Search Tag: medical technology
2023 16 Nov
High proportion of decision-makers, unique variety of innovations and a high-calibre accompanying programme After four days of business, MEDICA and COMPAMED in Düsseldorf delivered impressive confirmation that they are excellent platforms for the worldwide medical technology business and the top-level exchange of expert knowledge. “Contributing...Read more
2023 01 Aug
Informa Markets and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) are proud to announce a landmark partnership to propel the growth and evolution of the HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition . Informa Markets will take on management of the HIMSS Exhibition, while HIMSS will continue to oversee developing expert content...Read more
2016 07 Apr
Medicine Meets Virtual Reality was conceived in 1991 to explore the healthcare utilization of rapidly evolving computing and communications technologies. Physicians, educators, scientists, and engineers gathered to assess how patient care and medical education could be enhanced by increasingly powerful and affordable computers and the newly...Read more
2015 22 Jun
Calgary Scientific Inc., a company known for creating innovative technology for the medical industry and beyond, has announced that Dave Waldrop has been named Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing. Dave is also a member of Calgary Scientific’s Office-of-the-President, a four member team of senior executives responsible for collaboratively...Read more
2014 24 Oct
St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust (“the Trust”) - which incorporates one of the UK’s largest teaching hospitals - is setting a new standard for patient care in the UK, having agreed a landmark £2.5 million deal with Philips Healthcare to install state-of-the-art monitoring technology. Designed to support improved clinical decision making and...Read more
2014 25 Aug
Medical technology offers enormous potential for scalable medicine — to improve the quality and access in healthcare while simultaneously reducing cost. However, current medical device innovation within companies often only offers incremental advances on existing products, or originates from engineers with limited knowledge of clinical complexities....Read more
2014 24 Jul
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP), aiming to bring new technologies into use at the hospital, recently opened its own innovation space at Blueprint Health Accelerator, a New York City-based co-working space for health tech startups. NYP's new Innovation Center initially will focus on developing a new portfolio of technology projects, including...Read more
2014 01 Jul
Prosthetic limbs are now made with stronger, more lightweight materials and have empowered disabled people to accomplish impressive athletic tasks such as snowboarding and competitive dancing. However, for all the advances in technology, prosthetics have always appeared generic and impersonal. A San Francisco and Seville-based start-up company is returning...Read more
2014 04 Jun
Delivering essential nutrients to our organs and clearing them of hazardous waste are the tasks of our blood vessels, which run inside our bodies in an entangled highway. Up to now, scientists have tried in vain to artificially replicate these tiny transporters. In a study published online in 'Lab on a Chip', a team from Brigham and Women's...Read more