Back in October of 2020, I was invited to speak at a healthcare technology summit. The speaker before me was a gentleman who was the Vice President of Product for a large multinational Fortune 500 technology company that specializes in GPS and wearable technology for different markets such as aviation, marine, outdoor and fitness markets. […]
In the spirit of the annual stress awareness month ‘April’, we want to talk more about stress. Medical experts everywhere around the world have a roughly common understanding of stress as a “person’s physical, mental or emotional response to external changes”. But from a healthcare point-of-view, stress is a very powerful silent killer. It affects […]
A few years ago, the health sector started to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) to improve its capacity to make diagnoses, improve the quality of the care provided to patients and also be more efficient in its processes. Last year, Accenture already indicated that the numbers should only grow: the AI market in healthcare was forecast […]
Technology constitutes a relevant contribution also in the field of neuro-rehabilitation. Virtual reality offers interesting therapeutic possibilities in the clinical environment offering advantages to patients for the recovery of lost abilities and even to acquire new skills and abilities. Advantages of Virtual Reality Virtual reality allows providing a flexible environment adapting to the needs of […]
Telemedicine for clinics is a healthcare modality that promises to revolutionize how medical units relate to their patients. With the growth of virtual communication technologies and the advancement of medical innovations, the adoption of new practices has become indispensable for any clinic that wishes to modernize and remain relevant to the public. More than facilitating […]
The hospital occupancy rate is a management indicator that provides information on the hospital’s service capacity, helping to assess whether there are missing or empty beds and to know about the usability of the spaces. With this index, it is possible to dimension the usage profile, the replacement intervals, and the average stay of users […]
Seventy beds of the Santo Spirito Hospital in Sassia, the oldest in Europe active since 1198, have been equipped by ASCOM with a device that allows to reduce the distance between patients and their families imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic and to improve the safety of patients and staff. A caring environment that welcomes COVID-positive […]
The Neuraxpharm Company has presented LepsiApp, the first medical prescription application in Spain that helps improve epilepsy management. The telemedicine solution, available for IOS and Android, has a double objective: to help patients to have a better knowledge of their health status, and to offer innovative solutions to medical professionals to improve treatment adherence. “Neuraxpharm […]
EOS additive manufacturing system used for the highly innovative Point of Care Printing, the first 3D design, and printing facility to produce complex customized systems on the HSS campus in New York developed with Italian Lima Corporate. LimaCorporate, an Italian company with expertise in the field of 3D printing for orthopedics, and the Hospital for […]
Trends come and go, but it’s always fun to see what happens. Despite the pandemic and global crisis, the fitness industry continues to grow. In recent months, fitness enthusiasts began to pair their wearable devices with home fitness and outdoor workouts like cross-functional training, kickboxing, piloting, and a variety of other new ideas, showing there […]
