AI and real-time data enhance care efficiency and access. And with healthcare workers in short supply, the rapid advancements in AI, IoMT, and related innovation offer patient access freedom, enhanced care delivery, and better outcomes.
Congress must decide the future of the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) program, an initiative of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that, without legislative action, will expire on December 31, 2024. To ensure beneficiaries can receive various levels of care in their preferred settings, this brief provides immediate–term federal policy reform recommendations for the potential reauthorization of the AHCAH model while outlining key issues for policymakers to consider when further research and data emerge.
This blog explores the transformative potential of AI assistants in healthcare management and delves into the benefits for providers, medical assistants, and obviously, patients.
San Diego-based medical tech company, Cue Health, announced Monday that it is laying off its entire staff. Similar industry reports indicate a complete shuttering of operations.
Patient adherence is critical to maximizing the benefits of medical wearables. In this article, we look at the key challenges to patient adherence in clinical trials and healthcare settings, and how device developers, researchers and providers can collaborate to harness the full benefits of wearables.
While billion-dollar deals are common in the medtech industry, multi-billion-dollar megadeal acquisitions were still notable in 2022. Often, these deals result in a ripple effect on the industry when two large companies merge. Here we look at some recent examples, the growth drivers behind them and what they mean for the medtech industry.
Instructional materials help users grasp how to use a device safely. Renée Bailey, Certified Instructional Technologist (CIT), explains how effective instructional materials are vital for the medtech design process, and shares necessary considerations to produce instructions that are coherent, easy to understand and aligned with the human factors engineering process.
The FDA CDRH is seeking input from industry and the public on expanding access to home use medical technologies. The comment period closes on August 30, 2023.
Hospital at Home models are expanding capacity for overcrowded hospitals and emergency departments and providing comfort to a growing range of patients. Dave Kerwar, co-founder of Inbound Health, discusses the best candidates for hospital at home care and opportunities for MedTech providers to enhance this model of care, as payers and CMS look at long-term adoption.
Pulvinar Neuro has received a $3 million dollar NIH grant to further its research on noninvasive transcranial alternating current stimulation for the treatment of depression.
