The Lifetouch is a vital component of the Patient Status Engine (PSE), a Class 11 (CE and FDA) continuous multiple vital sign patient monitoring platform that automatically and continuously collects and analyses patients’ vital signs to provide real-time information and predictive insights for clinicians, nurses and for patients themselves. Keith Errey, CEO of Isansys...
It's the work of the Urban Renaissance Center in Flint, Michigan, a nonprofit restoring life to Civic Park, a predominantly black neighborhood that has faced severe blight because of unemployment, depopulation and street violence. "When areas have been abandoned and underserved for so many years, there's no way a single approach will make a lasting difference, so we c...
“Because 90% of diseases’ first symptoms are oral, improving early detection is crucial to successful treatment,” said Scott Towers, president of Anthem’s dental division. “The Dental Patient Health History Tool provides dentists with a previously unavailable wealth of patient care and condition history, allowing them to make more informed decisions and improve outcomes....
Healthy.io has developed an interesting use for smartphones. The Tel Aviv, Israel-based Company is turning the smartphone into a clinical-grade medical device to be used in the aid of diagnosing chronic kidney disease (CKD). Healthy.io’s ACR test has received FDA clearance and in addition, the firm has closed a $60 million Series C funding round led by Corner Ventures...
“Critical limb ischemia is the final stage of peripheral arterial disease and is associated with major morbidity and mortality despite current medical and surgical treatment,” noted Bijan Modarai, the study’s principal investigator, who treated the first enrolled patient at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital in London, UK. “Circulating nucleated cells are thought to stimulat...
The underlying technology makes possible other flexible body-worn sensors that don’t need to have an external electric source powering them, including temperature and sweat sensors. Because power is supplied directly from a built-in photovoltaic cell, the noise in the electronics is kept to a minimum, allowing for high-precision measurements. Because electronics in d...
With onsite X-ray, IV, lab, splinting, laceration rooms, diagnostics and other onsite services at each location, Exer is designed for those with urgent or serious but non-life-threatening conditions. Each facility is equipped to handle 80% of the cases seen daily in a local ER, for a fraction of the price and with minimal waiting. Exer is partnering with local hospita...
The 42,133-square-foot specialty medical office building offers comprehensive neurological surgical and treatment services as well as an Education and Research Center. The new clinic will treat the entire spectrum of neurological disorders, providing services such as skull base surgery, vascular neurosurgery, neuro-oncology spine and spinal cord surgery, epilepsy surg...
Designed by FKP Architects and built by GE Johnson Construction Co., the project team created a unique program called Kid of the Quarter to involve patient ambassadors for Children’s Hospital Colorado in the construction of the new hospital. The very first Kid of the Quarter, Lauren Schwamb, 13, served as one of the emcees for the ribbon cutting event. The 294,000-squ...
The 241,357-square-foot medical center will be the seventh major Kaiser Permanente hub in the region. It will offer an array of primary and specialty medical care services, including pharmacy, lab, women’s health, specialty care and behavioral health services — all conveniently located under one roof. This new hub will be equipped with the most innovative and advanced...
The clinic, which occupies 5,600 square feet in an existing medical office building, consists of two separate individual waiting rooms, 22 exam rooms and a shared workspace. The goal for the renovation was to create a big impact for patients and families while keeping the costs and disturbance low. The overall design concept creates a fun, playful pediatric office usi...
Children’s Mercy Hospital (CMH) and Sporting Kansas City soccer club teamed up to promote health, and to provide specialized sports medicine to young athletes in the Kansas City Metropolitan area. The Children’s Mercy Sports Medicine Center at Village West allows kids throughout the region to work side by side with their professional soccer heroes, as Sporting Kansas...
Hospitals and health systems must evolve their bricks-and-mortar investments to adapt to patient preferences as more care moves out of the hospital and toward outpatient facilities. That evolution often involves expensive greenfield construction or extensive retrofitting of existing space, which poses its own unique challenges. Cost is a chief concern, but minimum des...
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, Calif., the flagship location of the Sutter Health network, has served its community since 1923. The 523-bed comprehensive adult, children’s and women’s hospital provides several services and includes two acute-care facilities — the Ose Adams Medical Pavilion and the Anderson Lucchetti Women’s and Children’s Center — connected by a thre...
Health facility managers are looking for flooring materials that provide noise reduction, comfort underfoot, cleanliness and aesthetics. Surfaces that provide an ergonomic solution for staff and prevent slip-and-fall accidents also are in demand. In response, manufacturers have developed a variety of hard flooring innovations that meet those needs. Driving factors Cl...
Electrical engineering students at Arizona State University (ASU) designed a hospital bed that addresses an issue facing care facilities. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, more than 2.5 million U.S. patients develop pressure ulcers and approximately 60,000 die annually as a direct result. ASU students reimagined hospital beds and came up wit...
The new HealthHub is a 108,000-square-foot, two-story building that integrates traditional healthcare services, fitness and retail in one setting, including rehabilitation areas; urgent care; primary care physician’s offices for both adults and pediatrics; imaging suite with MRI, CT and radiology. With the fitness gym and group fitness rooms, the building offers health a...
The phrase “health care innovation” often evokes images of technology advancements, breakthrough research and perhaps sprawling urban, academic medical campuses. Few immediately associate this phrase with the rural health care systems and critical access hospitals (CAHs) providing much-needed services to the nation’s most remote regions. However, rural facilities are ...
“That experience took my thinking about what we were doing within the center, and why, to a whole new level,” Walker says. “I found myself thinking, well, I had this experience, and this is how I felt, and here’s how that could possibly be reflected in the design.” For example, she noted that because a cancer diagnosis and treatment is a stressful experience, “coming ...
The partners say MD Anderson’s operating model of providing diagnosis, treatment planning, support, and survivorship services under one roof was sorely needed in the Jacksonville market. The reason: More than 7,000 people there are diagnosed with cancer each year, making it the region’s leading cause of death. Baptist officials say the new 332,000-square-foot center is d...
Originally built in 1992, ROCK started out serving 400 children per year, but in the last 10 years has seen a drastic rise in demand and now serves over 15,000 children, youth, and families. ROCK focuses on the link between the natural development of children and the close relationships they share with the living; that children can best create meaning and make sense of t...
Special attention was given to the pediatric floor with larger exam rooms and a larger waiting room that includes a dedicated infant waiting space, stroller parking, and a mother's lactation room. Project details: Facility name: Weill Cornell Medicine Primary Care-Brooklyn Heights Location: Brooklyn, N.Y. Expected completion date: June 2019 Owner: Weill Co...
The project required thoughtful planning to address challenges inherent to the existing structure including limited daylighting and low floor-to-floor heights. Thanks to thorough visioning sessions and a Lean process that involved patients, families, and staff, an efficient and patient- and family-centered environment was created. Results include light-filled waiting spa...
The proposal was to provide post-acute services for patients needing short-term medical recovery and rehabilitation as part of Lee Health’s care continuum. “That’s where the biggest need was. There weren’t enough skilled nursing beds available, specifically around the Gulf Coast Hospital,” says Jodi Huntoon, marketing manager for Stevens Construction. “Patients were hav...
More immediately, though, they must handle long hours in a rehab facility as patients recover, including daily therapy sessions. Recognizing that caregivers need care, too, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains, N.Y., created the Marsal Caregiver Center, which opened in June 2018 to provide clinical and social services while also offering a place of respite for c...
Continuing its mission to advance biological research worldwide, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has launched oPools™ Oligo Pools—ready-to-use pools of high quality DNA oligonucleotides (oligos) up to 350 nucleotides in length. Thanks to its industry-leading proprietary oligo manufacturing processes and 30 years of dedication to exceptional quality products, IDT is abl...
Because not every facility has the budget or space to accommodate the specialized design, many families are forced to travel away from home to find a treatment facility—a reality faced by the Santos family when their daughter Isabella was diagnosed with the disease at age 2. She endured five relapses with the disease before she passed away at age 7 in 2012. Following her...
The vision of the Smart Hospital: the intelligent interconnection of physician, patient and machine. A digitally organized hospital that intelligently connects all departments and entities is a concept that has been around for some time, but what does it entail? What is already part of today’s clinical routine and where is there a need to catch up? Many institution...
There are a range of treatment options to manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Many are directed at aiding the airways to keep them open as much as possible, help with mucus clearance, and decrease inflammation. No single strategy or medicine is "best" for all people. Personalization is key to address each person’s COPD and devise the best plan for sympto...
Their system uses infrared spectroscopy and 3D imaging to generate volumetric maps of blood within a patient’s hand. Conventional optical imaging is used to scan the hand and create a model of it. Subsequently, infrared light is illuminated through each of the fingers and what comes out is evaluated. Blood that is more or less oxygenated absorbs infrared light differe...
We tried to explore the uses of artificial intelligence in mental health care, and stumbled upon smart algorithms that support clinicians with early detection and diagnostics of mental health issues, with the flagging of suicide risks, and other ones that help patients manage their condition through counselling and constantly being there for them. Could mental health ...
Did you know that in Vanuatu, transporting a patient to the main hospital could mean a 4-6 hour boat ride? Or that the remote village of Supai in the Grand Canyon might only be accessible on horseback? Here we collected the most remarkable examples where telemedicine can truly make a difference. Connections matter Telemedicine promises to fulfill a natural demand in ...
The trauma of being born and giving birth The experience of being born and leaving the nurturing womb of our mother after more or less nine months is painful, bloody, and traumatic. Abrupt separation from a protective environment into the hostile world. One hundred percent biological, nothing pathetic. It’s a trauma for both mother and child from both the physical and t...
Their work demonstrates that the device generates up to 1.6 mW of power without significant change in breathing patterns or oxygen consumption by the wearer. One day, this device may power wearable electronics, body-worn sensors, and prostheses. Previous work developing energy harvesters has resulted in a variety of devices (see flashbacks below). Some devices can gen...
One thing that causes many such electronic skins to be impractical is the complex wiring that is required to make hundreds, if not thousands, of independent sensors work together. The other issue is that by scaling up to make ever larger pieces of e-skin, vastly more signals have to be processed in real time. Now, researchers at the National University of Singapore ha...
In a more general manner that’s what digital humanism is about. Instead of technological development serving the interests of big tech companies to the detriment of people by exploiting human weaknesses and by taking control out of their hands, humans should step up and say stop to technology degrading humans, creating or widening gaps in societies, disregarding diversit...
