medical devices
Rather than serving on advisory boards, experienced clinicians are needed to help develop wearables that align with real-world care delivery, according to Dr. Ami Bhatt, Chief Innovation Officer at the American College of Cardiology.
HIMSS-ACCE Changemaker Awardee Samantha Jacques, vice president of clinical engineering at McLaren Health Care, recommends that aspiring clinical engineers embrace technological change and continue to learn throughout their careers.
AI-driven tools such as Cherish's device allow aging patients and those with cognitive decline to remain in their homes with ambient monitoring that requires no wearables or apps, says Sumit Nagpal, Cherish CEO and founder.
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Dr. Amit Zabtani, an orthopedic surgeon at UCLA and cofounder and CMO of CustoMED, says the company uses 3D printing to create patient-specific instruments based on an individual’s anatomy, enabling more precise positioning during surgery.
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The CEO of NeuroOne, Dave Rosa, discusses the company's minimally invasive brain-computer interface thin-film, flexible electrode technology, its successes in patients with seizures and the potential benefits across a range of neurological conditions.
Amy Tucker of Advocate Health's Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute explains what it takes to move to a scalable platform that improves clinical administration and patient care.
Sutter Health's Dr. Richard Milani and Epic's Trevor Berceau talk about Sutter's chronic care program, which integrates readings from remote monitoring devices into the EHR to give doctors continuous insight into patients' conditions.
Cheney said that the MedTech tax was a barrier to medical innovation.
Dr. Daniela Carvalho, pediatric otolaryngologist at Rady Children's Health in San Diego, shares insights on performing California's first pediatric Nucleus Nexa cochlear implant and what this means for the future of pediatric hearing care.
Dr. Erik Langhoff, chief medical officer and consultant for the Bronx Regional Health Information Organization, discusses how the agency is addressing safety and efficacy in AI.