The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Association said it has published a draft set of standards intended to provide safe and secure medical device interoperability. IEEE 11073-20701-2018, also known as IEEE Approved Draft Standard for Service-Oriented Medical Device Exchange Architecture & Protocol Binding, completes the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/IEEE 11073 family of standards for […]
VivaLNK launches medical wearable sensor platform
VivaLNK (Campbell, Calif.) said today that it has launched a medical wearable sensor platform that includes a host of sensors, edge computing technologies, and an Internet of Health Things data cloud. Officials at Campbell, Calif.–based VivaLNK described the platform as unique, saying that it captures data about human vitals and biometrics and delivers the data […]
Hospitals to medtech: Clean up your cybersecurity act
A consortium of hospital associations wants the medical device industry to up its game when it comes to interoperability and data sharing, especially concerning cybersecurity. The group issued a report this month to make recommendations for all stakeholders in the U.S. hospital care system, including providers, patients, physicians, insurers and industry. The Jan. 18 report, […]
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum sues VP who left for Amazon venture
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum IT-based health services unit has sued former VP David Smith, claiming that he misappropriated trade secrets before leaving to join a new healthcare venture supported by Amazon. Smith’s lawyers are seeking to move the case to arbitration. The complaint, filed Jan. 16 in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, accuses Smith of printing out […]
Cynerio poised to enter U.S. healthcare cybersecurity market
Cynerio said it has completed a $7 million funding round to fuel growth in North America for its healthcare-focused cybersecurity platform. Investors include global venture capital firms, Accelmed, an unidentified medtech investment firm, and RDC, and RDC, a joint venture between Israeli investment firm Elron and Israeli defense systems manufacturer Rafael. Get the full story on […]
What you need to know about growing cyber threats to medtech
Medical devices are an especially rich cybersecurity target for malicious activity by those seeking commercial gain or just trying to wreak havoc. And while data theft is a serious threat, the risks posed by hacks that involve the expanding universe of networked medical devices can be especially menacing. Nach Davé and John Pappan, Premier Research […]
What is the future of medtech in 2019?
A global push to increase medical device industry regulation and the continued blurring of high tech and medtech – those are but some of the predictions that Medical Design & Outsourcing editors are hearing from experts. Read on to discover some of the top predictions of where the industry is going in 2019. Next>> Senior […]
Hospital software dev Jump Tech raises $3m
Hospital supply chain solutions developer Jump Technologies said today it closed a $2 million follow-on investment round. The Eagan, Minn.-based company developed and supports the JumpStock could-based hospital supply chain software, according to a press release. The financing round was led by Black Granite Capital and joined by new strategic investor Mount Sinai Ventures, as […]
Dartmouth-Hitchcock hospitals to deploy Philips’ tele-ICU program
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health (Lebanon, N.H.) has agreed to implement Royal Philips’ (NYSE: PHG) eICU program technology. The program aims to help reduce mortality, length of stay, and ventilation days while providing care to patients wherever they are located. Philips’ eICU is a tele-ICU program that will link specialists at the health system’s flagship hospital, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center […]
Senators question basis for FDA’s digital health pre-cert pilot
Three Democratic senators representing major high tech and medtech hubs in the United States are questioning the statutory basis of FDA’s new pilot program for digital health product precertification. “We support FDA’s efforts to update the medical device review regime to better accommodate digital health devices and believe that it is an important step in ensuring that […]
Provation touts cloud-based medical procedure platform
Clinical productivity software maker Provation Medical has launched Apex, a cloud-based procedure documentation SaaS platform designed to improve outcomes, clinical efficiency and physician satisfaction in ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals. Accessible on any internet-enabled device, Apex is designed to be intuitive and aligned with the physician’s workflow, according to the company. It provides guided capture […]
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