Medical Devices

The artificial kidneys can be wearable, implanted, bioengineered, developed as a xenotransplant or chimera organ, or created using a different approach.

A KLAS report finds that most health systems rely on a mishmash of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to meet their needs.

"As these machines learn, we feel like there is going to be a change in expectation," said Bakul Patel, director of the FDA's Digital Health Center of Excellence.

At a meeting of the agency's Patient Engagement Advisory Committee, officials stressed the necessity of ensuring there's diversity in the data used to train algorithms.

The Delaware health system says patients can ask their Amazon Alexa smart speaker questions about prescribed medications, exercises and more.

Gavin Matthews, UK business development director at SkinVision, explains how smartphones can help detect skin conditions.

Innovations in medical device manufacturing, remote medical treatment systems and medical software were among health tech solutions showcased at the online South Korean Pavilion, as part of the HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Digital Conference.

The remote care technology can help detect abnormalities in lung exams, and the company says it will soon be able to detect symptoms in throat exams as well.  

Even after the pandemic, patients will be unwilling to return to the less-streamlined status quo, says Clive Smith.

Reps. Robin Kelly and Anna Eshoo said that while telemedicine has the potential to expand access to care, it has also highlighted disparities in the U.S. healthcare system.