HEADLINES ARCHIVE
Burn wound care enhanced with digital thermography and predictive algorithm
A non-invasive digital infrared thermography technique and predictive model improve burn treatment outcomes.
Lightbeam Health Solutions debuts new population health management platform at HIMSS19
The value-based care platform delivers new provider and payer engagement solutions, an integrated referral management module and predictive analytics for downside risk performance.
Fujifilm exhibits enterprise imaging solutions and artificial intelligence initiative at HIMSS 2019
The company will showcase enterprise imaging and informatics solutions, including a system specifically for point-of-care ultrasound.
Tabula Rasa Healthcare to present at HIMSS19
The company will debut state-of-the-art SMART on Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources specification integration.
Jewett Orthopaedic to present on RCM and patient experience at HIMSS
New patient access solutions have improved revenue cycle management (RCM) and patient experiences for the company.
Engineers show the heart can replace batteries in medical implants
Engineers from Dartmouth College have developed a way to eliminate batteries as the power source for implantable medical devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators. The new power source is none other than the heart itself.
Video: Streamline Health to introduce eValuator for outpatient billing at HIMSS19
The cloud-based automated pre-bill coding analysis technology for outpatient billing includes identifying missing charges.
Video: Cardiac energy harvester designed to power pacemakers
Kinetic energy generated by the heart could be used to provide electricity for implantable medical devices like pacemakers and defibrillators.
Philips spotlights latest iteration of IntelliSpace Enterprise Edition at HIMSS 2019
The enterprise-wide health informatics platform now includes IntelliSpace Precision Medicine Oncology, IntelliSpace Genomics and interoperable clinical data sharing with IntelliSpace Exchange.
Lubrizol Life Sciences to showcase new medical device applications lab at MD&M West 2019
The lab features applications testing, small-scale compounding as well as injection molding for long-term implantables.
Graphene biosensor breathes new life into lung cancer diagnosis
The device demonstrated improved detection accuracy for three of the most common lung cancer biomarkers in human breath.
New 3D imaging platform reduces endoscopic surgery risks
The new platform enables medical device manufacturers to integrate stereoscopic 3D imaging into endoscopes, providing depth information that is unavailable in traditional, single-camera devices.
AI diagnoses schizophrenia from brain scans
The tool was trained on resting-state brain patterns using functional magnetic resonance imaging scans from patients diagnosed with schizophrenia.
U.S. launch of Medtronic's Mazor X Stealth edition for robotic-assisted spine surgery
Medtronic’s Stealth software combines with Mazor’s existing robotic technology to afford computerized surgical planning and navigation.
Saluting medical technology advances on World Cancer Day
Examining some of the more promising emerging technology R&D initiatives in recognition of World Cancer Day.
An app to predict species extinction risk
Conservation biologists are advancing a species-specific method of risk assessment to determine the probability that a population will become extinct within a given timeframe.
A modeling method to optimize mitral valve repair
The computational model simulates leaflet geometry with sufficient accuracy to improve surgical outcomes.
Implant combines bioactive glass with copper to fight bone infection
The glass serves as a delivery platform for copper ions, which promote new blood vessel and bone growth and have proven antibacterial properties.
Study: Humans' behavior in VR environments differs from their behavior in real life
Researchers from UBC Research and State University of New York Polytechnic Institute have found that humans behave differently in a virtual reality (VR) environment than they do in real life.
No yolk: Transgenic hens produce protein-based drugs
The desired proteins are encoded in the chicken’s DNA and produced as part of the egg white, with no adverse effects on the birds.