Eko Core is the only stethoscope on the market to wirelessly stream heart sounds to a HIPAA-compliant smartphone app and the first to integrate heart sounds directly into the patient’s electronic health record (EHR), paving the way for clinicians to better address a cardiovascular disease crisis that affects 1 in 4 people worldwide.
By Susannah Fox – The public conversation about health and health care can be fast-paced and free-wheeling — words not often associated with the federal government. While we are not in control of the conversation, government workers can still listen and contribute to it.
High blood pressure is out of control for too many Americans. The latest data show that nearly 1 in 3 American adults—approximately 70 million—has high blood pressure, and only about half have it safely controlled.
Nurses will now be able to access the evidence-based nursing content from EBSCO Health through the Nursing Reference Center™ Plus app. The app is designed to allow nurses to find the information they need quickly and easily, anytime and anywhere.
According to a CDC survey, over 96% of Americans would like to share their medical history with their immediate family. With ZibdyHealth, users gain ownership of their medical records and the ability to share them with anyone.
The Innovation Institute is an independent, for-profit LLC structured to cultivate innovative solutions to transform healthcare delivery. The Innovation Institute is owned by non-profit health systems. This collaborative taps into physicians, employees, and industry business partners to incubate and commercialize new medical products and ideas.
Got a great idea to improve health or health care? Help make your dream a reality with the Mayo Clinic THINK BIG Challenge, sponsored by Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation, Mayo Clinic Ventures and AVIA.
By Susannah Fox – On June 30th, Secretary Burwell and Acting Deputy Secretary Wakefield announced the winners of this year’s HHS Innovates Awards. It was a celebration and a call to action.
Calling all new or early growth stage companies with big ideas in connected health. Push big thinking. Showcase your healthcare invention. Explore investment opportunities. Apply now to present at the Venture+ Forum during the 2015 mHealth Summit.
There are tons of great ideas out there in the medical space but most of them never see the light of day. Whether it is the finances or execution, dreams stay just those, dreams. But one company, Health Digital (HD), is taking a different approach to today’s business and health care market in order to make sure this doesn’t happen.
BeBop Sensors, Inc., the leader in smart fabric sensor technology, has won the 2015 Frost & Sullivan North American Technology Innovation Award for its fabric sensor technology.
By Chris Boone – It’s hard to hide from the data – obesity is a growing and global challenge we must collectively fight. Today, the adult obesity rate in England is almost 25 percent and projected to affect 60 percent of adult men and 50 percent of women by 2050. Over one-third of U.S. adults are obese.
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