By ERIN DIETSCHE | Sep 8, 2017 After Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast in August, the healthcare community rallied together to lend a hand to victims. Among those who helped? Telehealth providers. Companies such as Doctor on Demand, Teladoc, HealthTap and others offered free telehealth visits to people affected by the storm. Now Hurricane Irma is [...]
By Jeff Lagasse | September 01, 2017 Melbourne, Australia-based Adherium, a digital health company that focuses in improving medication adherence and patient outcomes, has just received FDA clearance for a new inhaler monitoring device for AstraZeneca’s Symbicort aerosol inhaler, dubbed the SmartTouch for Symbicort. The SmartTouch is a device that grafts onto a patient’s inhaler [...]
By STEPHANIE BAUM | Aug 29, 2017 The challenge of moving from developing a product to securing paid customers is one that is familiar to every entrepreneur, including those running digital health startups. But with healthcare, there tends to be a longer sales cycle than other industries. Just as every organization has its own corporate culture [...]
by Evan Sweeney | Aug 21, 2017 President Donald Trump signed a bill reauthorizing the Food and Drug Administration’s user fee agreements for drugs and devices that will fund a new digital health unit and allow the agency to tap into new data sources. The bill’s signing on Friday came without much fanfare from the White [...]
By Lia McGarrigle | July 13, 2017 For the past few years, Google has been experimenting with AI technology with a project called DeepMind. Now the tech giant has developed AI that has taught itself to walk, and the result are as hilarious as they are scary. There are three models, one with two legs, [...]
By THE SHEIKH ZAYED INSTITUTE FOR PEDIATRIC SURGICAL INNOVATION AT CHILDREN’S NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM MAKE YOUR MEDICAL DEVICE PITCH FOR KIDS! COMPETITION HELD ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2017 $250K IN PRIZES Deadline to Submit : August 21, 2017 – OPEN SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL TODAY Calling all medical device innovators! This year’s symposium will host the [...]
