Medical
Project to prevent failure of grafted blood vessels
A project at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) aiming to develop a new method of making grafted blood vessels more resilient has been awarded a grant of over £145,000 by national charity Heart Research UK.
Blockchain and clinical trials: How the medical world continues to evolve
Blockchain technology, made famous for its use in cryptocurrency transactions like Bitcoin, is expanding quickly to many different sectors of business, and healthcare is no exception. Pharmaceutical companies are using it to help combat the opioid crises, as electronic prescriptions are being abused and reused, making harmful drugs more accessible for the general public. Guest blog written by Amber Harris, Academic Resources, Circa Interactive
Collaboration for medical diagnostic image transmission
The speed with which COVID-19 spread throughout Europe was astonishing, catching many countries by surprise, but medical diagnostic image transmission can help. In order to offer emergency healthcare to large numbers of COVID-19 patients, London’s ExCeL Exhibition Centre was converted into the temporary NHS Nightingale Hospital, named after the famous trailblazing 19th century nurse Florence Nightingale.
Partnership for medical imaging and analytics solution
Advantech teamed up with AI healthcare specialist QUIBIM to help deploy its advanced medical imaging and analytics solution in hospitals across Europe fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kaia Health receives positive results from program with Harvard
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has announced preliminary data out of its pilot program with Kaia Health, a digital therapeutics company whose app uses AI and motion-tracking technology to help individuals with back pain relief. The pilot offers Kaia Health’s app which provides hundreds of customised exercises for pain management to employees at three Harvard Pilgrim Health Care employer groups: the City of Lynn, Dana-Farber Cancer In...
Augmenting healthcare with Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality are being used more and more in hospitals by doctors and healthcare professionals to provide them with a hands-free working environment, greater flexibility with overlaying information and processing information from its camera. IDTechEx predicts this market to be over $20bn. IDTechEx's report on 'Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality 2020-2030' provides a detailed overview of this sector.
Surging demand for hearing amplifiers
Increasing incidence of hearing disorder among the older population is poised to drive global hearing amplifiers market outlook. Hearing loss and hearing disorder can be a result from complications at birth, genetic causes, certain infectious diseases, use of particular drugs, chronic ear infections, ageing and exposure to excessive noise. As per World Health Organization (WHO), unaddressed hearing loss poses an annual cost of around $750bn,...
5 ways AI's efficiency is benefiting emergency care
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere now, and in most cases it is making industries better and more efficient. The AI industry generated about $80m of capital investments, from every corner of the commerce globe. The healthcare industry, in particular, has greatly improved quality of emergency care throughout the hospital space by utilising AI in everything from health education to ambulatory service processes. Guest blog written...
SmartCAD | COVID-19: a new system in the fight against the virus
With the COVID-19 pandemic on-going, Thirona has announced a new collaboration to further improve and accelerate detection of the virus. SmartCAD | COVID-19 is a software product that combines Thirona’s CAD4COVID-CT algorithm with the popular COVID-19 reporting template developed by digital health company, Smart Reporting.
Keeping a close eye on radiological sites
Remote monitoring and alarm system manufacturer, Omniflex provides radiological monitoring systems to help organisations handling radiological substances. The technology will help the likes of radionuclide manufacturing, sites, hospitals that use Positron Emission Tomography (PET) systems and others handling similar materials to minimise emissions and gain greater control over complex sites.