Virtual Reality is becoming popular in chronic pain management. For decades, VR has been used to help people overcome phobias and anxiety disorders. One common use of VR in the mid-90s was to distract patients with severe burnt injury from the excruciating pain of changing their wound dressings. Hunter Hoffman, a cognitive psychologist, developed a … Continued
Despite the market witnessing tremendous growth – the global market size for AI in healthcare is expected to reach $28 billion in 2025 – health AI companies are still facing hurdles 1. AI Adoption in healthcare is lagging Artificial intelligence technologies have undergone tremendous improvement over the years. This significant boost could be linked to … Continued
Adoption has made a big leap forward when it comes to remote patient monitoring, especially in the wake of the pandemic Bringing solutions to the healthcare industry? Telemedicine, in different forms, has been practiced for well over 60 years. Over the years, it has meant different things to different people; for example, in its simplest … Continued
Making quicker diagnoses, creating better treatment plans, and enabling a new approach to patients management by integrating AI into healthcare As the human race evolves, technology continually advances. Factors such as productivity, convenience, and effectiveness among others have played a crucial role in the need for simpler and better ways of doing things. Evolution is … Continued
A new draft guidance from the FDA recommends sponsors develop and submit a Race and Ethnicity Diversity Plan Researches and clinical trials are the backbones of medicine – and if medicine is for all, then the topic of discussion is pertinent. Long-established social and economic inequalities increase the health risks and vulnerabilities for Blacks, Indigenous, … Continued
The road to adoption: A look at the digital therapeutics space Since they arrived on the healthcare scene, digital therapeutics have made significant growth over the years. Integration into clinical practice took place in the early days with the aim of treating a wide range of diseases, from substance abuse disorder to the management of … Continued
Clinical and health tech advisors to Med Tech World, Dylan Attard & Ryan Grech are both practicing physicians with a passion for health tech and a belief that digital is a key part of solving the looming health care crisis When we started working on Med-Tech, we both set out with the intention of being … Continued
The ever-expanding medical tech sector is the perfect launchpad for any ambitious start-up to rise to global prominence. In this Med-Tech 2021 panel, our three industry leaders help coach the next med-tech unicorns towards being the market makers of the near future Speaking about the pitfalls enterprising med-tech startups might encounter in their rise to … Continued
With the international community on the verge of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, trade and commerce has become a vital aspect of emerging sectors such as medical technology and especially Artificial Intelligence Dominick Kennerson leads a panel on the Trans-Atlantic partnership and how European AI legislation can come to have strong ramifications for the future of … Continued
The weaknesses could have allowed patients to fabricate a verifiable result in Ellume’s test, which has been approved for emergency use in the United States By intercepting and changing Bluetooth traffic from the device before it reached the app, a security researcher was able to manipulate the findings of an at-home COVID test and get … Continued
