Murray Izenwasser, VP of Consulting and Design Thinking at OZ
Hospital rooms thrum with the steady beat of monitors. And while a patient must quickly adapt to a cacophony of beeps and drips, when a sudden alarm pierces the air, it’s a nerve-wracking experience—especially if a nurse doesn’t step in immediately. The patient must fumble for the nurse-call button, which can usually be found dangling by the side of the bed. But if you’re sick, weak or hugely pregnant, even rolling over slightly to
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The Growing Emergence of Robots in Healthcare: Key Opportunities & Benefits
Robots are a rapidly growing part of the modern health care landscape. The history of robots in medicine dates back to 1985 when a robotic arm called “PUMA” assisted with surgery for the first time. The operation — a neurosurgical biopsy — was a complete success. Some of today’s health care robots make PUMA look a little primitive by comparison. Advances in sensor and motion control technologies mean robots are more precise and autonomous than ever, and capable of not just assisting, but
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Amazon Launches EHR-Integrated, Machine Learning-Powered Transcription Service
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) launches Amazon Transcribe Medical, a HIPAA-eligible, machine learning-powered medical transcription service that utilizes automatic speech recognition applications to offer a more efficient and accurate medical note-taking experience. - By utilizing voice-enabled technologies, Transcribe Medical automatically translates audio streams into medical speech -- designed to be deployed at scale to patients’ healthcare providers, allowing for affordable, consistent,
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The Future of Healthcare: 3 Predictions for the Next Five Years
Bill Heller, President at Weatherby Healthcare
Medical science was taking great strides around the turn of the 20th century. An Austrian biologist had learned that humans have different blood types, researchers were discovering the existence of vitamins and a Dutch physician invented electrocardiography.
The landscape looks a little different now, just a short 100 or so years later. Medical science is using stem cells to grow new organs, a surgeon in New York City removed the gall bladder of a
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Eisai Launches First Amazon Alexa Skill to Bring Solace & Support to Children with Epilepsy
- Eisai Inc. launches Ella the Jellyfish, the first Amazon Alexa skill designed for those affected by Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), a rare and severe form of childhood-onset epilepsy. - LGS can be characterized by frequent and unpredictable seizures, limited speech and mobility, cognitive impairment, and developmental delays.- Available free of charge, , this unbranded Alexa skill provides comfort to children, families and caregivers through song, storytelling, meditation, and interactive
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3 Digital Solutions Driving The Primary Care Practice for the 21st Century
- Latest Chilmark report evaluates new patient-facing AI tools, remote care platforms and telehealth solutions for impact to primary care infrastructures.- The 33-page report covers in-depth primary care tech such as chatbots, AI assistants and symptom checkers as well as behavioral health platforms.- Report includes 11 short profiles of major and promising vendors, with three to four vendors identified per solution type that includes product differentiators and vendor-specific impact on access,
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Google Adds Suki As One of Their First Clinical Digital Voice Assistant Partners
- Google has just added Suki—an AI-powered, voice-enabled digital assistant that lifts the administrative burden from doctors—as one of Google Cloud Global Healthcare Solutions’ first clinical digital voice assistant partners. - As one of Google Cloud’s first partners offering a digital clinical assistant, Suki will also use its voice technology to develop and improve language models for physician-focused applications.Today, Suki, an AI-powered, voice-enabled digital assistant that lifts the
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Heal Acquires Doctors on Call, Expands House Call Service to NYC
- Doctor house calls provider Heal expands to New York City with the acquisition of Doctors on Call.
- With the acquisition of Doctors on Call, Heal’s service footprint expands to more than 75 million Americans nationwide throughout Atlanta, GA, California, New York, Northern Virginia and D.C.
- Doctors On Call, founded in 1968 by Paul R. Rosenstock, MD., and now owned and operated by Heal, offers medical house calls for elderly and homebound patients throughout New York’s five
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Healthcare Virtual Assistant Market to Reach $1.76B by 2025
The global healthcare virtual assistant market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 24.7% from 2018 to reach $1.76 billion by 2025, according to market research published by Meticulous Research.The emergence of Healthcare Virtual Assistant MarketVirtual assistants are AI and rule-based systems that interact with humans to perform various tasks. These assistants use cognitive technologies such as machine learning, natural language processing, and neural networks to enable interactive communications
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How Tech Giants are Helping Providers Reinvent Patient Care
Alyssa Rapp, CEO of Surgical Solutions
Healthcare costs are on the rise, and they show no signs of leveling off. According to the latest data available from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, healthcare spending in the United States reached $3.5 trillion in 2017, or $10,739 per person. Those costs are projected to rise by about five percent year-over-year.
As expenditures continue to skyrocket, healthcare providers are looking to new technologies and care strategies that can help
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