Bigfoot Biomedical today announced an agreement with Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network (AHN) to further develop Bigfoot’s Unity investigational insulin delivery wireless platform. The diabetes startup described Unity as a first-in-kind data-driven solution for optimizing insulin dosing and delivery. Bigfoot will work alongside AHN endocrinologists and primary care doctors to refine Unity’s clinical workflow features. Get the full […]
Neuronetics updates patient tracking system
Neuronetics (NSDQ:STIM) today announced the launch of a patient data management system designed to simplify administrative tasks and enable doctors to spend more time on patient care. The TrakStar Plus system builds on the Malvern, Penn.-based company’s TrakStar Cloud platform, designed to help physicians track patients implanted with Neuronetics’ NeuroStar device. Neurostar uses strong magnetic […]
DHS warns on GE Aestiva and Aespire anesthesia devices
The U.S. Homeland Security Dept. yesterday warned of cybersecurity vulnerabilities with the GE Aestiva and Aespire anesthesia devices. The DHS Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team, acting on weaknesses discovered by researchers at CyberMDX, said the vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to remotely modify GE Healthcare anesthesia device parameters. The vulnerability comes from a […]
How one medtech company is working on solving the data dilemma
The electronic medical record was designed to better track patient care, but it has had unintended consequences. Physicians are bombarded with digital patient information all day long, reducing their patient eye-to-eye interactions and adding hours to their workday. A 2016 American Medical Association study found that physicians spent about two hours on electronic health record […]
50 medtech startups you need to know
Medical device industry accelerator MedTech Innovator today announced about 50 medtech startups participating in its annual four-month program. Half are early-stage companies participating in MedTech Innovator’s Accelerator and Showcase program, and the other half are mid-stage companies in the organization’s Showcase program. The list of companies is a who’s who of people around the world […]
Artificial intelligence and medical devices: Why you need to care
Artificial intelligence presents a whole host of regulatory challenges when it comes to medical devices. Regulatory consultant Mike Drues says he has had clients forced to dumb down their AI technology, with U.S. FDA requiring they lock the algorithm. Drues sees locking the machine learning algorithm is a Band-Aid solution — not a longterm fix. […]
China is the world’s digital health leader
China has leapfrogged ahead of other countries when it comes to digital health adoption, and there are important lessons to learn from the country’s experience, according to a new report from Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG). Most Chinese health professionals — 94% — report using digital health technologies or mobile health apps, according to the Future Health Index […]
Report: Comcast to join home-health-monitoring fray
Comcast (NSDQ:CMCSA) is reportedly preparing to jump into the in-home health-monitoring market. The company will begin conducting pilot tests later this year and intends to launch a health monitoring device in 2020, according to a report by CNBC. Targeted toward seniors and people with disabilities, the device would use ambient sensors to determine whether they’re making extra […]
5 digital health startups you need to watch in 2019
Funding for digital health companies continues to rise, with 2018 the biggest year so far this decade, according to healthcare investment firm StartUp Health. Investors took a greater interest in machine learning, blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI). Digital health funding was 14 times greater than it was eight years ago, when New York-based StartUp Health began […]
J&J and its surgical orthopedic robot: What you need to know
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) isn’t known for tooting its horn prematurely. The public won’t hear much about a new J&J device until the company’s good and ready. So it should come as no surprise that J&J’s DePuy Synthes business has kept relatively mum about the robotically assisted knee surgery device it’s been developing. J&J entered […]
Medigate spreads into healthcare IOT
Medical device security firm Medigate said today that it is expanding into clinical IoT and general IoT devices. The company developed and supports a medical device security and asset management platform designed to identify, tag and fingerprint individual medical devices beyond their IP address. Tags for devices are based on type, vendor and model, and allow for […]
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