As an early adopter of fitness trackers such as the Fitbit, I’ve long appreciated the power of health data. But my recent experience with a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) has done far more to inspire me to look after my health — even as a nondiabetic. I had heard about the potential of such technology […]
Digital Health
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 […]
Best Buy wants to get mHealth into seniors’ homes: Here’s how
Want to get mHealth and other medical devices into seniors’ homes? Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) and its Geek Squad may be the way in the door. “For companies looking to bring healthcare interactions into the home, we could be a fairly useful partner,” Asheesh Saksena, president of Best Buy Health, told hundreds of medical device industry […]
At-home digital health: Here’s what you need to know
Demand is increasing for at-home digital health systems, where sensors follow people’s health data and automatically turn them into real-time insights for themselves and their health providers. From ResMed and its connected CPAP technology to Clarify Medical getting user feedback for its light therapy system for skin conditions, medical device companies have started to score […]
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 […]
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 […]
7 medtech ideas out of Europe
Mobile and digital health ideas — and overall medtech innovation ideas — abound in Europe, with DeviceTalks Boston attendees getting just a sampling this morning from seven CRAASH Barcelona participants. The CRAASH Barcelona program trains research projects on how to market their health technologies during a three- to five-year period. It’s a boot camp run by EIT Health, the main European healthcare consortium, […]
Venture investing in medtech and digital health: Here’s advice from the trenches
Medtech entrepreneurs agree that it’s still tough to find funding at the Series A level. Here’s their advice about how to find it. Bill Evans Competition for medtech venture investing is fierce, at the same time that traditional investors pull back from the space. To get to the bottom of what’s going on, I reached […]
ResMed is disrupting connected health: Here’s how
Here’s how a respiratory firm took control of the connected health and the medtech digital revolution. When you think powerful digital connected devices, the first thing to pop into your head probably isn’t a CPAP. Continuous positive airway pressure has been shown in numerous studies to be effective in improving sleep apnea and preventing a […]
7 digital health startups you need to watch in 2018
If you want to see where the big money is going in healthcare these days, digital health products are the place to look. Digital health startups raised $11.5 billion in 2017, up 27 percent over 2016, according to the StartUp Health Insights Year End Report. Digital health startups are doing everything from enhancing patient-provider relationships to […]
Flex partners with Google Cloud on expanded digital health capabilities
Flex has recently expanded its digital health capabilities through a partnership with Google Cloud Platform — launching its BrightInsight managed service that delivers real-time information about connected drug, device or combination products. BrightInsight is a secure, managed services solutions that runs on Google Cloud Platform to gather data. “We saw the need for a secure […]
