by Jill Hoffman | Aug 11, 2015 | Medical Devices
Devices that use video technology to detect a person’s heart and breathing rate are nothing new but until recently such devices were only effective on brightly illuminated, light-skinned people. DistancePPG, developed by researchers at Rice University, is a video...
by Jill Hoffman | Jul 13, 2015 | Medical Devices
There are numerous developments in ophthalmology in 2015 but perhaps none is as promising as the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System which deals with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Retinitis pigmentosa is a degenerative eye disease that causes deterioration in the part of...
by Jill Hoffman | Jan 28, 2015 | Medical Devices
Your smartphone remembers all your phone numbers and email addys, keeps track of your photographs, and delivers your favorite music and videos on demand. And your smart phone can be even smarter with a new generation of medtech apps that stand in for some of the...
by Jill Hoffman | Jan 20, 2015 | Medical Devices
When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, the law included a provision called the Physician Payment Sunshine Plan. However, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) did not release final regulations to implement the Sunshine Act until...
by Jill Hoffman | Jan 14, 2015 | Medical Devices
In August 2014, American missionary workers Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol returned to the United States after contracting Ebola in Liberia. Since that time, the healthcare industry has been at the forefront of Ebola management efforts. Brantly and Writebol were...
by Jill Hoffman | Jan 6, 2015 | Medical Devices
When the Affordable Care Act was signed into law in 2010, lawmakers included a 2.3% excise tax on gross sales of medical products. The tax, which went into effect in January 2013, was projected to raise about $30 billion over the coming decade to help pay for...
