Admitted patients often have to wait a number of hours for a radiologist to review their chest X-ray, even though it may be marked as urgent or STAT. That’s because way too many are marked as such in most clinics. Pneumothorax, or collapsed lung, can go unnoticed in the meantime, leading to a dangerous amount of time to wait while inside the hospital. GE Healthcare’s Critical Care Suite automatically processes chest scans right on the X-ray machine and flags those…
Smartwatches and dedicated wrist-based activity trackers have become popular over the past few years. They’re decent at counting steps during walking and running, but they’re not very good at tracking most athletic activities. At Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a camera-based system that simply watches people at the gym doing exercises and automatically classifies their activities and counts the repetitions. The computer vision software recognizes repetitive motions and assumes those are exercises being performed over and over. Different exercises…
Turkish Cargo, the air cargo brand flying to the most countries around the world, extended the validity period of its IATA CEIV (Center of Excellence for Independent Validators) Pharma certificate to 2022, proving its success in all processes throughout the air transportation of medicinal products. Trainings for renewal period of the certificates, obtain initially in 2016 in order to be valid and applicable for a period of three years, were planned with the Turkish Airlines Aviation Academy, and completed successfully…
The Guinness World Records has recognized and verified Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group (HMG) as having the largest Tele ICU Command Center consisting of 796 beds which is considered a world record for the biggest Tele ICU Command Center Unit globally. This Tele ICU Command Center unit is consisting of 796 beds designated to serve all the patients in the GCC countries. On Mon, 26 August 2019 there was a Ceremony held to celebrate this monumental achievement at Dr.…
Companion Medical, Inc. recently announced the addition of new features to the InPen system further increasing its utility for InPen users and their healthcare providers. Companion also launched its API which enables the sharing of insulin data from the InPen system with other diabetes management platforms. "The InPen system was developed to bring better tools, technologies, and choices to people with diabetes and their healthcare providers. The updates to the InPen system more fully deliver on the potential of smart pen technology which better integrates diabetes data…
