The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is changing the face of healthcare and has the potential to significantly improve patient access as well as system efficiencies. The adoption of telemedicine, for example, spurred on by the Covid-19 pandemic, has spread rapidly. Forrester revised its forecasts to predict that virtual care visits in the United States will soar to more than one billion this year—including 900 million visits related to Covid-19 specifically. Likewise, in the United Kingdom,
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Medical Device Design: 4 Ways Designers Can Create Medical Devices That Work for Everyone
Medical device design has been going through sweeping
changes over the last decade. Ten years ago,
medical device companies weren't concerned with delivering consumer-level
design: Devices that are both attractive and intuitively easy to use by a wide
variety of users. Then the Affordable Care
Act was passed, and adherence and healthy behavior change became a
regulatory requirement.
Our firm, which has been a long-time proponent of the
“consumerization” of medical
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Ensuring Telehealth Providers’ Virtual Care Dollars Make Sense
Telehealth and virtual care are not brand-new phenomena suddenly cobbled together as a rapid response to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the average US patient could be forgiven for thinking that it is. Indeed, virtual visits to care providers and remote patient monitoring have been available for quite some time, delivering two key benefits:
- Providing a platform to address cost-efficiencies and accessibility to quality healthcare for the populace at large
- Playing a
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Philips Launches Integrated Cybersecurity Services to Protect Connected Medical Devices
What You Should Know:
- Philips partners with CyberMDX, a leader in
connected medical device security, to provide vendor-neutral solutions to
protect connected medical systems and devices.
Philips, today
announced the introduction of the Philips Cybersecurity
Services for seamlessly integrating and enhancing strategic security solutions
for Philips customers. The Philips Cybersecurity
Services comprise an end-to-end suite of technologies and services to
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Israeli Digital Health Startup G Medical Innovations Withdraws $30M US IPO
What You Should Know:
- Israeli-based G Medical Innovation has withdrawn its plans for an initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday, Nasdaq first reports.
- The company originally filed
an IPO to raise $30 million by offering 5 million shares at a price range of $5
to $7 last month to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol GMVD.
- The recent withdrawal marks the company's second
attempt to go public in the US, previously filing in May 2019 and withdrawing
the following August. The company
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While We Wait for 5G, Is Wi-Fi or Cellular Better for RPM Solutions?
Many in the healthcare industry are keeping an eye on the rollout of 5G wireless, which promises to connect people and things at higher speed and lower latency. In the healthcare realm, this means high-resolution images such as CT scans and X-rays can be taken and transmitted instantaneously to doctors. But it also means good things for lower-bandwidth applications, such as the volumes of rich data found in home healthcare applications.
One of the beneficiaries of 5G will be remote
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Future of Femtech and Technology: An Emerging Innovative Crossroads
In recent years the technological field has taken revolutionary steps to balance out gender disparities. This has led to the advent of a female-centric health technology market that utilizes tech as a proponent for women's health and overall wellness.
You must have seen (or at least heard of) an app that focuses explicitly on women's issues. These tools are part of a growing collaboration between health and technology known as femtech. Areas that are currently represented include sex and
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Medigate, Ordr Emerge as Leaders in Growing Healthcare IoT Market, KLAS Report Finds
What You Should Know:
- As the buying wave of healthcare IoT solutions
continues, strong technology offerings and numerous new wins in the last year
have established Medigate and Ordr as leaders in the growing market.
- KLAS finds that the adoption of security solutions for the healthcare internet of things (IoT) continues to grow as healthcare organizations look for ways to understand and manage the risk associated with connected devices.
The adoption of security solutions for the
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Johnson & Johnson Innovation Launches 3 Collaborations to Advance Healthcare in China
What You Should Know:
- Johnson & Johnson Innovation announces three strategic
collaborations with a focus on advancing healthcare solutions in China.
- The three strategic collaborations are focused on leveraging advances in science and technology to address areas of high unmet medical need across several areas, including discovery science, lung cancer, and medical devices
Johnson & Johnson Innovation, a division of Johnson & Johnson (China) Investment Limited, today
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KLAS Spotlight on Zoom for Healthcare Examines Early Outcomes
KLAS recently issued a Spotlight on Zoom for healthcare. KLAS Spotlights are first looks at new and emerging technology. Everyone knows Zoom, but how well does the solution perform for healthcare organizations looking to handle the immediate demands created by COVID-19 as well as develop long-term strategic initiatives? In this Spotlight, KLAS examines the early outcomes and satisfaction of some of Zoom’s healthcare customers.
Zoom Key Strengths & Challenges for
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