Microsoft’s Nuance Gambit Shows Healthcare Is Shaping Up as Next Tech Battleground

By: Rolfe Winkler and Aaron Tilley Microsoft’s Nuance Gambit Shows Healthcare Is Shaping Up as Next Tech Battleground Microsoft Corp.’s $16 billion deal for Nuance Communications Inc. is the latest sign that the next battleground for technology giants will be in healthcare, an industry whose need to embrace data and software was underscored by the […]

MolecuLight Announces the Appointment of 11 Global Distributors

TORONTO, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – MolecuLight Inc., the leader in point-of-care fluorescence imaging for detection of wounds containing elevated bacterial loads, announced that it has appointed 11 specialized global Distributors for its i:X fluorescence wound imaging device. MolecuLight’s Distributors are Tradis Gat ltd. (Israel), Al Zahrawi Medical Supplies LLC (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), AUMET Construction & Hospitals Management (Kuwait), Mintcare Sdn Bhd (Malaysia), Distribuidora Indexlab S.A. de C.V.  (Mexico), Sedeer […]

Amazon to Offer Telehealth Service to Other U.S. Firms This Summer

By: Sebastian Herrera, Dave Sebastian and Sarah Krousse Amazon to Offer Telehealth Service to Other U.S. Firms This Summer Amazon . com Inc. is expanding its telehealth service nationwide and opening it to other companies, the latest signal of the e-commerce giant’s continued ambitions in healthcare. Amazon said it has started to offer its Amazon […]

COVID-19’S LASTING EFFECTS ON MENTAL HEALTH????FOR GOOD AND BAD

By: John McCormick , Feb 21 2021 COVID-19’S LASTING EFFECTS ON MENTAL HEALTH????FOR GOOD AND BAD In five to 10 years I think every employer will have to offer resources to support folks’ mental health. Millennials and Gen Z are going to demand it. Before the pandemic we knew that one in two 18-year-olds had […]

When Covid-19 Hit, Mayo Clinic Had to Rethink Its Technology

By: John McCormick , Feb 21 2021 When Covid-19 Hit, Mayo Clinic Had to Rethink Its Technology Mayo Clinic, like many health providers, has been pushed to its limits by the Covid-19 pandemic. Its intensive-care units were often filled to or near capacity in 2020. And while doctors throughout the health system rushed to find […]

SomaDetect Raises $6-Million To Help Commercialize Innovative Dairy Health Technology

The $6-million (U.S.) venture capital financing will be used to accelerate the commercialization of SomaDetect’s in-line sensor for milk quality, reproductive status and herd health. The financing is led by Ag Capital Canada (ACC), a private equity fund based in Tillsonburg, Ontario. Additional new investment is being provided by Merck Animal Health Ventures, Builders VC and Wilbur Ellis’ Cavallo Ventures. (Read […]

eSight Receives Key Patents for Augmenting Sight Related to its Enhanced Vision Platform

eSight announced today the addition of a key patent related to augmenting sight that is part of the foundation of its most versatile and advanced device for individuals with low vision and legal blindness. This patent (US10867449 and CA2916780) has been issued in multiple jurisdictions and continues to strengthen eSight’s intellectual property portfolio which now totals 45 patents […]

Artificial Intelligence Will Define Google’s Future. For Now, It’s a Management Challenge

By: Rob Copeland and Parmy Oslon , Jan 26 2021 Artificial Intelligence Will Define Google’s Future. For Now, It’s a Management Challenge. Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Sundar Pichai has bet big on artificial intelligence as central to the company’s future, investing billions of dollars to embed the technology in the conglomerate’s disparate divisions. Now, it […]