Hundreds of new medical apps hit the app stores every month. We’ve sorted through them to pick the most interesting new medical apps.
Medable launches Synapse to simplify launching CareKit apps for patients, clinicians
Medable’s new Synapse platform will make it easier for healthcare organizations to launch patient care apps using Apple’s CareKit.
Rehabilitation centers in China use virtual reality to treat addiction
A Chinese rehabilitation center is developing a program to use virtual reality to help treat drug addiction.
University of Nebraska launches $119 million center for virtual reality, augmented reality in medical training
The Davis Global Center will use a holographic theater, quarantine simulation center, and other virtual reality and augmented reality gear for clinician training.
Virtual consults improve access to infectious disease care, new study shows
After implementing a virtual consult system in their EHR for infectious disease evaluation, the VA Boston Healthcare System found more patients received needed care faster.
Health 2.0 is planning a digital health matchmaking event for healthcare providers, payors
Health 2.0 is partnering with Lucro to launch a digital health match-making service to pair healthcare providers with a need to digital health companies that can help.
Medical app designed to help characterize heart murmur using just an external microphone
Japanese researchers are developing a medical app designed to aid auscultation by analyzing heart sounds, murmurs using just an external microphone
Best new medical apps of the week for iPhone and iPad
Hundreds of new medical apps hit the app stores every month. We’ve sorted through them to pick the most interesting new medical apps.
Bringing Virtual Reality front and center in medical training: Interview with Ryan Ribeira, MD, CEO of SimX
We talked to Ryan Ribeira MD, the CEO of SimX – a startup that is bringing virtual reality and augmented reality to medical training in an innovative new way.
Researchers demonstrate a medical app that can measure ejection fraction using just an iPhone camera
A reliable, cost-effective, and noninvasive alternative for continuous ejection fraction measurements with comparable results to cardiac MRI measurements using a modified iPhone camera
FDA to launch unit focused on digital health
The FDA is launching a digital health unit with plans to hire 13 full time employees to help step up oversight in this area.
American Medical Association partners to promote EHR training program for medical students
The AMA will work with Indian University and the Regenstrief Institute to launch a EHR training program for medical students.