“A new mobile app lets patients monitor their recovery after surgery and get immediate help if needed”, according to Dr. Joshua Liu, a recent graduate of the University of Toronto Medical School, and Co-Founder and CEO of Seamless Mobile Health https://seamlessmhealth.com a Canadian company. The company recently launched the app at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas and is going to do a local rollout at Toronto East General Hospital. (more…)
Trial for Patients with ADHD
A clinical trial sponsored by the University of California Los Angeles is studying whether smartphones can be used help children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The study will look at whether it is feasible and acceptable for parents to receive reminders for clinic visits and ADHD medications and then enter daily ratings of their child’s ADHD symptoms and possible medication side effects into a smartphone. (more…)
Marketing Robot Device in Europe
Medrobotics Corp. is going to begin limited marketing in Europe of a robot-assisted surgical device based on snake robot research performed at Carnegie Mellon University. The company based in Raynham Massachusetts has obtained the CE Marking that allows the company to initiate a limited commercial launch of their Flex System in select European Markets. (more…)
NCI Interested in Technology
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is interested in developing a generation of user friendly, low-cost, portable technologies with the potential to detect, evaluate, diagnose, and treat cancer in low resource settings. (more…)
EHR’s Workflow Integration Issues
EHRs can support and revolutionize the way information is used to provide high quality and safe patient care. At the same time, issues with workflow integration have contributed to slow rates of EHR adoption in some settings such as in ambulatory outpatient care. (more…)
NY’s Southern Tier Seeks Proposals
The Regional Economic Development Council of New York’s Southern Tier wants to receive proposals. Funding for $2,125,000 is going to be available through the Southern Tier’s “Telemedicine and Mobile Health Care Technology Fund” to support expanding rural healthcare using appropriate technologies. (more…)
Germany’s Market for Medical Technology
The German healthcare industry has enormous potential to grow and provide opportunities for U.S medical technology exports according to the “U.S Commercial Service Healthcare Technologies Resource Guide 2014”. (more…)