eSight wants to help 50 million people living with vision loss see by 2020
January 4 2017 By BETAKIT Toronto-based eSight has launched a pledge to help the 50 million people worldwide living with vision loss and blindness by 2020 through a new campaign. The company’s Make Blindness History campaign is looking to work with organizations, schools, medical professionals, community organizations, and public officials to provide its technology to […]
Think Research to support eVisit (Virtual Visits) Primary Care Pilot in Waterloo Wellington region
December 21 2017 By Think Research We are pleased to announce that the successful vendor to support the eVisit Primary Care pilot in the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network (WWLHIN) is Think Research, a Toronto-based company that offers a number of clinical tools that connect patients and clinicians to each other while facilitating best […]
Moleculight wound scanner shows bacteria glowing if your body is infected
December 18 2017 By Clare Wilson THE surgeon was poised to carry out a skin graft when he decided to try out an experimental device to check for infection. Called the MolecuLight i:X, it shows the presence of bacteria in real time as an eerie fluorescent glow. The patient was a 47-year-old man whose leg […]
SceneDoc Announces Partnership with a Police Department in California
December 14 2017 The Critical Communications Review Today, SceneDoc announces a partnership with the Ukiah Police Department in California to implement its ‘mobile first’ application for eCitation and reporting. Ukiah is the first agency in the state of California to roll out SceneDoc eCitation, leveraging iPads and iPhones to securely automate their paperwork, collect, manage […]
MolecuLight technology makes the invisible enemy of wound care, visible to clinicians across the world.
Rachel Cunningham LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Smith & Nephew (LSE: SN, NYSE: SNN), the global medical technology business, today announces the European launch of MolecuLight i:XTM, the easy to use, handheld imaging device that instantly measures wound surface area and visualises the presence and distribution of potentially harmful bacteria in wounds.2,3 Currently wound assessments are made with the […]
FDA Plans New Medical-Device Approval Processes
December 11 2017 By Thomas M. Burton WASHINGTON—The Food and Drug Administration plans new medical-device approval processes to speed products’ entry to the U.S. market, mirroring the desires of industry and President Donald Trump to clear barriers to new business. FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who has long espoused speedier steps to promote innovation, in an […]
MolecuLight’s Revolutionary Technology Will Help Over 2M People Across Europe
Ian Withers FTSE 100 medical products firm Smith & Nephew has launched a digital scanner that enables nurses to make an on-the-spot diagnosis as to whether a wound is infected. The handheld device, called MolecuLight, instantly determines whether harmful bacteria are present in a wound. Currently nurses have to send a swab off to a […]
SceneDoc partners with New Zealand Police for eNotes proof-of-concept
WELLINGTON, NZ — SceneDoc, public safety’s trusted data collection platform, announces today a partnership with New Zealand Police to undertake a Proof of Concept (PoC) leveraging their commerical-off-the-shelf (COTS) eNotes application. “NZ Police are exploring how we can use our current Police-issued iPhones to allow officers to collect and share their notes digitally,” says Superintendent Rob Cochrane, Director of […]
The Blockchain Revolution Has Made its Way to Healthcare
November 29 2017 By Bernard Marr The blockchain revolution has made its way to the healthcare industry, and it’s only the beginning of what’s possible. Healthcare Rallies for Blockchain, a study from IBM, found that 16% of surveyed healthcare executives had solid plans to implement a commercial blockchain solution this year, while 56% expected to by […]
Exact Imaging Uses Machine Learning for Semi-Automated Smart Detection of Prostate Cancer
Daniel Rohdbach Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of male cancer-related death in the U.S. with approximately 1 in 7 men being diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime[i]. Detection and diagnosis of this significant disease presents a major clinical challenge because the current standard-of-care imaging method, conventional transrectal ultrasound, cannot reliably distinguish cancerous from […]
