Zimmer Biomet (NYSE: ZBH) this week launched its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities within its Omni Suite intelligent operating room. The Warsaw, Indiana–based company designed the intelligent OR to optimize surgical workflow and procedural efficiency by automating manual tasks. The newly-released AI feature uses cameras to automatically recognize and timestamp key OR workflow milestones, including patient […]
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The cloud is transforming medtech: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, J&J, Philips and GE Healthcare leaders explain
Leaders in medtech and cloud computing discuss payoffs and potential in device connectivity, product development and cross-industry partnerships. If knowledge is power, that power comes from a steady stream of information, and we know there’s no shortage of that in healthcare. The challenge has long been how to capture that information, store it, analyze it […]
GE Healthcare to roll out AI-powered Edison Digital Health Platform
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) today announced plans for its Edison Digital Health Platform. The news was part of HIMSS 2022 in Orlando, Florida, where GE Healthcare officials described Edison as a vendor-agnostic hosting and data aggregation platform with an integrated AI engine. The Edison Digital Health Platform could enable health providers to effectively deploy clinical, workflow, […]
Zimmer Biomet debuts AI to predict post-operative recovery
Zimmer Biomet (NYSE and SIX: ZBH) today launched WalkAI, artificial intelligence that can predict which patients will have lower gait speed 90 days after hip or knee surgery. WalkAI is part of ZBEdge, Zimmer Biomet’s suite of integrated smart, digital and robotic technologies to boost patient outcomes after orthopedic surgeries. The proprietary algorithm behind WalkAI […]
Google unveils AI-powered Care Studio Conditions to make sense of patient records
Google Health previewed a new Care Studio feature called Conditions to make electronic health records more accessible and useful for clinicians treating patients. Powered by artificial intelligence, Conditions can interpret and organize clinical notes stored across different systems for different purposes by different health care professionals. ‘When it comes to writing notes, clinicians use different […]
Pearl’s AI for dental X-rays wins FDA clearance
Pearl (Los Angeles) announced today that FDA has cleared its AI-powered, real-time pathology detection software Second Opinion. The system can help dentists accurately identify a broad range of common dental conditions in patient X-rays, according to Pearl. Second Opinion applies computer vision to identify and highlight key pathologic and nonpathologic findings. Displays are displayed immediately. Dentists […]
Three GE Healthcare leaders outline their vision for AI and the cloud in medtech
Set to spin off from parent company GE (NYSE:GE) next year, GE Healthcare leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to help providers improve efficiency, patient outcomes and access to care. The medtech giant’s offerings include AI-based imaging applications and its Edison Health Services platform. As part of the Medical Design & Outsourcing cloud conversation series with medtech […]
How the cloud tools behind Google Maps and Photos can advance medtech
Alissa Hsu Lynch leads medtech strategy and solutions at Google Cloud, previously serving in executive roles at Johnson & Johnson and Bausch Health. As part of Medical Design & Outsourcing‘s ongoing series of conversations about the cloud’s contributions to the medical device industry and its future, Lynch offered her perspective from the Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) subsidiary’s […]
Medtronic and Amazon plan colorectal cancer screenings in underserved communities
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced their plans to donate 50 Medtronic GI Genius modules to endoscopy centers serving low-income and underserved communities across the U.S. One of the goals is to improve the detection of polyps that can lead to colorectal cancer, which is the most common cancer among adults in the U.S. […]
Microsoft CMO: Using the cloud to improve medtech design, manufacturing and care
Dr. David Rhew, Microsoft’s global chief medical officer and VP of healthcare, has been studying how technology can improve health outcomes for nearly three decades. His focus has long been on access to care, quality of care, patient safety, improving experiences for patients and providers, and finding ways to improve the overall efficiency of care. […]
Philips is betting big on the cloud; two leaders discuss the connected future
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHIA) bet big on the cloud in 2021, buying Capsule Technologies for $635 million to integrate Capsule’s medical device integration and data technologies with Philips’ cloud-based digital health platform. The Philips Capsule Medical Device Information Platform (MDIP) can now integrate with more than 1,000 unique types of medical devices, the Dutch medtech […]
