At the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in early January, technology developers showcased products poised to hit the market, including various digital health devices.
Medical Device Technology
A new tactical brief on technology-enabled care explores key trends, innovations and learnings, and provides considerations for how hospitals can adopt technology that helps them advance care delivery strategies.
The Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology released a request for information Jan. 29 on the potential adoption of diagnostic imaging interoperability standards for health IT under ONC’s Health IT Certification Program.
The Food and Drug Administration announced Dec. 5 that it will launch the Technology-Enabled Meaningful Patient Outcomes for Digital Health Devices Pilot, or TEMPO, an initiative aimed to promote access to certain digital health devices.
The Health Sector Coordinating Council’s Cybersecurity Working Group Nov. 18 released a best practices guide for health care organizations and medical device manufacturers that includes an updated cybersecurity model contract regarding the security, compliance, management, operation and services of…
Researchers at UW Medicine and the University of Washington in Seattle have developed a new 3D-printed device called STOMP (Suspended Tissue Open Microfluidic Patterning) that significantly advances human tissue engineering.
In this conversation, Josh Neff, CEO of CommonSpirit Mercy Hospital, discusses a new cutting-edge communication platform that sends patient EKGs directly from the ambulance to the cardiologist in real time.
AHA comments on the Department of Commerce’s request for public comment on its Section 232 national security investigation on processed critical minerals and derivative products.
Despite elegant efforts to design for safe use, rigorous standards and regulatory requirements, and lots of training of health care professionals, there’s still room to ensure clinicians are using medical devices correctly — especially in high-stress, high-risk situations.
The Trump administration yesterday announced it issued executive orders authorizing 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports. Importantly, both steel and aluminum are used broadly for medical devices such as surgical instruments, prosthetics, implants, crutches, wheelchairs, plates and screws…