An Overview of the Wearable Market in Healthcare. MarketsandMarkets suggests that the global market for wearable healthcare devices will approach $70 billion by 2028, with annual growth in the market exceeding 11 percent per year. Devices fall into two broad categories. One is medical-grade wearables such as blood pressure, glucose and heart monitors.

Which AI Solutions Will Healthcare Organizations Adopt in 2025? Healthcare leaders are interested in AI tools that provide clear value, whether that’s a better clinician experience, reduced costs, increased administrative efficiencies or improved patient care.

HealthTech Magazine explores technology and healthcare issues relevant to IT leaders and managers at healthcare organizations evaluating and implementing technology solutions.

Medical mistakes are the third leading cause of death in the U.S. after heart disease and cancer. Medical harm affects 1 in 4 hospitalized patients today, and the errors that lead to harm are usually the result of system or process failures, not individual healthcare workers’ practices.. Among the systemic issues that contribute to medical harm is …

The healthcare industry is using artificial intelligence to elevate patient care and alleviate administrative burdens on a wide scale, with 79% of healthcare organizations reporting that they have adopted AI technology in some capacity, according to a study commissioned by Microsoft.. It’s important to remember that the idea of a sentient and self-aware AI capable of offering healthcare on ...

As the world navigates a future driven by artificial intelligence, healthcare organizations are seeking to quickly and methodically embed the technology through workflows, increasing efficiency, productivity and safety, and potentially leading to greater employee engagement and improved patient satisfaction.. The healthcare industry is at …

Reid Health Finds Efficiencies with IT Service Management. With nurse-to-patient ratios increasing at Richmond, Ind.-based Reid Health, the IT department wants to ease providers’ workflows so they can focus on working at the top of their licenses, says CIO Muhammad Siddiqui.. Nurses need to get medication to patients on time and check vitals regularly, among many other critical activities.

Northwell Health and Nuvance Health. These two nonprofit healthcare organizations announced in February that they plan to form a new integrated regional health system to care for patients in New York and Connecticut. The new organization will include approximately 14,500 providers and more than 1,000 care sites.

3D printing has emerged as a transformative technology in healthcare in recent years. The number of U.S. hospitals with centralized 3D printing facilities for point-of-care manufacturing has exploded, from just three in 2010 to 113 in 2019.. With 3D printers now capable of making objects measured in microns, or millionths of a meter, the technology has led to …

The next step is to treat it. A common way of treating this disease is through catheter ablation, which uses radio-frequency energy to destroy irregular heart tissue that can cause arrhythmias.However, this approach has a low success rate with patients experiencing arrhythmias in the upper chambers, especially those who have had arrhythmias for many years, due to tissue damage and scarring.