What You Should Know:
- Samsung Electronics unveiled a series of new tools ahead of the Samsung Developer Conference 2022 (SDC2022) that will aid developers and communities in shaping health, wellness and safety habits for consumers everywhere.
- These developer tools include the Samsung Privileged Health SDK program for select partners, the Fall Detection API to support user safety, Samsung’s new end-to-end research solution for educational, clinical and healthcare programmers,
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Building a Healthier Future with Real Wireless Power
One of the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic has been that healthcare facilities need to scale up operations quickly to respond to a public health emergency and that doing so is a significant challenge. In the early days of the pandemic, hard-hit cities like New York and others had to set up mobile hospital units or access additional capacity through military hospital ships.
In an emergency like the pandemic, staffing shortages remain a persistent problem, but expanding facility
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4 Key Focus Areas to Measure Your Digital Health Strategy
The promise of digital healthcare is profound. Moving from today’s transactional encounters to a convenient and continuous connection between patients and clinicians can greatly improve both relationships and overall care. The responsible collection of data from a digital platform can also lay the foundation for better, more personalized care. Perhaps most importantly, consumers are no longer tethered to a physical location and are able to receive quality care regardless of where they live or
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Research: AI Outperforms Ophthalmologists at Detecting Eye Disease
What You Should Know:
- A new study published in Ophthalmology Science, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, found that Artificial Intelligence is significantly better at detecting diabetic retinopathy (DR) than eye specialists. DR is the leading cause of blindness among working-age adults yet is easily treatable with early detection.
- The multi-center study evaluated the FDA-cleared EyeArt AI system against dilated eye exams
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MIT System “Sees” The Inner Structure of Body During Physical Rehab
What You Should Know:
- Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Massachusetts General Hospital have created an unsupervised physical rehabilitation system called MuscleRehab.
- Motion tracking captures motion activity, while Electrical Impedance Tomography measures “what the muscles are up to”, whereas a virtual reality headset and tracking suit lets one watch themselves perform alongside a physical therapist.
Virtual Reality Driven
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Google Cloud Launches AI-Powered Medical Imaging Suite
What You Should Know:
- Google Cloud launches Medical Imaging Suite that addresses common pain points organizations face in developing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning models.
- Google Cloud enables the development of AI for imaging to support faster, more accurate diagnosis of images, increased productivity for healthcare workers, and improved care access and outcomes for patients.
Google Cloud's Medical Imaging Suite Key Features
Key features of the Medical
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The True Value of Human-Centered Research Within Medical Technology
With recent statistics suggesting that 70% of all projects fail, it’s vital that we do all we can to set ourselves up for success when we set out on a new design or development of a product. Every day, we are surrounded by products and services that don’t work as we expect them to. Whether it is a hard-to-follow set of instructions for a new medical device or a convoluted setup process, people are constantly forced to develop workarounds to compensate for poor design.The practice of
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Dexcom G7 Blood Glucose Monitoring Launches in 5 Global Markets
What You Should Know:
- Dexcom announced launch of Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Hong Kong, with launches in New Zealand and South Africa in the coming weeks – initiating the global rollout of the world’s most powerful CGM system.
- Dexcom G7 offers a powerful yet simple way to help users gain greater control of their diabetes, so they can manage the disease more confidently each day. Its
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SEQSTER and PatientsLikeMe Launch National Rare Disease Study
What You Should Know:
- PatientsLikeMe and SEQSTER announced a collaboration to launch one of the first rare-disease studies focused on Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD) - a rare genetic condition occurring in approximately 1/3500 people.
- AATD is a rare genetic condition occurring in approximately 1/3500 people. It is characterized by low levels of the alpha-1 antitrypsin protein, leading AATD patients to be very susceptible to lung and/or
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Accommodations Increase Clinical Trial Participation for Patients of Color, Survey Reveals
What You Should Know:
- In a recent patient-centric survey, SubjectWell found that accommodations for all patients, including free treatment and study compensation, increase interest in clinical trial participation – particularly for patients of color.
- However, overall, using value-based messaging, adding education to the recruiting process and reducing friction to participation – are universally impactful, not just for diverse populations, and that certain barriers
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