As Amazon Care was launched to its employees, people were expecting it to expand this to more users and Amazon will venture and fully immersed on the healthcare industry. The program provided telehealth and in-person services to their employees in Seattle area, which eventually expanded to other states. It then went into partnerships with several organizations such as TrueBlue, Silicon Labs, Precor and Whole Foods Market. Over the...
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The need for reform in healthcare is not only limited to the health industry. Even other industries such as technology have pivoted to invest more in infrastructure that supports the advancement of health such as gadgets or applications that monitor and give analytics to people’s health. Here are the big names in tech that are gearing to the healthcare space.
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New research has identified a link between vascular complexity in the eye’s retina and the risk of having a myocardial infarction, or in other words, a heart attack.
The discovery was made by using artificial intelligence and “deep learning” to process data representing a large group of individuals.
Combined with new genetic insights, the researchers can accurately predict heart attacks when the model includes...
Like many areas of healthcare, the challenges of the past two years have accelerated tech innovation within dermatology – leading to increasing digital collaboration with patients and research into new models of care for skin disease.
Dermatologists rapidly adapted their approach to support patients during the pandemic, and technology that was adopted out of necessity, is now leaving a lasting mark on the future of dermatology....
MONDAY, March 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- You've probably seen an infusion pump, even though the name might make it sound like a mysterious piece of medical technology.
These devices govern the flow of IV medications and fluids into patients. They help deliver extra fluids to people in the emergency room, administer monoclonal antibodies to folks with COVID-19, and pump chemotherapy drugs to cancer patients.
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There is no denying that the American health care system can provide quality care. However, it’s costly and riddled with a tedious, bloated bureaucracy. Experts estimate that more than a third of health care costs go to bureaucracy and administration nationwide.
Besides astronomical costs, there are preventable medical errors, personnel shortages, glaring procedural inefficiencies and severe lapses in transparency....
The nursing robots market is projected to witness a compounded annual growth rate of 24.45% to grow to US$2,232.717 million by 2026, from US$482.939 million in 2019.
Robotics in healthcare is well past its early developmental stage. So much so, that robot nurses have become well-known for their contributions to the healthcare industry. Nursing robots are increasingly being used in healthcare because they can triage patients in clinics,...
Dignity Health in Arizona is launching the first research study in North America in which genetic testing is used to identify men and women at risk of developing heart disease based on the makeup of their DNA.
If proven effective in clinical trials, this form of genetic testing may be adopted globally to prevent heart disease. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in the world – in fact, half of Americans are expected to have at least...
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The convergence of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies, including genome editing and artificial intelligence, are revolutionizing modern medicine. At the nexus of these tools sits the emerging field of precision medicine, an area of immense potential which is increasingly attracting attention. Precision medicine uses personal information, such as DNA sequences, to...
Studies show the majority of U.S. physicians and clinicians feel burned out when going to work, and indicate clerical burdens – including clinical documentation – are a major contributor to burnout.
For primary care physicians, a new class of technologies – AI-powered digital assistants – is improving capacity and capability, while reducing their administrative and cognitive burden. But how can organizations...
A recent study found that anthrax edema toxin, or ET, altered pain responses in mouse and human sensory neurons.
Injecting this toxin into the spine of mice blocked pain without systemic effects.
The study also showed that modified anthrax protein could serve as a potential delivery vehicle for other pain-blocking substances in the nerves.
Determining its safety and effectiveness for treating pain will require more...
Health care workers at Thailand's Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute. During the pandemic, nurses and midwives around the world have had to sacrifice and work around the clock and with limited personal protective equipment. Photo by: Pathumporn Thongking / UN Women / CC BY-NC-ND
At this stage in the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have grown numb to the grim statistics.
But we cannot...