We will get to a point in the not-too-distant future where EHRs are a great deal more functional and user friendly, where APIs link most if not all healthcare IT platforms and clinical devices, where personal wearable technology enables remote monitoring of patient condition. These are largely technical challenges with ... Read More »
Notwithstanding the head of the AMA recently referring to digital health technologies as “snake oil,” it appears that one-half of physicians is keen on digital health. And scale, not age, matters when it comes to doctors using digital health tools. The American Medical Association surveyed physicians on their use of ... Read More »
ProMedica, one of Ohio’s largest healthcare systems, is teaming up with enterprise mobility software company Kaonsoft, to form Kapios Health, a healthcare technology company that will focus on the development of digital health apps created by ProMedica Innovations inventors. Through the joint venture, Kapios Health will utilize the flexible Kaonsoft Enterprise Mobility ... Read More »
There are only so many ways to practice surgery, and mistakes aren’t forgiven easily. For medical students and physicians in need of continuing surgical education, the options in institutional settings are cadavers (open only to students) or in the few surgical simulation centers around the country. So Chicago-based technology company ... Read More »
Level Ex is announcing today that it will enable doctors to practice surgery in a realistic 3D virtual surgery mobile app. The app shows how much progress mobile technology has made in being able to show realistic graphics. And it also recognizes that doctors have few options for honing their ... Read More »
MDAlgorithms, an Israeli developer of mobile health apps, has developed MDacne, a new dermatology app for tracking and treating skin conditions. Unlike other online dermatology services that charge patients a fee to schedule a visit online with a dermatologist, the MDacne app uses enable consumers to take and upload photos ... Read More »
Although the field of patient-centered medical technologies is relatively young, many technologies, especially those that tether to smartphones, are beginning to have an effect on the practice of medicine. At the basic end of the spectrum, some health systems now allow patients to view all of their lab results, notes, ... Read More »
Medable, a Palo Alto-based healthcare app and analytics platform, today announced the launch of Axon, a SmartStudy system that enables health experts–researchers, physicians, and others–to build ResearchKit apps without a developer in a matter of hours. By leveraging ResearchKit’s platform, Axon unlocks the potential of health professionals to directly collect patient data at ... Read More »
Palo Alto-based healthcare app and analytics platformMedable announced the launch of Axon, a SmartStudy system that enables researchers to create and deploy ResearchKit app for clinical trials or research studies on their own, without having to work with a developer. The company formally introduced the offering at Health 2.0 in ... Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the Customer Success Platform and world’s #1 CRM company, today announced that Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) — a Fortune 500 company and global leader in healthcare — has expanded its use of the Salesforce Platform to develop more innovative ... Read More »
