GE HealthCare today announced that it received a $44 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation issued the grant for GE HealthCare to create user-friendly, AI-assisted ultrasound imaging auto-assessment tools. These tools could aid healthcare professionals with clinical decision information to support more effective ultrasound scans. Such scans include obstetric and […]
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AI is part of Augmedics’ Xvision Spine System expansion
Augmedics announced today that it launched new, FDA-cleared features and indications for its Xvision Spine System. Updates to Xvision come just weeks after the company hit its 3,000-patient milestone for the system. It marks Xvision’s largest expansion since its commercial launch. Chicago-based Augmedics said in a news release that the launch creates a technical foundation […]
Philips highlights how it is bringing AI to MR
Philips (NYSE:PHG) today announced a range of artificial intelligence (AI)-based offerings it plans to present at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2023. The Amsterdam-based medtech giant plans to showcase its MR5300 and MR 7700 offerings, as well as its Spectral CT 7500 and Incisive CT with CT Smart Workflow. It also intends to highlight […]
Google Health hires FDA’s chief digital health officer
Former FDA Chief Digital Health Officer of Global Strategy and Innovation Bakul Patel has started a new job with Google after 13 years with the regulatory agency. Patel became senior director, global digital health strategy and regulatory for Google Health earlier this month, he said on LinkedIn. Patel recounted highlights of his “incredible journey since […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Baxter touts data supporting use of machine learning for infusion pump programming
Baxter (NYSE:BAX) announced today that data shows the potential for machine learning supporting decision-making with infusion pump programming. Deerfield, Illinois-based Baxter presented the data from a retrospective study — part of a collaboration with MedAware aimed to develop next-generation dose error reduction software — at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) 2021 Midyear Clinical Meeting. […]
