POSTS TAGGED AS telemedicine

Sensor for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

SARS-CoV-2 RapidPlex
From medical engineers at Caltech: “. . . we propose an ultrasensitive and low-cost telemedicine platform − the SARS-CoV-2 [MORE]

Hospital at Home Pilots

Hospital at Home
“[University of] Michigan Medicine in July rolled out its Hospital Care at Home pilot program, which identified patients [MORE]

Telemed’s Virtual Waiting Rooms

Telemedicine consult
“Social distancing,” because of COVID-19, may have been the need telemedicine was waiting for.  Almost everything in a medical [MORE]

COVID-19 and the Permanent Transformation of Telemedicine?

Virtual healthcare
“It’s incredible. [COVID-19] has done what we couldn’t do until now, because, suddenly, it’s not just the patient who [MORE]

Moving Ahead with “The Hospital at Home”

Philips DispatchHealth in-home care
“With hospital beds costing $1,000 to $2,000 per night, the economics of being treated in the comfort [MORE]

You Tube Video on Digital Surgery

Operating room of the future
What is digital surgery, and how might it be used?  No one knew the answer to [MORE]

“Dr. Alexa,” HIPAA, and Telemed

Amazon partners with Healthcare companies
“Alexa,” Amazon’s digital assistant, is now turning from ephemeral information services to medical surveillance and diagnostics.  [MORE]

“BrainNet” Links Three Minds to One Problem

Gaming through brainwaves
This piece might recall the old saw that a camel is a horse designed by a committee.  Researchers [MORE]

Smart Body Area Network Architecture Standards

Smart body area network
In 1987, the European Telecommunications Institute established a standards protocol that allowed systems in different European countries [MORE]

Cheap, Simple Home Diagnostics

Silicon chips for iPhone diagnostics
Imagine this: a nanoscale, porous silicon chip that is coated with chemicals that can attract proteins [MORE]

Injectable Cardiac Monitor

 
BIOMONITOR III injectable heart monitor
BIOTRONIK (Lake Oswego, OR) has released its next generation injectable heart monitor. “It is designed to [MORE]

Observing Vital Signs at Night

Oxehealth’s Digital Care Assistant (DCATM)
Calling it a “Digital Care Assistant (DCA),” researchers in the British National Health System are using [MORE]

Telemedicine, AI and Robotic Automation: NY Presbyterian Hospital

Telemedicine, artificial intelligence, and robotic automation hold great promise for “disruptive innovation” in hospitals, but as this piece illustrates, real [MORE]

Ultrasound Transducer Plugs into a Smart Phone

Butterfly Ultrasound.
Most medical ultrasound machines cost between $20,000 and $75,000, though some go for well more than $100,000, not including [MORE]