A Brief Overview of FDA Medical Device Regulations — Part 2
Welcome back to the final entry of our two-part overview of FDA regulations for medical devices! In the first part of our series, we covered medical device classifications and listings, establishment registrations, premarket notifications, and premarket approvals. In case you need a quick review, you can check it out here. We’ve got a lot of […]
A Brief Overview of FDA Medical Device Regulations — Part 1
To develop, manufacture, and distribute health tech devices in the United States, innovators must have a thorough understanding of regulations and compliances. In the first entry of this two-part series, we provide a brief overview of the first few FDA regulations for medical devices. A Necessity for Safe Innovation Any technological innovation or advancement in […]
The Many Benefits of Connected Medical Devices
Medical facilities such as hospitals and clinics employ numerous diagnostic devices like thermometers, blood pressure cuffs, and pacemakers. Traditionally, the patient’s test data from these devices would be written in their chart. But as more hospitals and clinics embrace digital technology like electronic medical records (EMR), opportunities are opening up for connected medical devices to disrupt […]
10 Healthcare App Development Tips Everyone Should Know
Perhaps nothing is shaping the future of medicine more than healthcare app development. Fueled by fast advancements in mobile technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT), medical apps are giving life to innovative solutions not even possible a few years ago. As a result, healthcare mobility is accelerating at an unprecedented rate. […]
Facing the Fax: The U.S. Healthcare System Is in a State of Emergency
Recently, Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) banned the purchase of new fax machines for its facilities. It also announced that it wants fax completely phased out by the spring of 2020. Roughly 8,000 fax machines are still being used in the country’s healthcare system, a figure that its Royal College of Surgeons has called “absurd.” […]
4 Ways Machine Learning is Reinventing Healthcare
In the upcoming years, McKinsey estimates that big data and machine learning use cases in pharma and medicine could generate a value of up to $100 billion annually. This estimate is based on improved decision-making, optimized innovation, and greater efficiency of research and clinical trials. For these reasons among others, it’s no surprise this innovation […]
How AI Is Changing Healthcare for the Better
Machine learning is going to change every industry. Want to know how it will affect yours and how you can start using it? Download our Free Machine Learning Whitepaper right now! Healthcare is currently slowly declining in efficiency. But introducing artificial intelligence (AI), a largely machine-based technology, may surprisingly turn health care back into a personal experience […]
Soon, Doctors Will Be Able to Track Your Health – Without Any Wearables
Dina Katabi is a renowned professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT in Boston. She’s built a box in her research lab that can live in your home; it tracks physiological signals while you move: breathing, gait, sleeping, heart rate, and much more. She hopes this box will become the non-invasive standard for measuring biological […]
The FDA Approves a Contraceptive App for the First Time
Many women around the world lack access to affordable, accurate contraception. To address this, Elina and Raoul Berglund created an app called “Natural Cycles.” The app augments our perspective of fertility by tracking cycles and body temperature in women. When a woman is fertile, the couple can avoid having sex, and when a woman is out of […]
The Healthcare Supply Chain Is in Dire Need of a Tech Disruption
Supply chains in every industry across the world are transforming as the Internet of Things develops. But healthcare, a known lagger in upgrading technology, already has much room for improvement in its supply chain. In Dire Need of an Upgrade Many devices still used in hospitals and clinics use technology that’s more than 20 years […]