By Nick Van Terheyden, MD Wearables are everywhere and like many technology terms the early entrants have become synonymous and part of vocabulary – Are you Fitbit enough? But in the corridors of healthcare systems and doctors’ offices there’s less excitement about the penetration of these devices and a healthy skepticism for the value of tracking…
Genetisis is a clinical stage medical device company, using cardiac magnetic fields to optimise triage of acute myocardial ischemia. They were also the winners of the AIMed 2017 Shark Tank Competition. Origins: Founded by the current CEO, CTO and COO straight after high school. Unburdened by experience and preconceptions, they were able to try things…
Autism diagnosis recognised This March a digital health platform that spots early signs of autism in kids raised $11.6 million after gaining regulatory recognition by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Cognoa, founded in 2013 by Dennis Wall, PHD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Data Science at Stanford, closed their latest round of funding from…
A trio of Stanford researchers have called for physicians to be hands on and set the agenda when it comes to implementing AI in healthcare and medicine. In a paper titled, ‘Implementing Machine Learning in Health Care — Addressing Ethical Challenges’, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in March, the authors warned that…
