Zac Amos, Features Editor at ReHack
While digitalization saves lives, it may also threaten them. The uptick in data breaches and cyberattacks targeting the healthcare industry correlates to the number of internet-connected and insecure technology…
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Amid a national reckoning with racism spurred by the COVID-19 death rate among Black Americans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s standards for pulse oximeters – those all-too-common devices that use light to measure…
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What You Should Know:
– Samsung Electronics today announced a significant expansion of their wearables portfolio with the introduction of Galaxy Ring, Galaxy Watch7, and Galaxy Watch Ultra.
– These new devices, powered by Galaxy AI,…
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The established environmentalism mantra of “reduce, re-use, recycle” opened the door for medical device manufacturers to roll out recycling programs under the guise of sustainability efforts. But, in practice, these programs aren’t benefiting anyone…
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Mickey Tripathi, U.S. National Coordinator for Health IT, and Troy Tazbaz, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s digital health director, stepped down from the Coalition for Health AI last week. While the announcement followed concerns…
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What You Should Know:
– Octagos Health, a provider of AI-powered cardiac device monitoring solutions raises $43M in Series B funding led by funds managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital with continued participation from Mucker…
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Background: Hospitalized patients undergoing surgery or procedures may experience negative symptoms. Music is a nonpharmacological complementary approach and is used as an intervention to reduce anxiety, stress, and pain in these patients. Recently, music…
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In this episode of Talking HealthTech, Sarah-Jane Anker, the Director and Founder of Anker Alliance, discusses her role in driving innovation within the healthcare sector. With a rich background in medical devices and pharmaceuticals,…
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Latest Zepp OS runs on ChatGPT-4o China-based connected health technology firm Zepp Health has released the newest version of its smartwatch operating system, Zepp OS, which now runs on OpenAI’s latest GPT model.
Integrated with ChatGPT-4o,…
Welcome to the June edition of Digital Health Digest!This month, we're bringing you cutting-edge updates from the digital health world, including breakthroughs in AI for skin cancer detection, direct connectivity of medical devices to…
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