Medical Devices

The Kara artificial intelligence iPhone app frees up OrthoIndy physicians by placing their spoken words directly into the right places in the record.

Nationwide Children's Hospital CMIO Dr. Jeffrey M. Hoffman says the explosion of telehealth, videoconferencing and digital tools generally has been essential during COVID-19.

Smartphones are being used to help detect skin conditions, says Gavin Matthews, UK business development director at SkinVision.

NIST's Sokwoo Rhee says, from healthcare to emergency response to broadband, "virtually every stakeholder" will need to play a role in transforming urban areas into smart communities.

Liz Ashall-Payne, founder and CEO of ORCHA, says telehealth has clearly been adopted widely during COVID-19, but digital therapeutics, diagnostics and remote patient monitoring are predicted to play a more significant role moving forward.

Natalia Polushkina, vice president and CEO at Biomedical Technologies Cluster of the Skolkovo Foundation, says the Skolkovo region has been strengthened by the experience of COVID-19 as regulation changes helped accelerate innovation.

Marianne Larsson, director of new industries and innovation at Innovation Skåne, says digital tools have been widely adopted across the globe during COVID-19, with remote monitoring for chronic care being popular in the Nordics.

David Champeaux, chief growth officer at Cherish Health and a member of the HIMSS UK Advisory Council, says not only is it important to design innovation into care ecosystems, but we must be able to ensure sustained adoption.

Piotr Orzechowski, CEO at Infermedica, says the increased adoption of technology such as telemedicine has helped open up innovation opportunities.

The Apple Watch Series 6 includes a blood oxygenation sensor for the first time. Here, HIMSS Media Editor in Chief Jonah Comstock takes the new health tracking feature for a spin.