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11 New Breakthrough Medical Technology Examples

Etactics

The Advanced Medical Technology Association reports that the United States is the largest medical device market in the world, attributing to over 40% of the MedTech market. Medical technology, or MedTech, proves to change and improve rapidly year by year. Table of Contents What is Medical Technology?

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Doctors’ Recommendations Are Top Motivators for Consumers Who Buy Digital Health Devices: Trust and Health

Health Populi

Most consumers using digital health devices felt more trust in the technology when coupled with doctors’ office reviews — another lens on the importance of trust-equity between patients and physicians. for trust/honesty as nurses, doctors, and pharmacists). for trust/honesty as nurses, doctors, and pharmacists).

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Dr. Roboto? Stanford Medicine Foresees Digital Doctors “Maturing”

Health Populi

Physicians are evolving as digital doctors, embracing the growing role of data generated in electronic health records as well as through their patients using wearable technologies and mobile health apps downloaded in ubiquitous smartphones, described in The Rise of the Data-Driven Physician , a 2020 Health Trends Report from Stanford Medicine.

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A Concerning Gap in Cybersecurity for Medical Technology

Health Populi

It’s important to note that 79% of consumers support the idea of medical devices and sensors that immediately transmit significant changes to peoples’ doctors, as the bar chart from Unisys’s consumer survey data illustrates. Risk management for cybersecurity in healthcare touches finance, quality and reputation alike.

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The Heart of Health at CES 2020 – Evidence & Innovation Bridge Consumers and Doctors

Health Populi

Diagnostics, represented by Last Gadget Standing winner for CES 2020, MedWand — “a doctor’s visit at a patient’s fingertips” — bolstering patient engagement in-between physician visits.

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Osteoboost: FDA-Cleared Wearable Device for Osteopenia Treatment Open for Pre-Orders

HIT Consultant

– Osteoboost is a prescription wearable medical device, worn low around the waist, that delivers targeted vibration therapy directly to the hips and spine – areas most at risk of debilitating osteoporotic fractures.

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Digitalization in healthcare empowers patients

Healthcare It News

By providing ready-made, suitable selection and processing applications, innovative medical technology providers can help healthcare institutions prevent the kind of “filter failure” This occurs when the data that is available is not properly assembled and structured in a comfortable format [4].