Emerging Technologies

Houston Fire Department Associate Medical Director Michael Gonzalez explains how telemedicine technologies are aiding essential prehospital management of EMS patients.

Bob Fine, executive director and founder of the International Virtual Reality Healthcare Association (IVRHA), discusses the 7th Annual Virtual Reality and Healthcare Global Symposium, its evolution, and recent exhibitors and speakers.

Epigenetic profiling creates opportunities for healthcare and the development of new drugs based on it, according to Mohamad Takwa, CEO of Epigenica, a Sweden-based company that focuses on the technology.

How is virtual reality technology finding use in healthcare today? What's stopping it from greater deployment? Where is it headed in 2023? Aaron Gani, CEO of BehaVR, gives insights.

James Hury, the Translational Research Institute for Space Health's deputy director and chief innovation officer explains the ways space exploration companies work with healthcare innovators to examine astronaut health and advance healthcare on the ground.

Heart pumps can be monitored by clinical care teams from various devices, according to Dawn Bardot, senior director global services for Abiomed. The teams can also improve patient and family communication.

Philips Vice President of U.S. Government Solutions Christina Nichols discusses how her company is reimagining and utilizing innovations developed during the pandemic to now address health equity.

Competitors Humana, MultiPlan, Optum, Quest Diagnostics and UnitedHealthcare are creating the alliance to advance healthcare uses for blockchain, explains Michael Kim, CIO at MultiPlan.

Representatives from AssureCare and QliqSOFT talk about extending core technology platforms into greater innovation.

The cloud computing platform can help support healthcare organizations and startups aiming to build care equity and better outcomes, according to Nicky Murphy, international government health lead at AWS.