Sunday, September 8, 2024
Researchers from Northwestern University and Washington University at St. Louis (WashU) have developed a “sticker” with the ability to change in shape in response to the body’s changing pH levels, in the hopes that clinicians viewing shape changes in real time through ultrasound imaging could identify earlier warnings for post-surgery […]
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have announced the launch of the new Cancer Screening Research Network which will focus on evaluating emerging technologies for cancer screening, and shared plans to launch a pilot study to establish “the feasibility of using multi-cancer detection tests in future randomized controlled trials”. This […]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly (Illinois) and Congressman Troy Balderson (Ohio) have announced the establishment of a Congressional Digital Health Caucus to “serve as a platform for dialogue and collaboration” between government experts and representatives from the healthcare industry and private sector, with the aim of shaping policies to support integration of […]
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, USA, reported last week that it had taken its systems offline on 31 January, to protect the organisation, its patients and staff “based on evidence of suspicious activity”. In a further update, the hospital has confirmed that its network “was accessed by a known criminal […]
New hope for early pancreatic cancer intervention via AI-based risk prediction MIT CSAIL researchers develop advanced machine-learning models that outperform current methods in detecting pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL – MIT News Researchers from MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have collaborated with Limor Appelbaum, a scientist from the […]
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that it has finalised its Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) rule, which focuses on advancing patient access, interoperability and standards. The final rule covers four main points: algorithm transparency; enhanced […]
Amazon has announced the launch of its new Health Condition Programs for chronic conditions, enabling customers to “discover and enrol in the digital health benefits available through their employer or insurance plan for conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure”. By partnering with companies from the digital health domain, Amazon […]
The Fogarty International Center has issued a call for mobile health interventions and tools for low and middle income countries (LMICs). The program covers “exploratory and developmental research to study the development, validation, feasibility, and effectiveness of innovative mobile health (mHealth) interventions or tools” for LMICs that utilise new or […]
At the Web Summit in Lisbon, we had chance to speak to James Martin, CEO and founder of ezClinic. ezClinic is a Chicago-based medical technology company with a mission to become a key resource for patient safety and risk management through use of AI and preventative monitoring assistance. Through an […]
Researchers from the University of Arizona have developed a wearable device said to be capable of transmitting health data “2,400 times the distance of Wi-Fi without significant network infrastructure”. The need for network infrastructure can make wearable devices “inaccessible to rural and under-resourced communities”, but with this new device, health […]
