As COVID-19 continues to sicken thousands across the U.S., hospital staffs deserve every bit of praise they’re receiving for their service. Yet there’s another segment of the medical community on the front lines of the pandemic: medical device manufacturers.
While some forms of medical equipment have been marginalized or sidelined altogether, manufacturers of essential devices are working around the clock. According to an April 2020 Fortune Business Insights report, those with significant
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Intelligent Care Robot Could Detect COVID-19 Symptoms in Under 10 Seconds
What You Should Know:
- Vayyar and Meditemi partner to create a more intelligent care robot that could detect early-stage COVID-19 symptoms in under 10 seconds.
- The solution will be used to soften social distancing, restore public confidence in the workplace, and care for people in homes.
Vayyar Imaging an Israeli-based provider of 4D imaging sensor technology and Berlin-based Meditemi (JV of Ogawa and Medisana) a pioneer in robotic healthcare
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Solve.Care Launches Blockchain-Powered Global Telehealth Exchange
What You Should Know:
- Healthcare platform Solve.Care has announced the launch of the Global Telehealth Exchange (GTHE), a first-of-its-kind landmark deployment of blockchain and digital currency aimed at tackling the challenges facing the global healthcare system today.
- The GTHE, a decentralized care network, removes the physical and geographical barriers associated with accessing healthcare services while also providing administrative, payment, and care coordination for
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RADLogics Brings AI-Powered COVID-19 Apps for CT & X-rays to U.S. Market
What You Should Know:
RADLogics has signed an agreement with Nuance to
officially bring its novel COVID-19 solutions for CT and X-ray to the U.S.
market.
The new agreement that will expand access to RADLogics’
medical imaging applications designed to assist in the detection and
quantification of findings associated of COVID-19 patients in the U.S. through
Nuance’s AI Marketplace for Diagnostic Imaging – a cloud-based platform that
has broad reach to U.S. radiologists across more than
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2020 H1 Deep Dive on the Global Digital Health Sector Landscape Report
What You Should Know:
Global venture capital firm White Capital publishes its first series of sector reports diving into the global digital health sector focusing on virtual care, mobile health, software, and communication, while also exploring the outlook of the sector from North America, Europe, and Asia.
In Q1 of 2020, $9.8bn of new VC capital was invested in digital health globally, which is 12% more than what was invested in Q1 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an accelerated
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Fitbit Launches Study for Early Detection of COVID-19 and Flu
Wearable fitness leader Fitbit announced a new research study that will determine if it can build an algorithm to detect COVID-19, before symptoms even start. Now available in the Fitbit app, any Fitbit user in the U.S. and Canada who is over 21, especially those who currently have, or have had, symptoms consistent with COVID-19 or the flu, can participate - contributing to incredibly impactful research that will help Fitbit’s efforts to develop this algorithm. How to ParticipateIt is easy to
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2020 MedTech Breakthrough Award Winners Announced
What You Should Know:
- MedTech Breakthrough announces 2020 MedTech Breakthrough Award Winners that recognizes the top companies, people, platforms, and products in the health, fitness, and medical technology industries today.
- The 2020 MedTech Breakthrough Awards program is open to all individuals, companies, and organizations involved in producing digital health and medical technology products and services.
MedTech
Breakthrough, a market intelligence organization that recognizes
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AI Can Identify Unseen Sufferers of COVID-19 & Enable Proactive Care
As the nation’s eyes focus on COVID-19, another healthcare crisis is unfolding out of sight. Hidden from view, millions of Americans who don’t have COVID-19 are suffering healthcare crises in their homes. These unseen individuals are facing major challenges, on multiple levels: acute, chronic, and preventive. Patients are waiting longer at home before coming to the hospital for acute illnesses like appendicitis, stroke, or heart attack. Patients with chronic diseases are not receiving
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Mount Sinai Researchers Develops AI Algorithm to Detect COVID-19 from CT Scans
What You Should Know:
- Mount Sinai researchers develop a unique artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to detect COVID-19 based on CT scans and patient data.
- The Mount Sinai team integrated data from those CT scans with the clinical information to develop an AI algorithm. It mimics the workflow a physician uses to diagnose COVID-19 and gives a final prediction of positive or negative diagnosis.
Mount Sinai researchers
are the first in the country to use
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Digital Strategies Health IT Must Prioritize During COVID-19
COVID-19 is introducing new weaknesses to an already strained healthcare system. As healthcare providers battle an increasing influx of patients and dwindling inventory – including critical personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies like masks, ventilators, and hospital beds – they are relying more heavily on their digital tools and applications than ever before.
This is an unprecedented opportunity for health IT professionals to contribute their skills and ingenuity to the COVID-19 fight.
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