Digital Transformation

This evolution of healthcare involves using technology to improve diagnosis, treatments, monitor patients, enhance hospital operations and culture, and bolster consumer-focused care. This includes virtual reality tools, wearable devices, workflow software, health apps and other digital health tools.

AMC Health and Qualcomm collaborate to enhance connectivity and virtual care coordination for chronic care patients

Qualcomm Life, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), and AMC Health, a privately held provider of ‘real-time’ patient management solutions, today announced a collaborative effort to accelerate the transformation of chronic care and population health management by significantly enhancing connectivity and care coordination for at-risk patients, specifically those with heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, asthma or COPD, in a cost-effective manner. The companies will integrate Qualcomm Life’s 2net™ Connectivity Platform with AMC Health’s CareConsole care coordination platform.

March 25, 2015

Beyond playtime: Gamer-inspired health app expanding

Mango Health decided to broaden its app to include blood pressure monitoring and make it available on Apple Watch.

March 23, 2015

11K volunteer to join app-based heart study

Just one day after making their MyHeart Counts app publicly available, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine found 11,000 people had enrolled in their iPhone-enabled cardiovascular study.

March 12, 2015

Agfa HealthCare launches Enterprise Imaging for Cardiology at ACC.15

Agfa HealthCare announced today the commercial launch of its Enterprise Imaging for Cardiology Suite and strategic relationship with TomTec to provide a unified cardiology diagnostic and clinical imaging solution. The solution will be on display at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2015 Scientific Session & Expo, March 14-16, 2015 in San Diego.

March 11, 2015

ACC guideline app upgrade includes full set of prevention guidelines

The American College of Cardiology has launched version 2.0 of their Guideline Clinical App. With the addition of the healthy lifestyle and obesity guidelines, the app now contains the full set of clinical prevention guidelines released by ACC/American Heart Association in 2013. These additions expand the collection of clinical guidelines in the App which already includes guidelines on assessment of cardiovascular risk, treatment of blood cholesterol, atrial fibrillation, heart failure and valvular heart disease.

March 3, 2015

CorPath robotic-assisted peripheral vascular intervention trial enrolls first patient

Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc., a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, announced today that it has initiated a clinical trial of its CorPath System in peripheral vascular interventions.

February 26, 2015

New UTHealth research looks at app to help minority stroke patients improve health

A clinical trial investigating the use of a physician-monitored app to help first-time minority stroke patients become healthier has begun at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

February 25, 2015

Google adds detail to search results for 400 ailments

Google unveiled improved results for 400 commonly searched-for medical conditions, including those for “heart attack” and “stroke.”

February 12, 2015

Around the web

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Kate Hanneman, MD, explains why many vendors and hospitals want to lower radiology's impact on the environment. "Taking steps to reduce the carbon footprint in healthcare isn’t just an opportunity," she said. "It’s also a responsibility."

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