Bahl and Colley to lead IMC expansion plans
After its strongest growth year ever, the IoT M2M Council (IMC) has tapped Romil Bahl, CEO of KORE, as its new chairman. In addition, Sam Colley, CEO of Pod [...]
Withings acquires 8fit wellness app
French connected health firm Withings has acquired 8fit, a health, fitness and wellness app with more than 40 million downloads. Available in six languages, German firm 8fit’s app provides [...]
Kaspersky finds vulnerabilities in MQTT protocol
The most commonly used protocol for transferring data from wearable devices used for remote patient monitoring contains 33 vulnerabilities, according to Russian cyber-security company Kaspersky. The figure includes 18 [...]
Ant IoT monitors equipment at UK hospital
Maidstone Hospital in the UK has selected Ant Telecom to protect its critical equipment by using IoT monitoring technology. The aim is to ensure critical equipment uptime and HACCP [...]
U-Blox adds Bluetooth to neuroscience headset
New Zealand-based neuroscience company Exsurgo’s Axon headset for chronic pain treatment uses a U-Blox Anna-B112 Bluetooth 5 system-in-package (SIP) for wireless communications. The headset is part of a 116-person [...]
UCI Health uses Biofourmis AI to monitor patients
A Californian academic medical centre is to deliver hospital-level care in patients’ homes and continuously monitor recently discharged patients using technology from Biofourmis, a Massachusetts-based specialist in digital therapeutics [...]
NHS backs plan to turn iPhone into cancer detector
An adapter that can turn a normal iPhone into diagnostic equipment for head and neck cancers is one of eight projects set to receive a total of £10m in [...]
BioMech AI analyses body motion
Virginia-based BioMech has introduced AI-enabled, clinically actionable real-time motion analytics to improve healthcare. Called BioMech Lab, it uses motion as a functional biomarker to quantify relevant aspects of physical, [...]
FDA clears CloudCath at-home dialysis monitor
California-based CloudCath has received FDA clearance for a peritoneal dialysis (PD) at-home patient monitoring system. The automated monitoring system facilitates end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients’ use of home-based PD [...]
ATA and ECH Alliance partner on digital health push
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and the European Connected Health Alliance (ECH Alliance) are jointly supporting the Global Health Connector Partnership (GHCP) focused on advancing digital health transformation across [...]
Forescout acquires health cyber-security firm CyberMDX
California-based cyber-security company Forescout Technologies has acquired CyberMDX, a healthcare cyber-security provider delivering visibility and threat prevention for medical devices and clinical networks. The acquisition strengthens Forescout’s position in [...]
Philips updates technology at German hospital
Dutch technology giant Philips has signed a ten-year partnership with the University Hospital Brandenburg an der Havel in Germany to renew and expand the hospital’s diagnostic and therapy options. [...]
