What You Should Know:
- GE Healthcare, a leading global medical technology, diagnostics, and digital solutions innovator, inaugurated its 5G Innovation Lab in Bengaluru, India, the first for GE Healthcare across the globe.
- With the advantage of massive bandwidth, high data speeds, low latency, and highly reliable connectivity, 5G has the potential to disrupt the patient care continuum, transforming diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis.
5G Enabled Precision
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Analysis: How Will The Roadmap for Diagnostic Cardiology Devices Develop?
Like most healthcare markets, the diagnostic cardiology market has had a bumpy ride in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic saw global revenues for Resting ECG devices increase in 2020, whilst ECG Management Systems, Stress ECG and Traditional Holter ECG solutions saw a market decline. Country lockdowns resulted in reduced cardiology services during the peak of the pandemic, as non-urgent appointments were delayed. 2021 showed relief for cardiac facilities as providers started to deal with the
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3 Predictions for Post-COVID Clinical Trial Decentralization
Prior to COVID, major technological transformation initiatives were already underway at many clinical trial sites, sponsors, and contract research organizations (CROs.) But the move to decentralized trials accelerated dramatically in 2020 and 2021–and it’s not slowing down.
Survey data from WCG Avoca shows that research sites and sponsors expect 89% of clinical trials to qualify as a hybrid, with a mix of decentralized technology and in-person visits.
But what will these
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Analysis: The Role of Compact Systems in Today’s Ultrasound Market
Much of the focus in the ultrasound market in the last few years has been on the handheld market. This is justified, considering its role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the spate of innovation in the sector, both in terms of new product releases and partnerships. As a result, there is less mention of the other ultrasound product segments, especially the compact market. However, the compact market has also been active, with the release of Fujifilm SonoSite’s SonoSite LX in February
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Day 3 HIMSS Roundup: Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT, GE Healthcare/AliveCor Integration
Venture Capital, Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Activity
Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT® to Expand Diabetes Offerings in France
Glooko, a leading provider of remote patient monitoring and data management solutions for diabetes and related chronic conditions, today announced the acquisition of DIABNEXT, a Paris-based company whose digital health platform helps people with diabetes better manage their conditions and connects to their healthcare providers, so they can
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GE Healthcare & AliveCor Integrate Data from ECGs Into Clinical Workflow
What You Should Know:
- AliveCor and GE Healthcare announced they are partnering to integrate data from AliveCor’s KardiaMobile 6L electrocardiogram (ECG) device directly into GE Healthcare’s MUSE Cardiac Management System (MUSE).
- Today, cardiologists often rely on real-time data from personal electrocardiogram (ECG) devices to help manage patients with cardiac conditions like atrial fibrillation (AFib). AliveCor’s KardiaMobile 6L ECG offers the only
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MediView XR Secures $9.9M for Augmented Reality Surgical Navigation Platform
What You Should Know:
- MediView XR, Inc., raises $9.9M in SAFE financing syndicated by Inside View Investments, LLC, a private investment firm. MediView has raised approximately $14.4MM in total funding to date.
- Investment will support key technology development, commercialization and regulatory submissions.
MediView XR Inc., a Cleveland-based medtech company that leverages augmented reality, remote connectivity and spatial computing data to create revolutionary surgical
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GE to Form Tax-Free Spin-Off of GE Healthcare Focused on Precision Health
What You Should Know:
Today, GE announced plans to form a tax-free spin-off of GE Healthcare, creating a pure-play company at the center of precision health in early 2023.
The announcement is part of GE plans to form three independent industry-leading, global, investment-grade public companies focused on the growth sectors of aviation, healthcare and energy.
GE is on track to reduce debt by more than $75 billion by the end of 2021 and is now on track to bring its net-debt-to-EBITDA*
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UltraSight, GE Healthcare Partner to Bring Wireless Cardiac Point of Care Ultrasound
What You Should Know:
- Today UltraSight, a digital health pioneer, announced a new partnership with GE Healthcare that will bring AI-assisted wireless, cardiac ultrasound to space. They will conduct a study aboard the upcoming Axiom ‘Rakia’ space mission and record images of an astronaut’s heart in microgravity, using UltraSight’s real-time AI guidance software and GE Healthcare’s handheld GE Vscan AirTM.
- The goal of this study is to prove how easy it is to acquire accurate
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HIMSS21 Day 1 Roundup: Google Cloud, Salesforce, Zoom, Philips, GE Healthcare, GoodRx
Google Cloud Unveils New Research examining COVID-19’s Acceleration of Innovation in Healthcare
Google Cloud revealed new research unveiling the impact of COVID-19 on reshaping technology’s role in healthcare. This research is the second phase of research that Google Cloud published in July, showcasing how critical data interoperability is in improving patient outcomes. The research reveals healthcare organizations accelerated technological upgrades over the course of the pandemic.
After
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