The FBI has issued a public service announcement warning that increasing reliance on web-based technologies is creating new opportunities for cyber attacks, and these threats apply to a range of medical and other devices—essentially any component or system that “connects to the Internet to automatically send and/or receive data.”
Read MoreIBM’s Watson Health unit is acquiring Merge Healthcare with the goal of adding image analytics with deep learning to its Watson Health platform. The deal will help clinicians gain a consolidated, patient-centric view of current and historical images, electronic health records, data from wearable devices, and other related medical data, according to the company.
Read More
Frost & Sullivan reports that the healthcare industry is reinventing itself with new ideas and technologies that are paving the way for the world’s largest industry to move past outdated methods of delivery, thanks to innovations from non-healthcare companies.
Read MoreThe University of Pennsylvania Health System has undergone a 3-week pilot program to test wearable patient monitors in the medical surgical cancer unit. The program is intended as a “proof of concept” to determine whether the FDA-approved hospital devices would be useful to patients and clinicians.
Read More
The latest white paper from Accutronics addresses issues facing battery design, development, and use in the medical and healthcare field. The document, available for free download, is intended to help OEMs better understand the possibilities and limitations of rechargeable battery technology in designing products for the medical sector.
Read More