GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) announced today that it inaugurated its first 5G innovation lab around the globe in Bengaluru, India. The company aims to use the 5G innovation lab to position itself at the forefront of groundbreaking advances in patient care, including potentially bringing cutting-edge technology to rural and suburban regions. According to a news release, […]
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BD, government warn on cybersecurity issues with BD’s Pyxis, Synapsys systems
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today released advisories on two products from BD (NYSE:BDX). Vulnerabilities with the BD Pyxis automated medication dispensing system and the BD Synapsys microbiology informatics software were voluntarily reported by Franklin Lakes, New Jersey–based BD through the CISA coordinated vulnerability disclosure program. The BD Pyxis’ vulnerability is labeled […]
Stryker leaders talk medtech trends at DeviceTalks Boston: ‘If you’re slow, you’re going to lose’
The first day of DeviceTalks Boston closed with a panel of Stryker (NYSE:SYK) executives discussing new tools, technologies and strategies in medtech. Digital VP Tracy Robertson, Digital, Robotics, and Enabling Technologies President Robert Cohen and Surgical Technologies VP of Digital Innovation Siddarth Satish offered their thoughts on industry trends in healthcare and at the Kalamazoo, […]
How technology is changing the operating room
With all the hype around the use of data, artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies, the operating room environment is ever-changing. But, how does it translate to what clinicians do in practice, and how will it improve? On the “How technology is changing the OR” panel at DeviceTalks Boston, Proximie CEO Nadine Hachach-Haram posited that […]
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 […]
Amazon Web Services is powering medtech innovation: Its chief medical officer explains
It doesn’t get any bigger than Amazon Web Services in the world of cloud computing. The cloud computing business at Seattle-based Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) is the largest player in the industry, with control of about a third of the market and a significant lead over cloud competitors Microsoft and Google. Dr. Taha Kass-Hout, the chief […]
FDA’s $8.4B budget request includes supply chain, pandemic prep and cancer funding
The FDA today said it wants a $2.1 billion funding bump as it released details of its $8.4 billion budget request for fiscal year 2023, which starts Oct. 1, 2022. The budget request includes full funding of the agency’s fiscal 2022 budget request, plus new programs and initiatives that would affect medical device developers and […]
Innovations coming out of HIMSS 2022 you should know
Companies are announcing a range of innovations in digital health, cybersecurity, AI and more at HIMSS 2022. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Global Health Conference and Exhibition runs March 14–18, 2022, in Orlando, Florida. It’s an annual health information and technology event where professionals can connect to learn more about innovations in the industry. […]
GE Healthcare, AliveCor partner to reduce cardiac-related hospitalizations
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) and AliveCor announced today that they partnered to deliver electrocardiograms (ECGs) outside the hospital. AliveCor develops the KardiaMobile 6L (six-lead) ECG to detect AFib and other heart rhythm conditions. The partnership aims to deliver KardiaMobile’s six-lead ECGs taken by patients directly into GE Healthcare’s MUSE cardiac management system for physicians to view […]
FDA clears Philips Capsule Surveillance for remote patient monitoring
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its latest Philips Capsule Surveillance system. Amsterdam-based Philips designed its Philips Capsule Surveillance solution to aggregate patient data, analyze the data to generate actionable insights and alerts and send timely notifications to caregivers so they can intervene before any patient deterioration progresses further. […]
Philips introduces new cloud-enabled enterprise imaging informatics and analytics products
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHIA) today unveiled new analytics and interoperability offerings at the 2022 HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition. The two products — Philips HealthSuite Interoperability and Philips Enterprise Performance Analytics Performance Bridge — are pending 510(k) clearance by the FDA, the company said. The first, Philips HealthSuite Interoperability, is what Philips in a […]