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10 AI Apps Set to Play Important Role in Healthcare Development

If you have doubt that artificial intelligence is going to play a role in healthcare’s continued development, think again.   A new report from Accenture, titled “Artificial Intelligence: Healthcare’s New Nervous System,” provides a bit of clarity on why technology...

June 23, 2017

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Medical Device Tax Repeal Still in Debate

Democratic senators on the Appropriations Committee chafed at Price’s refusal to give “yes or no” answers to their queries, as they used his appearance before them to criticize the drafting an Obamacare replacement bill without their input, and for what...

June 19, 2017

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Incentives to Upgrade Legacy Medical Devices

Cycling out legacy medical systems and devices that create cybersecurity vulnerabilities for healthcare providers is a difficult task that could benefit from a structured incentive program, experts say. One reason healthcare is plagued with cybersecurity vulnerabilities is that the industry...

June 16, 2017

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Move Over Digital Health, the Future is Prepping for Digital Medicine

The future of healthcare is not a device or a drug thus far undiscovered. No, it’s digital and that’s no surprise — but it’s not nearly as simple as today’s digital health. Rather, forward-looking hospitals including Mount Sinai, LifeBridge Health...

June 13, 2017

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Medicine Is Going Digital. The FDA Is Racing to Catch Up

WHEN BAKUL PATEL started as a policy advisor in the US Food and Drug Administration in 2008, he could pretty much pinpoint when a product was going to land in front of the reviewers in his division. Back when medical devices...

May 24, 2017

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Medical Systems Hacks Are Scary, but Medical Device Hacks Could Be Even Worse

On Friday, a major cyber attack hit health systems around the world. In Britain, where the attack affected hospital IT systems, doctors were unable to access patient records. Ambulances were diverted and emergency care delayed. Unfortunately, attacking hospital IT systems is...

May 15, 2017

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Hot Medtech Startups: 10 Companies to Watch in 2017

Medtech startups face more challenges than they have in the past, but several companies are developing products that take advantage of new technology and are specifically designed to meet healthcare’s evolving needs. The number of medtech startups has declined. Thirty...

April 28, 2017

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New WPI Center Hopes to Speed Up Medical Device Production

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is opening a new medical and technology development center it hopes will speed up the production of cutting edge medical devices and therapies for patients. PracticePoint at WPI, a public/private partnership announced Thursday, will include several testing suites...

April 18, 2017

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Are Serious Medical-Device Hacks Imminent?

Regulators and medical-device-makers are bracing for an expected barrage of hacking attacks even as legal and technical uncertainties leave them in uncharted territory. Tens of millions of electronic health records have been compromised in recent years, a number that is...

April 11, 2017