Accenture: Millenials & Gen Z Are Shifting to Virtual, Retail, Clinic, Digital CareMillennial and Gen Z consumers in the U.S. are rapidly adopting non-traditional care models, such as retail clinics, virtual and digital services, according to results of an Accenture survey of 2,000 consumers.Key findings of the survey study include:- When considering traditional in-person care, millennials (ages 22 to 38 in 2019) were two to three times more likely than baby boomers (ages 55 to 73) to be
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Francisco Partners Acquires Qualcomm Life, Renames as CapsuleTech
Francisco Partners ("FP"), a Silicon Valley-based technology-focused private equity (PE) firm, today announced it has acquired Qualcomm Life, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated that offers end-to-end medical device connectivity across the continuum of care. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Renames Qualcomm Life as CapsuleTechQualcomm Life will be separated from Qualcomm, be renamed as Capsule Technologies, Inc. ("CapsuleTech"), and continue operating
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Why the FDA Is Doing an Overhaul of the Medical Device Approval Process
Since 1976, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed manufacturers to apply for an accelerated pathway to bringing their devices to the market. It's called the 501(k) Premarket Notification. In short, if a new device gets proved safe and effective to a device that's already available, the new device can get cleared because it's considered substantially similar to the older one. The FDA also allows for the first-cleared device (also known as the predicate) to be another product
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5 Strategies to Achieve Successful IoT in Healthcare
The future of healthcare looks well connected, but it’s going to require real strategy to get there. Extreme Networks’ Director of Health Solutions Bob Zemke explains.Connectivity—it lies at the heart of Internet of Things (IoT) and every innovation that promises to transform healthcare. It's one of the hardest challenges for healthcare organizations to take on, as the number of apps and devices continue to multiply and all are expected to thrive in a vast and varied technological
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University Hospitals Adopts Needle-Free Blood Draw Technology
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center adopts needle-free blood draw technology to reduce anxiety and risks for hospitalized patients.University Hospitals (UH) Cleveland Medical Center in Ohio, announced that it has implemented the PIVO needle-free blood draw device from San Francisco-based medical device innovator Velano Vascular at UH Cleveland Medical Center for inpatient blood draws. UH is the first health system in Ohio to deliver this enhanced experience to patients and is helping
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Protecting Medical Device Security in the Age of Ransomware
From medication pumps to pacemakers, people depend on lifesaving devices to live their healthiest possible lives and manage chronic ailments. Many of those patients likely hear about cybercriminals orchestrating massive data breaches, and might get concerned about one of those incidents compromising their information.However, they probably haven’t considered the hackers might target the devices in their bodies or the ones they otherwise use for better well-being.Hospitals Must Pay Attention to
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Healthcare Blockchain Startup Mint Health Unveils White Paper for Vidamint Tokens
MintHealth, a global decentralized health platform with a portable, secure, and self-sovereign personal health record (PHR) built on blockchain technology and designed to drive healthy patient behavior through the Vidamint™ token. MintHealth announces the immediate availability of the associated white paper behind a planned Vidamint (VIDA) token sale in Q1 of 2018. The company also announces the addition of Wyche “Tee” Green, III, founder and director of Greenway Health™, to the MintHealth Board
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Rush Health Taps InterSystems to Implement Private Health Information Exchange
Rush Health, a Chicago-based clinically integrated health network has selected InterSystems to implement a private health information exchange (HIE). The implementation of InterSystems HealthShare will provide their hospital, physician and affiliate members a complete view of their patients’ records across the care continuum from within their EHR – connecting primary, specialty, sub-acute and hospital-based providers, as well as other HIEs regardless of EHR system.After evaluating several
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Watchdog Report: FDA Lacks Plan to Keep Pace with Medical Devices
Senior members of the Senate health committee today released two separate reports from the government’s independent watchdog finding the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lacks a clear plan to help the agency keep pace with the science behind the drugs and medical devices it regulates and to ensure its three centers are working together to efficiently review life-saving medical products.“These reports demonstrate the need for Congress to pass smart laws and then conduct rigorous oversight to
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Medical Device Interoperability: Is the FDA’s Move for Draft Guide the Right One?
Now is not time to put the demands of medical device interoperability on developers. AirStrip’s Dr. Matthew Patterson explains.
Interoperability has become a hot-button issue in U.S healthcare. So much so, the FDA has recently unveiled draft guidance in the hopes of indoctrinating the medical device industry with the task of tackling it head on. But will applying pressure to the shoulders of the innovators be the answer to hurdling interoperability in healthcare?
The guidance calls on
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