The Healthcare Board

04/05/2021

What can be done to help who refuse the (not one jab, but two) due to ? Australian-headquartered NeedleCalm Pty Ltd aims to reduce the pain and anxiety associated with needle-related procedures and improve vaccination rates for the six million Australians who fear injections. Health - Healing - Humanity!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc1uGAYGLKQ

A world-leading Aussie innovation is helping people combat their fear of needles. Research has found at least a quarter of us suffer the phobia that may caus...

01/05/2021

Heavy bleeding following medical procedures can be life-threatening. Changi General Hospital (CGH) and the SUTD Singapore University of Technology & Design have developed the Blood WArning Technology with Continuous Hemoglobin (BWATCH) sensor, a non-invasive monitoring device for early detection of bleeding following invasive procedures.

https://youtu.be/AarQaDnTrzQ

A collaboration between CGH and SUTD, the BWATCH innovation enhances patient safety for those who are at risk of bleeding following invasive medical procedu...

23/04/2021

The front door represents the growing expectation from consumers for well-integrated patient-centered healthcare experiences. To seamlessly engage consumers at every interaction touchpoint in their journey, Siemens Healthineers have identified five areas which will help to unlock digital front doors to healthcare : (1) enable patients, (2) empower workforce, (3) upgrade infrastructure, (4) optimize workflows, and (5) protect . Embracing a digital-first experience.

https://www.siemens-healthineers.com/insights/news/unlocking-the-digital-front-door

18/04/2021

The Rolls Royce of bed

Photo by Tatsuya Tanaka, a Japanese artist famed for his miniature photography.

08/04/2021

, and tools take on new urgency in the post-pandemic world. Having a single data platform will enable visibility of the entire , allowing providers to plan, respond optimally and predict in real time.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/health-data-system-fragmented-leaving-clinicians-and-patients-in-the-dark-it-experts/GGW3BII244KXFNZ73LAETCCLRA/

Ministry of Health wants to change the way people's medical records are shared nationwide.

07/04/2021

It is estimated that millions of people worldwide suffer from resistant , which substantially increases the risk of , and . , which has been developed to treat , is expected to gain traction very quickly. The global market for renal denervation technologies is estimated at US$59.8 million in 2020, and expected to reach US$558.4 million by 2027. is expected to grow at a CAGR of 43.9 percent for the 2020-2027 period and is poised to reach US$134.5 million by 2027, accounting for 24 percent of the global market.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/brattea-a-leading-renal-denervation-company-in-china-completes-over-us20-million-series-b-financing-led-by-kuanping-capital-301261744.html

/PRNewswire/ -- Brattea, a leading renal denervation (RDN) medical technology company in China, announced today its successful completion of over $US20 million...

03/04/2021

The hardware or software that operates can be biased. A biased device is one that operates in a manner that disadvantages certain demographic groups and influences inequity.

29/03/2021

has accelerated the convergence of the retail and industries, transforming the sector into a key battleground for and tech companies. Both industries will continue to converge and evolve, and will reinvent the healthcare experience!

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202103/26/WS605d41a1a31024ad0bab1c63.html

Chinese e-commerce platforms that have ventured into the healthcare sector should have long-term business strategies and governmental supervision needs to be enhanced to ensure the sustainable development of the sector, industry experts said.

28/03/2021

Technology has to apply to patients' . Leveraging and can optimise planning, deliver evidence-based treatment and improve surgical outcomes. It's all about data, data acquisition and , and integrating the data into surgical techniques. Coupled with solutions ( , , ) post-surgery for real-time connectivity with patients, we can advance the standard of care for procedures.

https://www.medtechdive.com/news/stryker-zimmer-make-data-and-analytics-a-top-priority-as-robotic-procedure/597321/

Through partnerships with big tech or developments of smart implants, the orthopaedic companies say tapping troves of patient data is the next logical strategic step.

27/03/2021

Heart disease has become a major health threat in China, and the authorities are encouraging innovation to combat the threat. Several medtech companies are looking at addressing unmet clinical needs in this space, focusing on valve disease, which has a high prevalence, high mortality, and low treatment rate. Congratulations to Shanghai-based startup NewMed Medical for raising over US$100 million in a Series C round of financing. Early this year, Chinese heart valve specialist Microport Cardioflow Medtech also raised HK$2.5 billion (US$324 million) in an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

https://supchina.com/2021/03/25/shanghai-artificial-heart-valve-startup-newmed-raises-over-100-million/

Heart disease is an enormous health problem for China, and represents a huge market for medical companies like NewMed and its competitor Hanyu Technology.

26/03/2021

Utilisation of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring technologies will continue to grow to support a more decentralised, yet personalised model of care. To provide a long-term view of a patient’s overall health and to enable evidence-based personalised care, wearable data will need to be integrated with electronic health data records. Creating a healthier world!



https://stockhead.com.au/health/intelicare-launches-health-metrics-and-accesses-billion-dollar-wearable-technology-market/

At-home aged care tech company InteliCare (ASX:ICR) has launched real time reporting and insights of personal health metrics

21/03/2021

are moving into . Foxconn expanded into contract manufacturing in 2014, and recently announced it will invest GBP1.0 million (US$1.39 million) in UK-based device startup GyroGear. Another Taiwanese contract manufacturer Catcher Technology has invested in Israel's Viva Surgical, a developer of surgical fixation technologies for mesh placement in hernia repair. The global medtech contract manufacturing market is forecast to increase to almost US$100 billion in 2027, and the Asia Pacific is expected to be the fastest growing region with a high single digital CAGR.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/israeli-via-surgical-receives-investment-from-taiwans-catcher-technology-662657 #

Via Surgical was chosen by Catcher as part of a scouting process conducted with the Israel Economic and Trade Mission in Taipei.

20/03/2021

and are working on that could replace the need for handheld controllers for many applications - including opportunities for and adoption in . Facebook is developing a wearable wrist device to interact with AR glasses, using to translate subtle neural signals into actions. Apple is believed to be significantly ramping up its efforts too, working on an AR headset which will feature an eye-tracking system. Healthcare will be more visual, immersive and interactive.



https://about.fb.com/news/2021/03/inside-facebook-reality-labs-wrist-based-interaction-for-the-next-computing-platform/

See our latest research on the future of human-computer interaction: wrist-based input combined with usable but limited contextualized AI, which dynamically adapts to you and your environment.

18/03/2021

still depends on imported , with just 50 domestic manufacturers licensed by the Ministry of Health. The country is however growing as a manufacturing location for companies and exports. Technological tie-ups can help local manufacturers develop devices that meet international standards. VINsmart, the electronics arm of Vingroup, is mass producing both for the domestic market and export using an open-source design from device maker Medtronic. Foreign manufacturers have also set their sights on the Vietnamese market, which promises strong growth and potential.

https://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnams-medical-devices-industry-key-market-entry-considerations.html/

Vietnam Briefing gives an overview of Vietnam’s medical devices industry and insights on emerging market trends as well as optimal market-entry paths.

17/03/2021

Watched Dr. Rafael Grossmann, who performed the first documented surgery with Glasses in 2013, test drives the first platform in . Cloud gaming allows video games to be run on remote servers and delivered directly to gamers. Similar possibilities are opening up for healthcare institutions. Cloud gaming technology holds the promise for the future of healthcare.

https://youtu.be/Tj28fJgUZkY

Can people in completely different states collaboratively treat the same virtual patient? Watch Dr. Grossmann, a world renowned trauma surgeon and healthcare...

15/03/2021

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has been around for more than a decade, but only moved to the forefront in 2020. The future of rest on its scalability, humanizing the experience and universalizing hospital-from-home treatment. RPM will continue to evolve. What will the next generation of RPM look like?



https://healthtechinsider.com/2021/03/12/remote-patient-monitoring-to-be-mainstream-in-5-years/

A new survey of large healthcare facilities demonstrates how much the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the value of remote patient monitoring (RPM). Conducted by VivaLNK, a global supplier of wearab…

15/03/2021

is making headway in the sector, but we do not yet have real personal twins that reflect the "state of being" and predict future needs of the individuals. The bio-digital twin is visionary, but will transform the face of .

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6534/1105.full

When the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic emerged in 2019, researchers rapidly recalibrated epidemiological computer models originally developed for other pandemics to serve as decision support tools for policy-makers and health care professionals planning public...

14/03/2021

The Ministry of and Family Welfare and the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation have developed a vision, which will drive 's market. India's healthtech market is poised to become a US$5 billion opportunity by 2023, and is expected to close the gaps in the traditional system.

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/indian-healthtech-sector-to-see-39-cagr-report-11615529434298.html

Some of the factors driving this growth include customers readily adopting healthtech, and healthcare workers using more technology, and government promoting telemedicine

13/03/2021

The use of has grown exponentially in cardiac, urologic and oncologic surgeries, but is still in its infancy in . -assisted surgery is slowly opening up the door to ophthalmic , and could level the playing field for access to quality eye surgery.

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/forsight-raises-10m-seed-round-to-bring-robotics-to-eye-surgery

ForSight Robotics has raised $10 million to embark on building a miniaturized system with the goal of bringing vision-correcting procedures to a wider population.

12/03/2021

A key priority for providers post is to accelerate the adoption of solutions to drive efficiencies in operations and clinical decision-making as well engagements with . A -first mindset will provide a connected, and more transparent journey for the patients. What are other priorities for Asia Pacific ? Check out the latest insights from L.E.K. Consulting.

https://www.lek.com/insights/ei/asia-pacific-2021-hospital-priorities-settling-new-normal

11/03/2021

Can a doctor physically examine a patient over a consultation? With feedback devices, the sense of touch can be recreated with objects in virtual settings. rarely make headlines, but they can significantly improve the quality and efficiency of many applications. 's medical Intelligent Haptronic Solutions, for example, is recreating the experience through a unique combination of lifelike virtual modelling, robust haptic feedback, and to guide faster skills acquisition and readiness. Imagining the possibilities with haptics products. The potential is limitless for touch tech!

10/03/2021

Prioritizing today is the key to unlocking post-crisis growth. Presenting Fast Company's top 10 most companies of 2021 - Ping An Good Doctor, Teladoc Health, GoodRx, TytoCare, Level Ex, Boulder Care, the Confess Project, Signify Health, Labcorp, and HoneyBee Health. Disrupt the industry, create value!

https://www.fastcompany.com/90600223/health-most-innovative-companies-2021

Why Ping An Good Doctor, GoodRx, Level Ex, and more made our annual list of the most innovative health companies.

09/03/2021

companies are speeding up the development of solutions for those who could benefit from . Congratulations Abbott on the launch of your remote neuromodulation for , using to refine neuromodulation programming. Advancing application, moving care outside of the !

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/abbott-launches-virtual-clinic-for-its-neuromodulation-devices

Using app-based video chat and remote programming features, the clinic allows physicians to digitally prescribe new treatment settings.

07/03/2021

is the new reality in . Virtual care is also critical to making the model happen, leveraging on the latest and to provide as much as clinically appropriate in the home. However, the model has been slow to catch on in . How can we get and private and government to warm up to the idea of home hospital care?

https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/health-systems-care-delivery-groups-amazon-launch-hospital-home-initiative

With Moving Health Home, Amazon Care, Ascension, Intermountain, Landmark Health and others say they want to "change the way policymakers think about the home as a site of clinical service."

06/03/2021

stunted M&A in 2020, but dealmaking is expected to accelerate in 2021 as companies are armed with a record high of US$500 billion in financial firepower. STERIS closed the largest medtech deal so far this year with the purchase of Cantel Medical for US$4.6 billion. Hologic, Inc. made three deals in the and businesses, buying SOMATEX® Medical Technologies (US$64 million), test maker Biotheranostics, Inc. (US$230 milion), and molecular assay developer Diagenode (US$159 million). Boston Scientific also made major back-to-back deals, acquiring monitoring group Preventice Solutions (US$925 million) and Lumenis' laser business (US$1.1 billion). Exciting to see what's in store for MedTech in 2021.

https://www.evaluate.com/vantage/articles/news/deals/march-medtech-merger-madness

High asset prices and a need to release the pandemic’s brake on growth force medtechs to splash the cash.

03/03/2021

have made strides to build a Bangladesh since the Digital Bangladesh by 2021 vision was proposed in 2008. From e-commerce, e-banking and e-education, to , the various initiatives undertaken have enabled the people of the country to stay connected during the epidemic. To strengthen the digital , Bangladesh has also initiated the development of a national strategy. This will provide direction for efforts to use digital technologies in a coordinated way. Creating effective and sustainable !

https://www.newsweek.com/bangladesh-surprise-digital-leader-asia-opinion-1573018

Bangladesh is reaping significant benefits from digitization.

02/03/2021

was discovered in 1921 (100 years this year). Effective usage of insulin in the management of remains a challenge. Automated insulin delivery systems are the future of diabetes . Congratulations Roche on your partnership with French company Diabeloop to support automated insulin delivery. Early this year, Tidepool submitted its automated insulin dosing Tidepool Loop App to the for review.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/roche-inks-deal-diabeloop-integrate-automated-insulin-delivery

As part of the partnership Roche's Accu-Chek insulin pump can integrate with Diabeloop monitoring system.

27/02/2021

Singapore's Ministry of will start to list direct service providers as a transition approach prior to licensing under the Healthcare Services Act (HCSA) in 2022. To secure telemedicine's place in mainstream , we need to (1) ensure that technologies are integrated into the physicians' workflow, and (2) patients get reimbursed for services.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/telemedicine-service-providers-meet-moh-measures-listed-14288260

SINGAPORE: Close to 500 direct telemedicine service providers have declared to meet the Ministry of Health's (MOH) process and governance measures ...

24/02/2021

Do you know that swallowable electronic radio-telemetry capsule was firstly developed in 1957? Sixty years later (in 2017), the U.S. approved the first ingestible sensor-embedded drug Abilify Mycite that tracks if patients have ingested their . Early this year, smart pill etectRx struck a partnership with Pear Therapeutics to develop two products that will combine its with Pear’s . The promise of connected technologies in .



https://www-zdnet-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/smart-pills-and-the-future-of-medicine-insights-from-your-insides/

23/02/2021

, when combined with data and data, provide a holistic and powerful tool kit to improve diagnosis, guide treatment and predict response to therapy. Radiomics - a bridge between and .

https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ai-enabled-radiomics-next-frontier-oncology

Think of it like advanced imaging analytics: The data it provides clinicians can be invaluable to successfully treating cancer patients.