Digital Transformation

This evolution of healthcare involves using technology to improve diagnosis, treatments, monitor patients, enhance hospital operations and culture, and bolster consumer-focused care. This includes virtual reality tools, wearable devices, workflow software, health apps and other digital health tools.

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About that bipartisan $32B ‘roadmap’ for AI policy: What’s in it for healthcare?
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Almost 80% of knowledge workers bring their own GenAI to work
Around the world, 3 of 4 workers who routinely handle information are now using generative AI on the job. And almost half of them are new to the technology, having begun using it only over the past half-year.
Industry Watcher’s Digest
Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

TearLab Corporation Comments on Shire plc FDA Approval of Xiidra™ (lifitegrast ophthalmic solution) 5%

SAN DIEGO, July 12, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TearLab Corporation (NASDAQ:TEAR) (TSX:TLB) (“TearLab” or the “Company”), a company that develops and markets point of care ophthalmic in-vitro diagnostics, today recognized Shire plc on its recent US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Xiidra™ (lifitegrast ophthalmic solution) 5% for the treatment of signs and symptoms of Dry Eye Disease (DED).

July 15, 2016

Xtant Medical and Pinnacle Spine Group Announce Distribution Agreement, Expanding the Availability of Innovative InFill® Lateral Fusion System

BELGRADE, Mont. and DALLAS, June 08, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xtant Medical Holdings, Inc. (NYSE MKT:XTNT), a leader in the development of regenerative medicine products and medical devices and Pinnacle Spine Group, LLC, a developer of innovative spinal fusion solutions, today announced a joint agreement to expand distribution of Pinnacle's InFill® Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion System. Through this agreement, Xtant enters the lateral lumbar interbody fusion market, expanding its spinal hardware portfolio.

June 8, 2016

Enable Injections Completes Cincinnati Manufacturing Facility for On Body Delivery Systems

SAN FRANCISCO, June 07, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enable Injections Inc., the developer of wearable medical devices that enable easy, at-home self-administration of high volume injectable drugs and biologics, opens its new Cincinnati manufacturing facility this month, the company announced today at the BIO meeting in San Francisco.

June 8, 2016

Sensoria Introduces Smarter Upper Body Garments and Announces Updates to Sensoria Fitness App

REDMOND, Wash., June 07, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sensoria Inc., a world leader in wearable fitness and smart garment technology, is introducing its new smart line of colorful sports bras and t-shirts and training plans offered through a new version of the Sensoria Fitness v2.0 app. The new app, which will feature a cardiologist-created and tested algorithm called Heart Sentinel™,  connects to heart rate monitoring (HRM) garments and may detect certain cardiac irregularities that often precede catastrophic events. The new garments are designed to meet the needs of all levels of fitness enthusiasts by including a new medium support sports bra for women and a new short sleeve t-shirt for men.

June 7, 2016

Sunquest Information Systems Announces Winners of the Client Innovation Awards

Award recognizes innovative uses of laboratory information systems.

February 3, 2016

The Innovation Institute Names Boston Scientific as Founding Medical Device Sponsor of Innovation Lab in Newport Beach, CA

Today, The Innovation Institute announced that Boston Scientific has signed an agreement to become the founding medical device sponsor of its Innovation Lab in Newport Beach, Calif.

September 29, 2015

WellDoc, Samsung and Ontario Telemedicine Network Announce Innovative Program to Help Ontarians Manage Type 2 Diabetes and Improve Health & Fitness

Digital health technology leader WellDoc today announced the launch of an innovative demonstration program with Samsung Electronics in Ontario, Canada through the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN), a world leader in telemedicine.

August 19, 2015

The Innovation Institute Announces Deloitte as Sponsor and Collaborator for its Innovation Lab in Newport Beach

The Innovation Institute today announced that Deloitte & Touche LLP has signed an agreement to become a sponsor and collaborator for The Institute’s Innovation Lab in Newport Beach, Calif.

August 12, 2015

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Toylike robot pleases counseling clients where humanoid counterpart struggles to connect

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Medsender, Patagonia Health team up to aid public health efforts against COVID-19

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Digital Transformation

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