Digital Health

Apple Jumps into COVID-19 Fight with New Screening Tool

The Cupertino, CA-based company developed the tool with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the White House Coronavirus Task Force, and FEMA.

Head Mounted Displays Could Help People Overcome Glaucoma Challenges

About 22 participants took part in the study and wore an HMD while performing various tasks in either virtual or augmented reality.

Can Remote Patient Monitoring Curb COVID-19?

BioSticker can measure and report worsening symptoms of the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, reported BioIntelliSense.

Realizing the Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Pathology

Philadelphia, PA-based Proscia is collaborating with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to validate the clinical effectiveness of computational pathology applications for several high impact pathology subspecialties.

Livongo is Still Blowing Minds with Its Success

The company brought in about $50.2 million in revenue for 4Q19 compared to revenue in 4Q18 of $21.2 million. Livongo has a winning combination of artificial intelligence; patient empowerment; and diabetes management.

SweynTooth Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Put Dozens of Medical Devices at Risk

FDA warned patients, providers, and manufacturers about the Bluetooth-related cybersecurity vulnerabilities – collectively dubbed SweynTooth – that may introduce risks for certain medical devices.

Can AI Really Distinguish Between Back Pain?

Researchers from Mount Sinai have developed an artificial intelligence model that has the ability to tell the difference between acute or chronic lower back pain. The AI is able to determine this by going through doctors’ notes in electronic medical records.

Verily Partnership Could Play a Big Role in iRhythm’s Future

The San Francisco, CA-based company spoke about the collaboration with Verily during its 4Q19 earnings call.

LivaNova and Verily in Research Agreement to Treat Depression

Both companies have gone through changes in recent months. LivaNova made a move to jettison its transcatheter mitral valve replacement program and Verily sold its remaining interest of the Verb Surgical joint venture to its partner Johnson & Johnson.

Wearable to Power Remote Care and Clinical Trials

BioSticker from BioIntelliSense can monitor patient vital signs and biosignals and transmit data to the cloud.

J&J and Apple Begin Enrollment for Heartline Study

The study is designed to explore if the Heartline Study app on iPhone and heart health features on Apple Watch can improve health outcomes, including reducing the risk of stroke, with earlier detection of atrial fibrillation.

Onduo’s Survey Finds the Use of CGMs to Be Highly Effective for Patients

About 95% of the 594 survey participants reported that the use of CGM helped increase their diabetes knowledge, including the impact of eating and taking medications.

Insulet Brings in 2 Big Partnerships with CGM Powerhouses Abbott and DexCom

The agreements center around Billerica, MA-based Insulet’s Omnipod Horizon Automated Insulin Delivery System.

AI Finds Connection Between Disease and Genes

Linköping University researchers have found that neural networks can reveal patterns in huge amounts of gene expression data and discover groups of disease-related genes.

Will There be More Clarity About the CGM Landscape at ATTD?

Canaccord and Genuity analyst Kyle Rose gives some insight on what to look for from some companies in the continuous glucose monitoring market ahead of the 2020 International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes.

Medtronic Makes Noise in Surgical Robotics with New M&A

The stakes are being raised in surgical robotics with Medtronic’s acquisition of Digital Surgery, a company that specializes in digitizing surgical protocols to use computing and to support the delivery of consistent, data-driven, and evidence-based surgical care. The deal follows Intuitive Surgical acquiring Orpheus Medical, a firm that provides clinical video capture and imaging documentation solutions.

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