by Kyle Wiggers | Oct 13, 2020 | Diagnostics, Healthcare IT, News
Siren, a startup developing washable smart socks designed to help remotely monitor diabetes patients, today raised $9 million. According to CEO Ran Ma, the extension to Siren’s series B round will be used to grow the team and meet demand for its product and services....
by Heather Landi | Oct 8, 2020 | Healthcare IT, News
(Getty/jacoblund) Getty/jacoblund The COVID-19 pandemic has driven rapid adoption of digital health technologies, and doctors see the potential for innovations like augmented intelligence to play a bigger role in care delivery in the next five years. biggest But to...
by Paige Minemyer | Oct 7, 2020 | Funding, Healthcare IT, News
Source Image: Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General The Department of Justice ( DOJ ) charged 345 people across 51 federal districts in the largest healthcare fraud takedown in the agency’s history. The DOJ said the charges were in...
by Jeremy Horwitz | Oct 5, 2020 | Healthcare IT, Medical Device, News
Virtual reality headsets are already advanced enough to make your brain believe you’re moving through an artificial 3D space, but VR hardware makers are still working to replicate the physical sensations of touch and force — not just in hands, but across users’...
by Kyle Wiggers | Oct 2, 2020 | Healthcare IT, News
At Ignite 2020, Microsoft today announced that Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare will soon be generally available. The managed service offering spans Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft 365 and is designed to help health organizations manage...
by Khari Johnson | Oct 1, 2020 | Healthcare IT, News
Today, Amazon rolled out over a dozen new devices and services, including more dynamic ways to speak with Alexa and a cloud gaming service named Luna. The highly produced showcase has been held every September for a few years now, and as the biggest Alexa event of the...
