All posts tagged "healthcare"
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3.1KMachinesHospital Algorithm Shows Bias Towards People Of Color
Scientists have discovered that an algorithm present in a software present in the health system that exhibits racial bias. The study did...
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710MiscAmazon’s Alexa Is Taking a Cautious But Determined Step into Healthcare
According to Amazon, Alexa now fully complies with the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that protects the privacy of...
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1.5KSmart devicesUPS Partners With Drone Startup To Deliver Medical Samples in North Carolina
UPS announced that it joined forces with drone startup Matternet and began using drones to deliver medical samples to the WakeMed Health...
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11.5KSmart devicesFitbit Can Now Share Data With The National Institutes of Health
Fitbit has teamed up with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is now allowing its users to share their health data...
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2.0KCESVirtual Caregiver To Improve At-Home Care For The Elderly
While it might sound like something out of a Science Fiction movie, SameDay Security created a virtual caregiver that can serve not...
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1.2KCESHip’Safe, the Wearable Airbag for Elders, Begins Shipping Worldwide in 2019
One of the most promising devices of CES 2018, Hip’Safe, is getting ready to show up at CES 2019 once more, just...
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1.3KSmart devicesApple Watch Now Helps Study Joint Replacement Patients
Apple seems very dedicated in investing in healthcare and has now joined forces with healthcare firm Zimmer Biomet and created an app...
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2.3KScienceWorldwide Scientists Work Together To Create Most Detailed 3D Map Of The Human Body
The National Institutes of Health announced in 2017 that it will be launching the Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP) ,an initiative that...
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1.9KRealitiesVR Health Joins Forces With Oculus To Deliver Better Patient Healthcare
You might not have heard about VRHealth but they have been around for a while and their virtual reality experiences to keep...
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947Smart devicesMIT Professor Builds Health-Tracking Sensor That Monitors Patients Unobtrusively
Dina Katabi is an MIT professor in electrical engineering and computer science, who built a device, the size of a Wi-Fi router,...
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16.5KScience3D Printed Device Might Help Spinal Cord Injury Patients Recover
A group of engineers and medical researchers from the University of Minnesota have created a 3D printed device that might just aid...
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2.4KRealitiesUK Children’s Hospital To Use HoloLens For Surgery
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital located in Liverpool, United Kingdom, has teamed up with Microsoft in order to help doctors with surgical procedures....
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1.1KMiscAlan Map Helps You Find Doctors Near You
Alan is a French health insurance startup which has recently launched a new product called Alan Map. The map allows you to...
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1.9KVehiclesLyft Wants To Offer Medical Transportation Too
Just a few days ago, during the MWC 2018 frenzy, we reported the launch of Uber Health. Today Lyft stepped into the...
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1.9KVehiclesUber Launches Uber Health, An Alternative To Ambulances
At the end of December, media reported that more and more people are calling ride-sharing company Uber instead of an ambulance when needing...
