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The cloud is transforming medtech: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, J&J, Philips and GE Healthcare leaders explain

May 6, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

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 […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Blog, Digital Health, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Featured, Health Information Technology, Health Technology, Imaging, Implants, News Well, Outsourcing, Patient Monitoring, Software / IT Tagged With: AI, Amazon, artificial intelligence, Cloud, cloud computing, GE Healthcare, Google, Johnson & Johnson, machine learning, Microsoft, Philips

Amazon Web Services is powering medtech innovation: Its chief medical officer explains

April 20, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

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 […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Blog, Digital Health, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Health Information Technology, Health Technology, Imaging, News Well, Software / IT Tagged With: AI, Amazon, Amazon Web Services, AWS, Cloud, cloud computing, FDA

Medtronic and Amazon plan colorectal cancer screenings in underserved communities

February 22, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

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. […]

Filed Under: Blog, Endoscopic, Featured, News Well, Oncology Tagged With: Amazon, artificial intelligence, Medtronic

Amazon Care is expanding nationwide

February 9, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Amazon announced that it made its virtual health services available nationwide with plans for a large rollout of in-person services this year. The company launched Amazon Care in September 2019 to combine virtual care and in-person services, with the latest expansion making the services available nationwide. According to a news release, Amazon will look to […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Digital Health, Featured, News Well Tagged With: Amazon

Imagining the future of cloud-connected medical devices with Johnson & Johnson leaders

February 7, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

Cloud-connected medical devices already collect and analyze data, talk to each other and use artificial intelligence to improve patient care, but how much more might be possible in the not-so-distant future? Surgery simulations? Smart ambulances? Full-body scanners? One-click healthcare? I’ve been exploring that question for an upcoming edition of Medical Design & Outsourcing magazine — and asked […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Blog, Diagnostics, Digital Health, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Health Technology, News Well, Regulatory/Compliance, Research & Development Tagged With: Amazon, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, Johnson & Johnson, machine learning, Microsoft

MedTech 100 roundup: Industry reaches another high point

August 30, 2021 By Sean Whooley

The medtech industry is continuing its massive 2021 boom, with the past week marking yet another record in the markets. MassDevice‘s MedTech 100 Index — which includes stocks of the world’s largest medical device companies — finished last week (Aug. 27) at 121.05 points, representing a 1.2% rise from the 119.63-point mark set a week before. […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, MassDevice Earnings Roundup, Mergers & Acquisitions, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Abbott, Amazon, Boston Scientific, Encision Inc., Grail, Illumina Inc., iRhythm Technologies Inc., Johnson & Johnson, MedTech 100 Index, Medtronic, Philips

Amazon makes moves for a major medical diagnostics play

August 27, 2021 By Jim Hammerand

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) wants to hire key employees to expand its medical diagnostics operations on a global scale, which very well could grow beyond COVID-19 testing. Senior-level job postings offer a glimpse of the notoriously secretive and ambitious tech company’s global aspirations for medical diagnostics. Just this week, Amazon put a call out for a […]

Filed Under: Biotech, Business/Financial News, Diagnostics, Distribution, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, coronavirus, COVID-19

GE Healthcare, Baxter among medtech giants inking deals with Amazon Web Services

August 9, 2021 By Sean Whooley

GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) and Baxter (NYSE:BAX) are each collaborating with Amazon Web Services for AI and cloud-based services. The news comes just weeks after Amazon unveiled its AWS for Health suite. Medtech companies such as GE Healthcare and Baxter are aiming to drive their digital presences forward. GE Healthcare, for example, said that it will work […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Business/Financial News, Featured, Health Technology, Software / IT Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Web Services, Baxter, GE Healthcare

MedTech 100 roundup: Significant uptick for industry

June 14, 2021 By Sean Whooley

The up-and-down nature of the medtech industry continues to carry through 2021, with a recent dip now followed by a rapid ascent. MassDevice‘s MedTech 100 Index — which includes stocks of the world’s largest medical device companies — finished the week (June 11) at 109.63 points, producing a 2.5% rise from the 106.96-point mark set one […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Funding Roundup, Initial Public Offering (IPO), MassDevice Earnings Roundup, Mergers & Acquisitions, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Amazon, BD, CVRx Inc., Inogen, medline industries, MedTech 100 Index, Medtronic

Amazon wins EUA to sell its COVID-19 test directly to consumers

June 9, 2021 By Sean Whooley

Amazon subsidiary STS Lab Holdco received FDA emergency use authorization (EUA) for the direct-to-consumer sale of its COVID-19 test. The FDA authorized the test with indications as a direct-to-consumer product for testing individual anterior nasal swab specimens self-collected at home with the Amazon COVID-19 test collection kit DTC by any individual 18 years or older, […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diagnostics, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Genomics/Molecular Diagnostics, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: Amazon, coronavirus, COVID-19, FDA, STS Lab Holdco

Amazon company gains EUA for COVID test

March 29, 2021 By Sean Whooley

Amazon subsidiary STS Lab Holdco received FDA emergency use authorization (EUA) for its real-time PCR test for COVID-19. According to an FDA letter, dated March 25, the test is authorized for the detection of nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2 in anterior nasal swab specimens that are self-collected by any individuals 18 or older, including those without […]

Filed Under: Diagnostics, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Genomics/Molecular Diagnostics, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: Amazon, coronavirus, COVID-19, STS Lab Holdco

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