By Ellie Gabel – Even as industry professionals have infused digital functionality into countless medical devices, the bandage has remained virtually unchanged. Thanks to AI and the Internet of Things (IoT), it is finally entering the 21st century. With the smart bandage, physicians can continuously monitor wounds to identify complications early.
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By Vicenç Ferrer MBA & Cathy Schwegler – Across the healthcare continuum, clinicians are exploring immersive environments as a tool to ease anxiety, support emotional regulation, and strengthen engagement for individuals living with cognitive decline.
By Dan Coleman – Improving healthcare requires more than the latest technology. It calls for collaboration across sectors, bold thinking, and a unified mission. As healthcare systems modernize their services, public private partnerships are proving essential to building lasting and meaningful change.
By Saurin Shah – Emergency departments are the frontline of healthcare, handling over 155 million visits annually in the U.S. alone. Yet, despite their critical role, EDs are increasingly burdened by overcrowded waiting rooms, a persistent shortage of healthcare professionals, outdated communication technologies, and a lack of interoperability, all of which create inefficiencies and impact patient outcomes.
By Curtis Miller – How Unified Provider Lifecycle Platforms Are Powering Healthcare’s Next Wave of Decision Intelligence – For years, healthcare’s biggest breakthroughs have been driven by the promise of greater insights. Yet, even as artificial intelligence and predictive analytics transform other industries, healthcare continues to wrestle with…
By Karin Hayes – Pharma marketing is evolving beyond traditional, one-size-fits-all approaches toward more personalized, data-driven engagement that truly connects with today’s consumers. Data now fuels smarter engagement, empowering patients to take a more active role in their care, giving providers deeper insight into treatment decisions, and ultimately improving outcomes.
By Ivor Campbell – The medical technology sector has long been characterized as the steady, reliable engine of the life sciences world. A sector offering consistent growth, without the wild volatility and boom-or-bust narratives of biotech or the frothy hype of digital health, it may be seen by some as “vanilla”, but it also has the benefit of being robust.
By Ellie Gabel – How RTLS Are Tracking More Than Just Patients – Real-time location systems have become essential to modern hospital operations, providing instant visibility into the movement of patients, staff and assets across complex health care environments. While traditionally viewed as a patient-flow management tool, RTLS has evolved into a powerful engine for supply chain visibility.
By Chris Pace – Whether someone’s trying to find a provider, get cost information, or understand their next step in care, search is the primary gateway. Expectations are sky-high, shaped by the search experiences people have every day with Amazon, Google and ChatGPT. If your health system can’t meet those expectations, patients will go elsewhere, quickly.