows...
AI predicts lung cancer risk six years into the future using single CT scan: study
Summary: "LDCT is an effective lung-cancer screening tool and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends annual scans for people aged 50 years and older with a 20-pack-a-year history of...
Lightweight Belt Sensor Can Monitor Heart Failure in Real Time
Summary: "Researchers in Florida have developed more user-friendly way to monitor for signs of heart failure in real time that doesn't require a device to be implanted under a patient's skin....
What Does Digital Health Look Like?
Summary: "The New Year is famous for resolutions. Gym memberships spike, diet plans’ popularity rises and numerous self-improvement commitments abound. With Americans widely reported to spend more...
La empresa catalana Eodyne Systems crea un dispositivo de realidad virtual para reducir el tiempo de recuperación de pacientes en las UCI
Summary: "Una cámara con visión por computación detecta los movimientos de la persona hospitalizada ya través de una pantalla propone ejercicios lúdicos personalizados en un entorno de realidad...
After a big telehealth buy, Horizon Health Alliance now serves 70% of patients virtually
Summary: "The provider of mental health and substance use disorder care is now fully equipped, and boasts high patient satisfaction." "Horizon Health Alliance, based in Buffalo, New York, was...
What Does the Digital Patient Experience of Tomorrow Look Like?
Summary: "The digital revolution has the power to be transformative in many aspects of healthcare, not least at the patient interface. Spurred on by the COVID-19 pandemic, advances in technology...
6 Takeaways From the 41st J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
Summary: "The 41st annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference concluded last week. After the pandemic prompted it to go virtual, it was back in person, smaller in size and more effective. Here are my...
4 Health Systems Invest in a Cybersecurity Startup as Threats Loom
Summary: "MemorialCare, Ballad Health, Cedars-Sinai and UNC REX Healthcare recently participated in Censinet’s $9 million funding round. The company’s flagship product is a cloud-based network that...
Rise of telehealth during pandemic boosted mental health treatment rates
Summary: "Prior studies have documented a rise in mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. Decreased social interactions and physical exercise, threats to...
The Potential and Application of Digital Health in Uganda.
Summary: "Digital health has revolutionized the healthcare industry in Uganda, providing a more efficient and cost-effective way of delivering healthcare services. With the growing adoption of...
90% of Americans Used Telehealth in The Past Year, Survey Finds
Summary: "Wearable electronic health and fitness devices are in strong demand with 26 percent of U.S. households owning one as of 2018, according to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). They...
Aseptika wins Innovate Smart Award for Smart Inhaler Tracker
Summary: "According to one study, people of all ages with asthma can halve the number of asthma attacks they suffer and become 15% better at taking their medication if they use a medical-grade App...
Walmart and Avanlee Care Launches Program to Aid Caregivers
Summary: "Avanlee Care, a digital health tool for today’s caregivers, has announced a partnership with Walmart to support the 65 million Americans currently caring for aging family members. As a...
India to focus on health emergency prevention, digital health during G20 Presidency
Summary: "New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said that India is going to focus on health emergencies prevention, preparedness, and response through a ‘One Health’...
At-home predictive care and the shifting patient experience
Summary: "The combination of remote patient monitoring (RPM), virtual care and AI predictive care is changing the patient experience. Instead of the occasional clinic visit, people can interact with...
Digital Health Funding Reaches $15.3B in 2022 Across 572 Deals, Rock Health Reports
Summary: "In a downtrodden market climate, things don’t need to feel doom and gloom, according to Rock Health’s Annual 2022 digital health funding report. 2022 was a necessary reminder that...
Nowatch is a health-focused smartwatch without the watch part
Summary: "Your health is all you’ve got, and you can’t change what you can’t measure, so it’s little wonder that health trackers are everywhere. The problem with a lot of them, however, is that in...
Will Digital technologies propel the healthcare industry in 2023?, Health News, ET HealthWorld
Summary: "The Indian healthcare sector has seen huge adoption of digital technologies, much of which can be credited to the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of telehealth, wearable devices, health apps,...
Telehealth Brings Expert Sexual Assault Exams to Rural Patients
Summary: "Amanda Shelley was sitting in her dentist’s waiting room when she received a call from the police. A local teenage girl had been sexually assaulted and needed an exam." "Shelley, a nurse...
Madrid invierte 1,9 millones de euros en una nueva plataforma unificada de datos sanitarios
Summary: "La actividad dotará de plataforma operativa al primer nodo de la red de hospitales, de Atención Primaria y de Emergencias de la Comunidad de Madrid, que será el Hospital Universitario 12...
Docline cierra una ronda de tres millones de euros liderada por Seaf y EmergingTech Ventures
Summary: "La compañía pretende consolidarse en España, al tiempo que exportar su modelo de negocio a mercados internacionales emergentes en los que existan oportunidades de “ayudar a las empresas a...
Valencell announces fingertip blood pressure monitor at CES 2023
Summary: "Valencell, a company known for its work on health sensors found in various smartwatches and fitness trackers, has announced a new product for consumers at CES 2023. The yet to be named...
AI Can Now Help Your Smartphone Take Your Blood Pressure
Summary: "For some time now, smartphone apps have been used to measure blood pressure; this type of contactless blood pressure tracking has been something of a Holy Grail for cardiologists and the...
Could mixed reality boost blood donations?
Summary: "Mixed reality technology will aim to ease and entertain blood donors while they’re in the chair under a pilot program from Abbott and Blood Centers of America." "Blood donors will wear...
Connecticut Children’s Care Network adds telehealth breastfeeding support
Summary: "The network is bringing a virtual lactation consultation platform to thousands of Connecticut and Massachusetts newborns and families through a partnership with Nest Collaborative." "As...
5 Digital Health Trends To Watch In 2023
Summary: "The idea is adding new names of digital health influencers, so we are not going to repeat any name of last year list, however we do recommend to follow their work, have a look to the 25...
4 Trends to Watch in 2023, According to a Digital Substance Use Disorder Company
Summary: "There are several trends to watch out for in the substance use disorder space in 2023, according to CHESS Health's CEO Hans Morefield. These trends include rising addiction rates and...
Digital Health Innovation Continues to Press Forward at Warp Speed
Summary: "Trepidation. That one word describes the uncertain economic climate that gripped corporate and investment decision-makers. If we are to believe the headlines, wallets have tightened –...
Lanzadera apuesta por la salud y selecciona seis nuevas empresas
Summary: "Biotech&Nutrition Research ha elaborado Retiprotek, un nuevo nutracéutico que podría ayudar a retrasar la pérdida de visión en personas afectadas por retinosis pigmentaria. Por otro...
5 Digital Health Trends To Watch In 2023
Summary: "Digital health is a rapidly evolving field that encompasses the use of technology to improve and transform healthcare. In 2023, it is likely that digital health will play an increasingly...
5 tips for healthcare startups fundraising in a down market
Summary: "In fundraising, a founder’s greatest challenge is not selling any particular product or strategy. Instead, it is often unwinding and realigning the investor’s biases." "The competition is...
There Are Endless Mental Health Apps. How Do You Choose the Best Ones?
Summary: "Mental health apps skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, offering consumers support in a way that’s convenient and affordable. But there are between 10,000 and 20,000 mental health...
10 Key Medtech Themes for 2023
Summary: "We expect 2023 to be a pivotal year for the industry, as the accelerated acceptance of virtual care and demographic trends, such as an aging population, increasing chronic illnesses and...
Top 10 AI and machine learning stories of 2022
Summary: "Healthcare's comfort level with artificial intelligence and machine learning models – and skill at deploying them across myriad clinical, financial and operational use cases – continued to...
How digital transformation is enabling health equity
Summary: "We continue to live in a world where our race, geography, income, and positioning in the social strata decide our access to healthcare. Even though economic or social hurdles can be taken...
FDA Clears New Remote Patient Monitoring Wearable
Summary: "With the rise of chronic diseases, more and more health tech companies are developing vital sign monitors to improve chronic care. ChroniSense Medical Ltd, a portfolio company of Rainbow...
Digital Health’s 2022 Review: Top 10 most read news stories
Summary: "Although Covid-19 hasn’t dominated our lives and the news on anywhere near the same level as in the previous two years, a lot has still happened in the last 12 months, particularly in the...
Why is Digital Healthcare Essential?
Summary: "For us humans, our health comes before anything else. And neglecting digital technology in the healthcare sector can have drastic consequences on our physical and mental well-being....
Why the digital health user experience is key to senior uptake
Summary: "Seniors make up a growing portion of the population in the U.S., and many express a desire to stay in their homes as they get older." "Technology can help them thrive as they age, said...
THE WORLD FIRST’S HEALTH TRACKER THAT RUNS ON YOUR BODY’S ENERGY AND TRANSFORMS ANY WATCH INTO A SMARTWATCH UNVEILED AT CES 2023
Summary: "We’ve just ushered in 2023, and somehow (every single year without fail) the new year always brings along with it new fitness and health goals for us to achieve. On January 1st, we’re...
Three areas of health tech that could withstand a turbulent economy
Summary: "Market watchers say 2023 is setting up to be even tougher than 2022 for digital health executives and investors." "Health systems, which represent a major segment of digital health buyers,...
Cigna to increase venture spending on startups, digital technologies
Summary: "CIgna will direct another $450 million into its venture fund, Cigna Ventures, in a bid to increase spending on startup businesses and digital health, the company said this week." "In...
Knife that ‘smells tumours’ can detect womb cancer within seconds
Summary: "A revolutionary surgical knife that “smells tumours” can diagnose womb cancer within seconds, researchers have found in a breakthrough that could enable thousands of healthy women to get...
WHY TECHNOLOGY IS INTEGRAL TO DIABETES CARE MANAGEMENT
Summary: "The American Diabetes Association is emphasizing the value of healthcare technology in diabetes care management in its 2023 Standards of Care." "The revised standards, issued this week,...
Electronic Caregiver launches customizable, animated RPM
Summary: "Designed to provide affordable health monitoring and wellness support at home, the virtual assistant could help providers increase treatment adherence rates and improve health outcomes for...
New wearable device may enhance PTSD treatment experience: Study
Summary: "Researchers have developed a wristwatch-like wearable device to enhance the effects of prolonged exposure therapy, a common, evidence-based treatment for patients with post-traumatic...
Mercy Virtual Care Center: A deep dive into a virtual hospital
Summary: "Health system Mercy's groundbreaking facility makes robust use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring – and has the results to prove the model's success." "With nearly a decade of...
2023: The Year to Focus on Creating a Better Patient Experience
Summary: "The past three years have necessitated quick thinking and a willingness to adapt to change across every industry. But recent economic and geopolitical turmoil has sown fear and disruption,...
Healthcare AI – 2023 Health IT Predictions
Summary: "As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received...
Digital Health, Metaverse, and Web3 to Take Centre Stage at CES 2023
Summary: "Every year, tech professionals from around the world make the pilgrimage to Las Vegas to test the latest technology and to learn about the newest tech innovations impacting home,...
La startup catalana Onalabs abre una filial en Andorra para tratar salud y deporte
Summary: "Onalabs-Inno-Hub, start-up biotecnológica catalana que crea dispositivos y productos de monitorización de biomarcadores fisiológicos a través del sudor, ha creado la filial andorrana...
Big Data analytics and artificial intelligence in mental health
Summary: "The mental health and well-being of the WHO European Region has been hit hard by several large-scale public health emergencies over the past few years, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the...
UCHealth launches its first mobile AR experience for patients
Summary: "Patients and others can use their cell phones to interact with virtual dogs in the same UCHealth app that hosts its patient portal and other patient engagement features." "The use of...
An Apple Patent published this week describes the use of Machine Learning within a new Sleep Stage Tracking System
Summary: "Apple acquired Beddit, a Finnish technology company, back in 2017. Since that time, Apple has been filing patents to improve the Beddit system (01, 02, 03 & more). Beyond Bed...
Contributed: How digital health can improve cancer care delivery
Summary: "This is part one of a two-part series on innovation in cancer care delivery. In part one, we will discuss the complexity of end-to-end cancer care management, the unmet needs and how some...
How to show empathy through digital health apps
Summary: "Adoption of digital health tech has exploded during the pandemic, but the story is different for digital health apps." "Just 18 percent of patients used a digital health app in 2021, a...
THIS HANDSOME SMART RING KEEPS TABS ON YOUR HEALTH SO YOU CAN KEEP WEARING YOUR FAVORITE WATCH
Summary: "Keeping track of our health has become almost a necessity these days. Knowing not only the number of steps we’ve taken but also our heart’s rhythm or our blood oxygen level can mean the...
Virtual reality companies BehaVR and OxfordVR merge
Summary: "On Tuesday, VR behavioral health platform BehaVR and OxfordVR, a VR platform for severe mental health issues, announced their merger. The companies say their combination creates the...
When Innovation Isn’t Enough: Pharma’s Next Frontier
Summary: "It was at a medical conference a few years ago. Cuban felt like a great guy to approach with an idea for a healthcare startup. We were both investors in an automation software startup...
Ayo Wearable Shines a Light on Sleep Improvement
Summary: "We last wrote about light therapy in February 2022 when we covered Bright Health’s red light therapy foot health device for foot pain. The Bright Health device resembles a body weight...
Japan’s health tech Ubie wants to fuel its US expansion with $19M Series C extension
Summary: "Ubie, a Tokyo-based startup providing an AI-powered symptom checker app and hospital SaaS products, has closed a $19 million extension to its previous Series C round. This brings the...
The Potential Role of Digital Health in Obesity Care
Summary: "Obesity is a complex, multi-factorial, chronic condition which increases the risk of a wide range of diseases including type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease and certain...
Mission (Im)possible: Overcoming the Status Quo In Health Coverage to Offer More Personalization
Summary: "Remaining at or near the top of employers’ and consumers’ choices when it comes to health coverage will require insurers to make large investments in infrastructure, processes and people...
Inside One Company’s Approach to Improving Medicaid Members’ Outcomes and Patient Experience
Summary: "This summer, Adventist Health began a three-year partnership with Emcara Health, a primary care provider group that deploys community health workers into the places people live. Five...
Sonde Health Secures $19.25M for Voice-Based Health Monitoring
Summary: "Sonde Health, a Boston, MA-based health technology company committed to bringing accessible health monitoring to everyone raises $19.25 million in a Series B investment round led by...
Virtual reality helps reduce patient anxiety and need for sedatives during hand surgery
Summary: "As an anesthesiologist, Adeel Faruki, MD, MBA, works with patients to manage not just pain, but also anxiety. It can be a particular concern for patients receiving a nerve block, rather...
Digital diabetes management: apps and tools for diabetic care
Summary: "Advances in healthcare technology and IT have made chronic illness management easier and more convenient for people with conditions like diabetes. Now, your phone can give you access to...
Novant Health, Movano partner to beta test smart rings
Summary: "Winston-Salem, N.C. - based Novant Health is partnering with Movano Health to beta test its smart rings with the health system's employees." "As part of the beta, 30 Novant workers will...
Apple Invents a Smart Ring that that could sense a user’s health conditions, such as heart rate, blood oxygen, blood pressure & more
Summary: "On Thursday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to a wearable self-mixing interferometry (SMI) ring that could be used to sense...
Social Determinants of Digital Health Adoption: Pilot Cross-sectional Survey
Summary: "Interest in and funding for digital health interventions have rapidly grown in recent years. Despite the increasing familiarity with mobile health from regulatory bodies, providers, and...
Komodo Health lays off 9% of its workforce
Summary: "Health data startup Komodo Health has laid off 9% of its staff as part of a larger restructuring of its business." "The COVID-19 pandemic created opportunities for the analytics company,...
Asynchronous Telemedicine Is Coming And Here Is Why It’s The Future Of Remote Care
Summary: "Asynchronous telemedicine is one of those terms we will need to get used to in the coming years. Although it may sound alien, chances are you have been using some form of it for a while."...
Companion robot ElliQ can ask users about their childhood to create a digital ‘memoir’
Summary: "The bot is designed as a companion for older adults, connecting them to family members and reminding them about health goals. A new 2.0 version is available for anyone to buy." "ElliQ...
THIS WEARABLE CAN REDUCE PAIN, BOOST BLOOD CIRCULATION, AND HEAL TISSUES JUST BY USING LED AND LASER LIGHT THERAPY
Summary: "Your smartwatch can tell when you’re tired, when you’re inactive, or even when you’re suffering a panic or heart attack, but there isn’t much it can do to help ameliorate or fix the...
OPPO OHEALTH H1 IS A PEBBLE-SHAPED DEVICE THAT KEEPS TABS ON YOUR FAMILY’S HEALTH
Summary: "Although we should always be aware of our body’s condition, it wasn’t until recently that people became more acutely aware of the need to monitor our health on a regular basis. Regular...
Wearables, smart implants show promise for clinical use
Summary: "Although wearable technology has been used for research in orthopedics for several decades, its use for tracking patient outcomes has been in constant flux." “Several years ago our...
A Silicon Valley biotech just showed a simple blood test can detect a hidden and deadly type of cancer. But the results fell short of investors’ hopes.
Summary: "A new era in cancer screening could be starting soon." "Instead of having to undergo uncomfortable procedures like colonoscopies, it might be possible to detect cancer from a simple blood...
AI for medtech commercial growth: Five missteps to avoid
Summary: "The medtech industry is at a critical juncture. Digital solutions put in place during the lockdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic have evolved into clear customer engagement...
Driving data driven healthcare: Data is at the centre of medtech’s future
Summary: "The global spend on IoT applications in healthcare is forecast to grow to $260.75 billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 19.8%. Supporting the wellbeing of 8 billion people worldwide creates a...
How Medtronic and Avail will accelerate stroke care innovation
Summary: "Medtronic Neurovascular and Avail Medsystems have signed an agreement to use Avail’s operating room consoles during stroke procedures, the leaders of both businesses told Medical Design...
Health Tech Innovation: How to Advance Data Security To Support Healthcare Accessibility
Summary: "As with most industries, healthcare should consider adopting a zero-trust approach. This security measure can help decrease an organization's attack surface, create accurate response...
78 Healthcare Technology Startups and Companies on the Forefront of Modern Medicine
Summary: "Healthcare startups have emerged to take advantage of that growing emphasis on technology, coming up with novel ways to treat and diagnose patients, providing more affordable care options...
Digital Therapeutics Help People With PTSD and Panic Disorder
Summary: "Heart palpitations. Shortness of breath. Dizziness and overwhelming waves of intense fear. These are some of the sensations that people with panic disorder face in their everyday lives,...
AXIM® Biotechnologies Develops Novel Dual IgE/MMP-9 Rapid Ophthalmological Diagnostic Test; Files Provisional Patent
Summary: "AXIM Biotechnologies, Inc. (OTCQB: AXIM) (“AXIM Biotech,” “AXIM” or “the Company”), an international healthcare diagnostic solutions development company, announced today that it has filed...
Four ways Biogen is tackling digital innovation in neurological disease
Summary: "Digital transformation in pharma is not a singular endeavour. It can mean everything from patient-facing disease management apps and wearables to background AI dramatically altering drug...
MIT researchers develop soft, robotic ventilator implant
Summary: "Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a soft, robotic and implantable ventilator that augments the diaphragm’s natural contractions." "For many people,...
Emotion AI: Why It’s The Future Of Digital Health
Summary: "Have you ever heard of emotion artificial intelligence (AI)? Emotion AI, or affective AI, is a field of computer science that helps machines gain an understanding of human emotions. The...
Health Hero: Web3 Health Platform for Employers and Payers
Summary: "Health Hero is a web3 health engagement company that delivers free healthcare and healthy food to users for staying healthy. While tapping into an emerging $1 trillion+ web3 healthcare...
The Future of Healthcare & How We Get There
Summary: "What kinds of possibilities exist in the future for healthcare? How can medical devices reach across different fields of medicine and provide a holistic patient experience in collaboration...
La startup que identifica los problemas de aprendizaje de los estudiantes para poner solución a tiempo
Summary: "Stefan Bauer estuvo a punto de dejar el instituto porque no se le daban bien los estudios: algo fallaba en él. Unos años después, lograba graduarse en la prestigiosa universidad de Yale....
The HealthTech 250 is Galen Growth’s selection of the 250 most promising early-stage Digital Health ventures across the globe in 2022
Summary: "Since 2017, Galen Growth has tracked and reported on the Digital Health innovation across the globe. HealthTech Alpha’s unmatched data, intel and insights allow us to uniquely assess,...
AI and AR make mobile phones a lifesaver for new mothers
Summary: "Artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR) and real-time computer vision are being used to provide new mothers in Rwanda with medical support""Doctors and researchers from MIT,...
Digital Transformation: From Theory to Application
Summary: "It seems as though everyone is talking about digital transformation as of late. Talking about the different ways and areas that it can be helpful in the world of healthcare. All of that...
Special Report: Interoperability
Summary: "The conversation on interoperability has shifted. It is no longer discussed as a technology problem, but rather as a complex change that depends upon relationships and culture. Jennifer...
GE Healthcare teams up with augmented reality company MediView XR
Summary: "GE Heathcare and MediView XR, a med-tech company that leverages augmented reality, announced their collaboration to co-develop the OmnifyXR Interventional Suite System. It will combine...
Gene Pathway Analysis In Action 3×4 DNA Test Review
Summary: "In the past couple of years, I have taken at least 10 genetic tests, including this latest DNA test from 3×4 Genetics. This may seem excessive, but I have my reasons. I graduated from...
Wearable Technology in Healthcare: What are the Benefits for Patients, Hospitals and Caregivers?
Summary: "Today I’m going to talk about wearable technology in healthcare. Wearable technology has the potential to revolutionize healthcare by making it easier for patients, hospital employees and...
The Four Drivers of Success in the Patient-Oriented Digital Health Solutions Market
Summary: "Patient-oriented digital health solution providers seem to have finally found the drivers of success for their digital offerings designed around the various needs of patients. A...
Global digital health course launched for healthcare professionals
Summary: "The Certified Digital Health Professional (CDHP) Course will be a year-long, completely online course specifically designed for healthcare and management professionals. Digital Health...
Venture Capital Firms Are Partnering With Healthcare Organizations To Improve Digital Health
Summary: "Venture capital (VC) firms are increasingly playing a role in all aspects of healthcare. This is a growing trend globally, as healthcare organizations are eager for the resources,...
Simple Tracker Data Might Have Clinical Medical Value
Summary: "The line between wearable activity trackers and clinical-grade health monitors seems to be getting blurrier by the day. A new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University shows that...
Digital Health Paradox: International Policy Perspectives to Address Increased Health Inequalities for People Living With Disabilities
Summary: "The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the uptake of digital health worldwide and highlighted many benefits of these innovations. However, it also stressed the magnitude of inequalities...
Optum Labs funds opening of digital health research center at Cornell
Summary: "Optum Labs is providing funding in 2022-'23, which will drive research in precision behavioral health, among other areas of focus." "Optum Labs, the research and development arm of...
CardioWise wins health tech award
Summary: "Fayetteville-based digital healthcare company CardioWise was named a rising star in a health technology awards program hosted by an affiliate of the University of California." "San...
Asia’s healthcare future revolves around patient-centric ecosystems
Summary: "The increasing use of digital healthcare will soon be driven through evolving consumer-centric digital ecosystems. But what does an emerging ecosystem within and across Asia look like?"...
University of Missouri researchers design new heart health wearable
Summary: "Using a $2.6 million grant from NIH, researchers at the MU College of Engineering are designing a breathable material with antimicrobial properties for use with a wearable heart monitor"...
G20 Leaders Pledge to Require Global “Digital Health Certificate” Vaccine Passport
Summary: "Twenty leaders of countries considered to be the world’s largest economies gathered at a meeting in Bali, Indonesia on Nov. 14-15, 2022 to discuss ways to “Recover Together, Recover...
The Future of Wearable Devices and Technology in Healthcare
Summary: "Wearables are growing in popularity and enabling people to monitor their health 24/7. In 2022 alone, over 320 million wearable health devices are forecasted to ship worldwide and grow to...
The Future of AI and Digital Health
Summary: "In a sense, Artificial Intelligence and digital health were made for each other. Digital health looks for digital solutions to promote the health of the body and the mind; AI attempts to...
This Health Startup Is Mapping The Vaginal Microbiome Because No Bothered To Before
Summary: "Priyanka Jain and Laine Bruzek want to close the gender gap in healthcare. And they’re talking about vaginas, in particular." "With their new company, Evvy, which launched earlier this...
The Digital Future Of Pathology
Summary: "Pathology is the motor that drives healthcare to understand diseases. Digital technologies could push the field into becoming more efficient and more scalable. They could transform the job...
‘Smart’ Bandage Monitors and Accelerates Wound Healing
Summary: "The wireless device incorporates electronics and an engineered hydrogel to monitor the healing process as well as speed up tissue closure and reduce infection via electrical stimulation."...
Why MedTech Needs to Catch Up In The Race To Go Digital
Summary: "Digital health is everywhere. It’s transforming healthcare for patients and providers with everything from telemedicine to continuous real-world data and AI-enhanced imaging analysis....
Global digital health leaders propose framework to enhance research using real-world data
Summary: "Routinely-collected health care data has the potential to improve the lives and well-being of patients across the world, through better understanding of disease, and research on existing...
Órganos impresos en 3D, biopsias virtuales y predicción de infartos: la tecnología sanitaria española que ya cura
Summary: "El sector registró el año pasado una facturación de 9.500 millones de euros y 29.000 empleos directos. Una industria en crecimiento a la que han contribuido empresas como Quibim, Idoven o...
Musk Proclaims Neuralink Could Start Human Trials in Six Months
Summary: "NeuraLink, Elon Musk’s venture into medical device industry, yesterday shared updates to its brain implant technology during a “show and tell” event, claiming that the device is about six...
La inteligencia artificial que lleva a la España vaciada los últimos avances en detección y terapias contra el cáncer
Summary: "Comitas y Keyzell implantan una solución que permite a los radiólogos detectar si un paciente posee masa tumoral con una precisión del 92% y ofrece el diagnostico en menos de un minuto."...
Baywater Healthcare treats over 7,000 patients with virtual ward service
Summary: "Baywater Healthcare has treated more than 7,300 patients with respiratory infections with its virtual wards service, helping to free up hospital bed capacity." "The company runs its...
Google Health inks first licensing agreement for mammography AI tech
Summary: "More than two million people are diagnosed with breast cancer globally each year, but a shortage of available specialists can place stress on screening systems, hampering access and...
Zoe, which went viral with its Covid-reporting app, raises $30M to track nutrition and health
Summary: "Zoe, a startup founded by doctors and researchers out of London and Boston, made its name during the pandemic with a popular — dare we say viral? — self-reporting Covid-19 app. Embraced...
Innovations in Eye Care: How Technology Is Transforming Ophthalmology
Summary: "AI software in ophthalmology holds great potential in helping physicians automate the diagnostic process, according to Dr. T.Y. Alvin Liu, assistant professor of ophthalmology at the Johns...
Sweetwater Medical reduces patients’ blood pressure and weight with AI and RPM
Summary: "Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweetwater has been perpetually short-staffed. The team always has seemed strapped for time, finding it challenging to monitor at-risk patients with...
MedTech Innovators: Tissium co-founder Maria Pereira on taking tech from bench to bedside
Summary: Maria Pereira, co-founder and chief innovation officer of Paris-based Tissium, was a PhD student in bioengineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when a surgeon asked her lab...
How To Develop a Women’s Health Tracking Mobile App – A Detailed Guide
Summary: "Is Femtech the next new thing in healthcare? Femtech has been around for some time in the mHealth, or healthcare, industry." "Are you familiar with the term “FemTech”? Well, we will...
The impact of lean manufacturing methods on drug delivery devices
Summary: "The number of people who live with diabetes is on the rise. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that one in eleven people are affected by the disease. This makes the...
Healthcare Organizations Are Finding Novel Uses For Virtual Health Technology
Summary: "The virtual health revolution has been prevalent over the last few years, especially fueled by generation-shifting events such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever before,...
Exited telehealth founder launches €100m healthtech VC fund
Summary: "It’s a sign the sector is maturing — even though investment in European healthtechs is down 42% this year compared with the frothy days of 2021, according to Dealroom. But that drop is...
Healthcare may be a recession-proof field, but healthtech is not
Summary: "In 2021, at the height of the Great Resignation, I left a secure director-level job in “martech” (social media marketing) to join a promising healthtech startup that had recently raised...
AI Transforms Smartwatch ECG Signals Into a Diagnostic Tool for Heart Failure
Summary: "A study published in Nature Medicine reports the ability of a smartwatch ECG to accurately detect heart failure in nonclinical environments. Researchers at Mayo Clinic applied artificial...
Exheus cierra una ronda de 900.000 euros liderada por Decelera Ventures
Summary: "La compañía española especializada en análisis de ARN también ha contado con el apoyo de WA4Steam y NextGen Venture Partners. Exheus utilizará los recursos para abrirse mercado en Europa."...
Ria Health Launches Platform To Manage Alcohol Use Disorder
Summary: "Alcohol Use Disorder, sometimes known as alcoholism, continues to be a significant drain on society. People are killed because they try to drive while under the influence of alcohol, work...
New IT Report Finds Healthcare C-Suite Stressed Out by a Lack of Interoperability
Summary: "A survey of CHIME executives by digital health company symplr, unveiled during the HLTH conference, indicates executives have adopted new technology at a fast pace, but those new tools and...
The new era of mHealth
Summary: "Just like other buzzwords mHealth has a different meaning for different people. There is no one definition of mHealth that is accepted universally. mHealth is an abbreviation for mobile...
Marcos Guerra (Pëtri): “España obtiene un cinco raspado en digitalización sanitaria”
Summary: "El socio director de la consultora de salud cree que el problema de la digitalización en el sector está relacionado con la poca evidencia que tiene el profesional del servicio que puede...
‘Skin-like’ Medical Wearable Could Detect Health Issues Before Symptoms Appear
Summary: "The wearable medical device market is growing at a little more than 27% annually and is forecast to reach a value of $174 billion by 2030, according to business intelligence firm Market...
The Top 10 Digital Health Stories Of 2022
Summary: "Edging towards the end of the year, it is time for a summary of how digital health progressed in 2022. It is easy to get lost in the noise – I myself shared well over a thousand articles,...
What Is Digital Health and How Does It Future Proof Your Career
Summary: "Digital health refers to a multidisciplinary concept that combines technology and healthcare to manage illnesses and health risks and to promote wellness. It aims to combine technologies...
Almirall joins project to allow study participants to use trial data
Summary: "Project involves 27 partners including patient associations, hospitals and universities" "Almirall – a company focused on skin health – is participating in Facilitate, a patient-driven...
Flexible AI computer chips promise wearable health monitors that protect privacy
Summary: "My colleagues and I have developed a flexible, stretchable electronic device that runs machine-learning algorithms to continuously collect and analyze health data directly on the body. The...
Confronting the Impact of Digital Health Now & In the Future
Summary: "Healthcare systems globally are facing “unprecedented pressure and disruption” as traditional systems begin to yield to patient expectations of “anywhere, everywhere” healthcare delivery...
Digital health investors: Close your funding rounds now
Summary: "Yeshwant spoke on investing in a down-market economy while presenting at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas. He was joined on a panel by Andrew Adams, co-founder and managing partner of the...
How to Use Fitness Trackers and Smartwatches to Improve Your Health and Productivity
Summary: "Fitness trackers and smartwatches have been around for some time, and if you haven’t already tried one, now may be the time to consider it. Whether you prefer one of the Fitbit models, an...
The Future of Digital Health and Healthcare IT in a Post-Covid World
Summary: "Implementing and pursuing innovation in digital health and healthcare IT should be a priority for all U.S. healthcare providers and payers — especially as the lessons and response to the...
Ana Maiques (Neuroelectrics): «Cualquier emprendedor con éxito ha pasado por muchos fracasos»
Summary: "La plaza Kennedy es el punto de origen y, a la vez, de llegada de la línea 196 del bus de Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona. En los primeros minutos de trayecto, los usuarios pueden...
Can Electricity Make Meditation Better?
Summary: "Does a little electrical head stimulation make meditation easier? The folks at Bodhi NeuroTech say yes; the South Carolina-based tech startup is planning the launch of a headset that...
Digital Health Trends 2023
Summary: "14 longitudinal trends—micro-disruptive technologies, incremental innovation, societal phenomena—carefully extracted from my interviews, observations and research conducted in recent...
6 Highlights from HLTH 2022
Summary: "Among the takeaways from HLTH 2022 were the impact of consolidation on clinicians, behavioral health tools to help consumers manage stress and anxiety more productively, and how health...
Fast-tracking digital transformation
Summary: “Pretty much every business sector is digitally enabled today,” said Anne Snowdon, RN, PhD, Chief Scientific Research Officer, HIMSS Analytics. “From travel to banking to retail, everything...
Healthcare fintech PayZen raises $20M, receives $200M credit facility
Summary: "Founded in 2019, PayZen touts a "care now, pay later" model for healthcare. The startup pays providers for patients' invoices and then uses artificial intelligence to create individualized...
Digital Health is Improving Patient Care
Summary: "Digital health is making it easier for doctors to share information with patients, and for patients to take control of their own care. In the past, patients often had to wait days or weeks...
Extension of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 model for predicting mHealth acceptance using diabetes as an example: a cross-sectional validation study
Summary: "Mobile health applications are instrumental in the self-management of chronic diseases like diabetes. Technology acceptance models such as Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of...
Nyra Medical Announces $20 Million Series A Financing for its Transcatheter Heart Valve Repair Technology
Summary: "Nyra is developing a transcatheter technology (CARLEN), which modifies the native mitral valve leaflets with a proprietary implant, to correct for deficiencies that otherwise lead to...
One Wearable Camera Captures Full 3D Body Movements
Summary: "What can 3D imaging tell us about the health of the human body? Lots. The motion capture of one’s gait has the potential to serve as a digital biomarker that identifies disease progression...
Telemedicine for blood pressure control in low- and middle-income countries: the journey ahead
Summary: "In just over a half-century since the initiation of telemedicine, technological developments have created multiple options to shape how patients can access healthcare and interact with...
Keeping Telehealth in Great (Security) Shape
Summary: "COVID-19 turned telehealth into a household term, transforming the services that healthcare providers can offer patients. Thanks to advancements in connectivity, global experts in rare...
7 Technologies and Products That Will Revolutionize Wellness
Summary: "Health and wellness have already reaped the benefits of tech innovation, and these products promise even more exciting developments." "As people try to live healthier, the evolution of...
Sequoia India’s Surge backs health tech startup RedBrick AI in $4.6M funding
Summary: "Health tech startup RedBrick AI has raised $4.6 million in a funding round led by Sequoia India and Southeast Asia’s Surge as it plans to expand the market for its medical imagery...
A New Wearable Measures Brain Activity
Summary: "If you’ve ever had a brain scan, or even just seen one on TV, you probably know that it’s kind of a big deal. Measuring brain activity usually involves functional magnetic resonance...
Skin-like electronics could monitor your health continuously
Summary: "New wearable electronics paired with artificial intelligence could transform screening for health problems." "Flexible, wearable electronics are making their way into everyday use, and...
Blockchain Technology: A Guide for Healthcare Leaders
Summary: "Have you heard about blockchain? Do you know what it is? Do people talk about it at parties? What if I told you it can be used to solve healthcare problems in the future. Here's the low...
Wearables Help Keep Workers Safe This Holiday Season
Summary: "The holiday season is here, and with Christmas shoppers and holiday orders beginning to flood into stores, businesses will be working overtime to keep operations running smoothly....
A User’s Guide to Digital Therapeutics for ADHD
Summary: "Could playing a video game improve your child’s ADHD symptoms? That’s the promise fueling a surge in digital therapeutics and other emerging tech tools designed to help individuals manage...
A Digital Platform to Support HIV Case Management for Youth and Young Adults: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study
Summary: "Advances in medical treatments in recent years have contributed to an overall decline in HIV-related opportunistic infections and deaths in youth; however, mortality and morbidity rates in...
Bringing wearable healthcare to life
Summary: "At Design Partners, designing medical-grade equipment for both the healthcare services industry and the consumer healthcare industry is a core pillar of our work. Because of the...
Health management platform Novi Health raises $5M in Series A funding round
Summary: "Founded in 2018, the company offers a healthcare platform that integrates clinical treatments with behavioural and lifestyle interventions to address chronic conditions." "It has two core...
E-scooters Are the Perfect Metaphor for Telehealth, Says Zocdoc’s CEO
Summary: "To Zocdoc CEO Oliver Kharraz, it’s helpful to think about telehealth like an e-scooter, because virtual care is just one tool in the toolbox. For example, you wouldn’t use an e-scooter to...
New digital platform in India uses social media to track down vector-borne diseases
Summary: "It will support the Indian government's prevention and control of dengue, malaria, and chikungunya." "SARTHI takes publicly available information across digital channels such as online...
4 must-haves for doctors to stick with telehealth
Summary: “Never before has there been a greater need to be able to leverage digital solutions and technologies to help really meet the need of helping to ensure that the patient-physician...
HEE launches VR app for nurses to experience prison healthcare settings
Summary: "Health Education England (HEE) has joined forces with NHS England’s National Health and Justice team to develop a virtual reality (VR) app allowing nurses to experience what a role working...
Virtual Care Is Transforming The Future Of Healthcare
Summary: "Good healthcare is essential for quality of life. From wellness, fitness, and diet, to routine checkups, to emergent or chronic medical conditions, access to medical professionals and...
Thinking digital health tech
Summary: "As we all know, our healthcare industry is in the midst of a digital transformation. As healthcare consumers (patients), we believe all of us are thinking “it’s about time!” It’s great to...
Health Wearables and Their Role in Healthcare
Summary: "The wearable technology market has been thriving during the pandemic. Grand View Research predicts its steady growth between 2021 and 2028. The market revenue is estimated to reach $118...
Health Tech Solving Treatment Gap For Eating Disorder Recovery
Summary: "Nearly 10% of people living in the United States will develop an eating disorder at some point in their lives, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated...
Digital Transformation: How AI Could Spell a New Era of ‘Smart Care’
Summary: "The term digital transformation can be interpreted in many different ways. Rather than transforming healthcare practices, I like to view it as transforming the way healthcare is...
Smartwatches could help detect and track COVID – here’s what the research shows
Summary: "An elevated respiratory rate, or breathing rate, has been shown to be a useful biomarker for the early detection of COVID. Respiratory rates can be estimated using a method called...
Can health tech close the care gap in emerging markets?
Summary: "After a surge in uptake during the Covid-19 pandemic, the telehealth industry is courting new investment to further innovation and increase access to care in emerging markets." "Digital...
Top 3 Digital Innovations that Transformed Healthcare
Summary: "Patient engagement is the next frontier in healthcare and single-platform patient portals created the digital foundation for this ongoing transformation. In today’s technology-driven...
Healthcare App Development: A Complete Guide
Summary: "The Healthcare industry is continually battling inflation and resource shortages. The rising healthcare expenditures are estimated to reach $600 billion by 2027 (McKinsey)." "It’s time for...
Así es Noula: mentores virtuales para el cuidado reproductivo
Summary: "Noelle Acosta es la figura que se esconde detrás de la startup Noula Health. La joven emprendedora ha roto con todos los esquemas y obstáculos a los que se tienen que enfrentar los...
Fifty Years Launches ‘Fast Grants’ For Female Reproductive Science To Close The Gender Research Gap
Summary: "It’s hard to build novel products without great science. When it comes to women’s health, we still don't have all the answers to very basic questions: What causes endometriosis, and what’s...
10 Best Health Monitoring Devices for 2022
Summary: "At the start of January 2020, Telehealth and remote health monitoring device companies were having a hard time making a go of it. They were on a long slog toward any sort of...
4 Digital Health Trends Coming In 2023
Summary: "Erika is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sanguina, an Atlanta-based wellness and diagnostic startup with an emphasis on anemia screening." "We've all adjusted to social distancing since the...
Amazon vuelve a intentarlo con la telemedicina y abre un servicio para patologías comunes
Summary: "El gigante del ecommerce ha lanzado este martes Amazon Clinic, que permitirá a pacientes de 32 estados de Estados Unidos obtener servicios médicos a distancia, unos meses más tarde de...
Danger Alert: AI Is Writing Content, But It’s Lying – Let Us Show You How
Summary: "There is a growing number of AI text generators around the web, offering more or less the same." "1- You give a brief of your planned content and maybe some keywords""2- Set the...
Medtech startup See-Mode gets Canada’s nod for AI breast, thyroid ultrasound analysis software
Summary: "See-Mode Technologies, a medtech startup based in Melbourne, Australia and Singapore, has received the approval of Health Canada for its software product that supports breast and thyroid...
Left to our own devices: Can wearables keep us healthy?
Summary: "The medtech industry has been paying close attention to the evolution of wearable devices. My first wearable device was a wristwatch. All it did was tell the time, but it was as much a...
These 14 medical device inventions are the best, Time magazine says
Summary: "For over 20 years, Time magazine has highlighted the 100 most impactful devices and ideas around the world. The list is compiled through nominations from the publication’s editors and...
Is This the Age of the Digital Health Economy?
Summary: "The global pandemic has pushed the healthcare sector to digitally transform and adapt to a new normal. Traditional healthcare providers are now adopting the digital model to offer better...
‘Self-therapy’ startups are blooming in the ‘moderate mental health’ space
Summary: "Mental health problems — and the tech products which aim at them — come in all shapes and sizes. There are “mental wellness” products like Calm and Headspace. On the more severe side of...
New Evidence That Fitness Trackers Can Predict Premature Births
Summary: "The percentage of preterm births in the United States has been on the rise for decades, and today around 1 in 10 infants who are delivered in the U.S. have gestation times of 37 weeks or...
GlucoRx showcases «world’s first» multi-sensor non-invasive CGM at MEDICA
Summary: "The GlucoRx BioXensor uses patented radio frequency technology alongside a multiple sensor approach to measure blood glucose levels every minute reliably, accurately, and non-invasively."...
Skin Computers Could Be the Next Big Thing in Wearables
Summary: "You might soon wear your computer on your skin instead of relegating it to a pocket, backpack, or desktop." "Cornell University researchers have developed a skin-tight computer interface...
Penumbra expands VR rehabilitation platform with lower body sensors
Summary: "Penumbra, which makes devices to treat stroke and brain aneurysms, began exploring the healthcare applications of virtual reality in 2017 through a joint venture with California-based...
Novel device to measure nerve activity for treatment of sepsis, PTSD
Summary: "A multi-campus research team has developed a novel device for non-invasively measuring cervical nerve activity in humans. The device has potential applications for supporting more...
Prevention Over Cure: How Artificial Intelligence could Help Prevent 80% of Chronic Diseases
Summary: "With 80% of chronic disease preventable and a global shortage of healthcare professionals, Faramarz and AI Nexus Healthcare are using a specialised artificial intelligence skillset to...
Machine learning: An essential tool in the shift to risk-based quality management
Summary: "Risk-based quality management is a data monitoring approach that accelerates the drug development pathway without compromising on safety – and one that is enhanced by the use of...
Telehealth Sites Put Addiction Patient Data at Risk
Summary: "WHILE MOBILE HEALTH options have been celebrated by doctors and advocates as a way to expand treatment for substance use disorders, there has been persistent concern over how private the...
How Healthcare Systems Can Stay on Top of Supply Chain Management
Summary: "Cleveland Clinic’s senior director of technology for supply chain and support services heads a team that’s responsible for everything from the procure-to-pay process to supply chain...
How AI could revolutionize drug discovery
Summary: "Artificial intelligence could help scientists develop better medicines faster—and thus improve millions of people’s lives. But for that to happen, companies will need to change the way...
Friday Q&A: FemTech Focus’s Barreto discusses women’s health innovations, funding challenges
Summary: "FemTech Focus Executive Director Brittany Barreto is on a mission to improve women’s health outcomes through her work supporting investment and innovation in the FemTech sector. She views...
Editorial: Digital health adoption: Looking beyond the role of technology
Summary: "Accelerating the adoption of proven digital health technologies and advancing their embedding into routine care operations has the potential to revolutionize human health by boosting...
Digital Transformation: How AI Could Spell a New Era of ‘Smart Care’
Summary: "The term digital transformation can be interpreted in many different ways. Rather than transforming healthcare practices, I like to view it as transforming the way healthcare is...
Google Cloud to power virtual care delivery at Manipal Hospitals
Summary: "Manipal Hospitals has tapped Google Cloud to improve its virtual and remote care capabilities while leveraging AI to enhance patient experience." "The partnership involves the deployment...
5 Trends Driving the Future Growth of Digital Health & MedTech
Summary: "Today Accenture published Digital Health and MedTech – New Signals for Transformation to understand the impact consumers, patients and healthcare professionals’ experiences and expanding...
Blood oxygen monitors face scrutiny from FDA panel
Summary: "Devices that monitor blood oxygen levels in the hospital and at home need to be more carefully regulated, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel indicated at a meeting Tuesday."...
SOUTHEAST HEALTHTECH FOUND NEW WAYS TO INNOVATE IN 2022
Summary: "While venture funding fell year-over-year, 2022 has still been lucrative for the Southeast HealthTech scene. 63 companies in the region closed venture rounds over the last 90 days,...
Telehealth Visits Can Improve Revenue, But They’re No Cornucopia
Summary: "In the Spring of 2020, a number of institutions—health, education, judicial, and others—went through a wrenching technological transformation: To prevent the spread of COVID-19, they took...
3 Questions Healthcare IT Leaders Should Ask Before Implementing AI in Their Operations
Summary: "According to research from Kaufman Hall, 2022 has been the worst financial year for hospitals since the pandemic, with national operating margins at -0.98% through July, marking the...
3 Lessons From Israel’s World-leading Clinical Data-sharing System
Summary: "Israel has a powerful tech ecosystem combined with practical government support. The nation's leaders don’t tell entrepreneurs what to do — but they do provide clarity around the...
The Time for Healthcare Transformation Is Now
Summary: "Talking about disruptive technology and the future of healthcare requires a certain kind of energy. Maybe that energy was found in the can of Diet Mountain Dew that Mark Wehde carried to...
Report: Telehealth accounts for about 10% of outpatient visits
Summary: "New data and analysis provided by the Chartis Group and Kythera Labs show telehealth usage for outpatient visits rose from 1% pre-pandemic to 10% in June 2022." "According to millions of...
TECH IS GOOD FOR YOU: HOW WEARABLE EDGE DEVICES CHANGED HEALTHCARE
Summary: "Since Summer 2022, millions of people have woken up each morning to their wristwatches offering to tell them if they were at risk of heart failure. The Fitbit, a fitness tracker...
Lilly’s new diabetes management platform to integrate Dexcom CGM
Summary: "Drugmakers have been looking for new ways to differentiate their products from rival therapies amid difficulties in growing insulin sales. Indianapolis-based Lilly hit upon medical devices...
Meet The Female Founder Who Just Raised $7.2 Million For Her Virtual Care Platform Aiming To Reverse The Autoimmune Epidemic
Summary: "Three years ago, Ellen Rudolph hit rock bottom with unexplainable, debilitating symptoms ranging from brain fog to gastrointestinal symptoms to fatigue, and got to the point where she was...
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