Mike Hart, VP of Information Technology, Arkansas Children’s Having prior experience as a bedside nurse can be extremely valuable for those in health IT leadership roles — but not for the obvious reasons. Although it’s true that those who have walked the walk possess an understanding of the workflow challenges and other pains associated with… Read More »
Meniscus tears are a fairly common knee injury. Treatment typically involves complete or partial removal of the damaged meniscus. Without shock-absorbing role of the meniscus, however, patients are at risk for accelerated wear of the knee joint and osteoarthritis. Currently, patients have to wait for many years until they are eligible for a total knee… Read More »
Tozuda, a company based in Philadelphia, has developed a head impact sensor that can be attached to a sports helmet, such as those worn by football or hockey players, and which will indicate if a dangerous impact has occurred. The sensor undergoes a simple color change if an impact that is powerful enough to cause… Read More »
Real Health Podcast: The Brian O’Driscoll interview Independent.ie There’s hope for the rest of us. Even former Irish rugby international Brian O’Driscoll enjoys his ‘cheat’ days. https://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/fitness/real-health-podcast-the-brian-odriscoll-interview-38277018.html https://www.independent.ie/incoming/article38277016.ece/aa352/AUTOCROP/h342/Real-Health-BOD.jpg Email There’s hope for the rest of us. Even former Irish rugby international Brian O’Driscoll enjoys his ‘cheat’ days. O’Driscoll, who hung up his boots and his… Read More »
MedCognition, a Texas-based startup, has been awarded a contract to develop military-specific augmented reality patient simulations for the US army, in conjunction with Chenega Healthcare Services. The technology is based on an existing patient simulator, the PerSim system, which uses Microsoft HoloLens Mixed reality to project simulations of patients into real working environments to allow… Read More »