Technology

Dr. Jong Soo Choi, information technology lead at Samsung Medical Center in South Korea, previews a panel he'll lead at HIMSS23 on the hospital's embedded technology.

Axena acquired the Leva Pelvic Health System from Renovia, which developed and first commercialized the product.

Patients need direct access to their medical records, which should be made for clinicians. These elements are fundamental to good quality data, says Dr. Chris Bates, TPP UK's director of research and analytics.

Also, India has cleared the CardiacSense smartwatch for commercialisation.

Elation said it would offer a product that includes Lightning MD's tools in beta starting this summer.

In discussing health IT trends in 2023, AJ Missaghi, CTO for Healthcare & Life Sciences at Dell Technologies APAC and Japan, says the data explosion resulting in wider use of wearable devices will improve patient experience.

Tasso received a CE Mark for its blood collection device, and MindMaze launched Izar, a smart peripheral to help improve a user's hand motor function.   

The Digital Medicine Society partnered with digital health and pharma players like the FDA, Janssen, GSK, Medable and THREAD to build a toolkit aimed at improving diversity in digital research.

Data is collected via a sensor on a user's chin during sleep and analyzed using AI to aid in diagnosing sleep apnea or other sleep-related conditions.

A WTW survey of 232 U.S. employers revealed 88% of respondents plan to change their vendor partnerships in the next two years.