Making AI Matter in Healthcare
Think artificial intelligence in healthcare is overhyped? Consider these pioneers, who are striving to make meaningful use of the technology.
Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry
Software
How One Top Hospital Is Using Virtual Reality
A doctor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center explained how virtual reality technology is impacting patients suffering from chronic pain at MD&M West.
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Hope or Hype?
The application of artificial intelligence in the medical field holds great promise for improving patient health, but will doctors and patients feel comfortable using it?
How Google is Helping Make Sense of Your Genome
Google released an open-source artificial intelligence tool that could help researchers turn vast amounts of DNA sequencing data into life-saving therapies and technologies.
Can a High-Tech Chip Conquer Global Health Challenges?
A molecular data company is developing a chip that leverages nanotechnology, optics, artificial intelligence, blockchain authentication, and edge computing to access and analyze molecular-level data in real time. The company says the technology will help redefine how global health challenges like superbugs, infectious diseases, and cancer are conquered.
How Deep Learning Techniques Can Predict Epilepsy Seizures
Australian researchers have developed a proof-of-concept of a wearable device that can predict the onset of seizures in patients with epilepsy.
A Robot Just Passed the Chinese Medical Exam
An AI-powered robot in China reportedly passed the country's medical licensing examination with flying colors. The news begs the question, are AI-powered doctors closer than we thought?
Why Cybersecurity Must be Part of Medical Device Architecture
Connected medical devices promise value for patients and doctors, but they also present new cybersecurity vulnerabilities that could put patients at risk.
Boston Scientific's New Defibrillators Really Are Smarter
New clinical trial data shows the HeartLogic Diagnostic suite of sensors significantly expanded the ability of a baseline blood test to identify when patients were at an elevated risk of a heart failure event.
Why Infusion Pumps Are So Easy to Hack
Smiths Medical is scrambling to address cybersecurity risks involving its wireless infusion pump, a type of device that is particularly vulnerable to attack.
Is BioSig for Real This Time With Its Pure EP?
The company is once again angling to bring its technology to the U.S. market.
Device Industry Aware of Cybersecurity Risks, but Not Fortified Against a Breach
Despite knowledge of—and sometimes firsthand experience with—the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of the medical device industry, few professionals say their companies are ready to handle an incident.
Ensuring the Security of Medical Devices with Dynamic Testing
In an increasingly connected world, how do we ensure that the software that controls medical devices functions as planned with little to no risk of harming the patient?
Virtual Reality Will Change Medtech—Once It Clears These Hurdles
Virtual and augmented reality will lead to new medical technologies and change the way medical device designers work. But first, these technologies have some significant challenges to overcome.
AR and VR Are Poised to Revolutionize Medtech—Are You Ready?
Virtual and augmented reality technologies are set to disrupt not just medical devices themselves but also the way they’re developed.