Routine health assessments will typically involve measuring heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygen saturation, and body weight. Current medications are reviewed, and patients are asked if they’ve experienced any changes in their health lately. A brief assessment of balance and muscle strength follows, but what about gait? Most people know their blood pressure or weight, but few can accurately describe the way they walk.
The five commonly known vital signs – temperature, heart rate,
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Aevice Health Secures FDA Clearance for Smart Stethoscope Wearable for Respiratory Monitoring
What You Should Know:
- Aevice Health, a Singapore-based provider of remote respiratory monitoring solutions today announced that its AI-powered, smart stethoscope wearable, the AeviceMD, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a Class II medical device under the 510(k) route.
- This clearance empowers the company to market and provide their novel remote monitoring platform to health systems across the country, expanding access to a
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New Study Evaluates Virtual Reality to Reduce Scanxiety in Brain Tumor Patients
What You Should Know:
AppliedVR, an immersive therapeutics (ITx) pioneer advancing a novel approach to medicine, today announced interim analysis results of a phase 2 clinical trial study performed in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).The phase 2 clinical trial explored whether virtual reality (VR) could be an intervention for primary brain tumor (PBT) patients who experience distress and anxiety prior to their clinical
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Why The Healthcare Industry Needs Blockchain More Than Ever
Trust is a crucial part of any society, and it is of the utmost importance within the healthcare industry. Ensuring the trustworthiness of healthcare providers is essential for patient confidence as they must be able to trust them to offer accurate information, make informed decisions, and act in their best interest, all while prioritizing privacy and anonymity. Although these tenants remain integral, trust is often broken in more ways than one.
The widespread feeling of distrust has
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SiPhox Health Secures $27M for Lab-Grade Home Health Testing with Silicon Photonics
What You Should Know:
- Today, SiPhox Health, a Burlington, MA-based company building the next generation of lab-grade home health testing with silicon photonics raises $27M in funding, including a $10M Seed led by Khosla Ventures and Y Combinator, and a $17M Series A led by Intel Capital.
- The SiPhox Home and Health testing systems offer innovative and efficient blood collection solutions for consumers, healthcare systems, pharmaceutical companies, and research teams focusing on
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Wearable Sensor Measures Sweat Lactate Levels During Exercise
What You Should Know:
- A team of Japanese researchers has developed a wearable device that can measure how hard one is exercising by analyzing their sweat.
- Their findings have been published in the journal ACS Sensors. The device continuously monitors the level of lactate in our sweat, which is a good indicator of exercise intensity. This technology can be valuable for athletes and fitness enthusiasts to manage their training and monitor their overall health.
Leveraging
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The Future is Now: How AR is Changing the Healthcare Landscape
Not long ago, augmented reality (AR) sounded like something straight out of a sci-fi novel. Today, the rapidly-evolving technology is beginning to change the way many industries function, and healthcare is one of the very promising areas.
A doctor’s office a decade in the future could look very different from a doctor’s office of the present; as AR and virtual reality tools develop, they will fundamentally elevate the quality and convenience of healthcare options for all segments of the
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Teladoc Health & Microsoft Expands Generative AI Integration
What You Should Know:
- Teladoc Health today announced an integration expansion with Microsoft, leveraging AI to help minimize administrative burden and identify potential hazards.
- The integrated solutions will enhance the power of our Solo platform for hospitals and health systems to better support the clinical workforce. These innovations powered by Microsoft AI tools will minimize administrative burden by automating clinical documentation during virtual and in-patient care.
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Peterson Center on Healthcare Launches $50M Institute to Evaluate Digital Health
What You Should Know:
- The Peterson Center on Healthcare today launched the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI), an independent non-profit that provides rigorous, evidence-based assessments of digital health technologies.
- Launched with a commitment of $50M, PHTI will analyze clinical benefits and economic impact, as well as the technologies’ effects on health equity, privacy, and security.
- PHTI will monitor the evolving pipeline of emerging digital health
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Ensuring Healthcare AI/ML Models Aren’t “Failed Science Fair Projects”
Artificial Intelligence has become a board-level priority, dominating healthcare technology conversations. However, despite widespread interest in the technology, the healthcare industry is still lagging when it comes to deploying and maintaining successful AI and machine learning (ML) models.
According to a survey by the Society of Actuaries, 93% of healthcare organizations (HCOs) believe leveraging predictive analytics is key to the future of their business, but a staggering
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