Population and Public Health

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By  Jessica Hagen 05:28 pm October 19, 2023
Boston-based virtual reality platform XRHealth announced it distributed hundreds of virtual reality headsets across 30 hospitals, assisted living and mental health centers, and nursing homes in Israel to assist patients suffering from stress, PTSD and anxiety.  XRHealth's platform allows patients to receive recommended therapies for mental and physical conditions via a virtual reality headset....
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By  05:32 am October 18, 2023
Digital biomarkers – data collected by wearable digital medical devices – can be used to inform the development of new drugs and medical devices and to evaluate their effectiveness. Listen as Jordan Brayanov and Ariel Dowling, leading experts in digital devices and measures from the Data Sciences Institute at Takeda, as well as Arnab Roy, associate principal at ZS, discuss advances in digital...
Healthcare provider sitting on a patient's hospital bed while holding a tablet showing diagnostic images of lungs
By  Jessica Hagen 01:50 pm October 16, 2023
GE HealthCare announced it signed a $44 million contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to develop AI-enabled point-of-care ultrasound technology to help clinicians diagnose and treat lung pathologies and traumatic injuries to the head, chest and abdomen. The medtech company will build off its existing ultrasound technology to develop an AI-powered...
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By  Nathan Eddy 03:25 pm October 10, 2023
Artificial intelligence could have profound implications for the field of oncology, concluded panelists speaking to journalist and moderator Katie Couric at the Constellation Forum 2023 at Northwell Health last week. Dr. Richard Barakat, physician in chief and executive director of cancer services and research division at Northwell Health, noted that using AI in imaging will help radiologists and...
Healthcare worker standing beside a pregnant person lying in bed while both are touching the pregnant person's stomach
By  Jessica Hagen 09:04 am September 19, 2023
GE HealthCare has secured a grant of more than $44 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to design AI-enabled applications and tools to help less experienced health professionals in low- and middle-income countries perform ultrasound scans that address fetal and maternal health and respiratory diseases. Caption Health, founded in 2013 and acquired by GE HealthCare earlier this year,...
Food and Drug Administration Building
By  Jessica Hagen 11:18 am September 15, 2023
On Thursday, the FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health released updated final guidance for its Breakthrough Devices Program, aimed at verifying medical devices on the market are safe and effective, and improve healthcare inequities.  The final guidance defines the FDA's interpretation of "more effective" as encompassing all the information about the device, including the risks and...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:54 pm September 13, 2023
Google announced that it is funding 15 AI-powered projects, including digital health initiatives to improve provider experience and patient access to care, via its commitment to advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.  Each project received $3 million in technical assistance, cash support and Google Cloud credits. A handful of projects received Google.org Fellowships, where a...
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By  09:15 am September 11, 2023
CAR T-cell therapy is used to treat patients with blood cancers such as multiple myeloma. Since it can cause serious side effects, patients are usually hospitalized and monitored for up to two weeks after therapy. With treatments generally only offered at large cancer centers, they can be difficult to access for many patients. Join Dr. Sridevi Rajeeve, Myeloma and Cell Therapy Oncologist at...
Dr. Dale Okorodudu
By  Jessica Hagen 12:34 pm September 8, 2023
A diverse workforce is vital to ensuring patient populations in all communities receive an optimal and effective healthcare experience, but much still needs to be done to ensure proper racial representation in the care setting.  Dr. Dale Okorodudu, author of the book Diverse Medicine: Building a Stronger and Healthier Nation, a pulmonary and critical care physician at Dallas VA Medical Center,...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:33 pm September 7, 2023
Taiwanese medical AI startup AESOP Technology announced it is collaborating with conversational and generative AI platform SOAP Health to create a new platform dubbed Precision Patient Profiles, which merges the two organizations' technologies to provide physicians with a more comprehensive view of patient information.  Precision Patient Profiles will combine AESOP's machine learning, AI-enabled...