Category: Health Care Industry

Mobile commerce is affecting all industries but the health care is one that stands out amongst the rest. The industry is mainly using mobile apps and augmented reality to make headlines.

Medical Barcodes That Map the Mysteries of Tumors

Jorge Gonzalez
Medical Barcodes

Barcodes Aren’t Just for Your Groceries Anymore Remember when barcodes were just for groceries? Scan, beep, done. Simple stuff. But now, they’re so much more. Barcodes are stepping into medicine, even cancer research. Crazy, right? They’re helping doctors decode cancer at a molecular level. Kind of like QR codes, but way smarter. You know how QR codes make life easier? Barcodes are doing that for science. Sci-fi? Nope. It’s real. Take Patho-DBiT, for example. Heard of it? It’s this groundbreaking tool developed at Yale that uses DNA barcoding to give…

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Importance of IoT Healthcare Services

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IoT Healthcare Services

The world’s healthcare landscape is experiencing a rapid technological advancement. IoT (Internet of Things) is a key pillar behind the transformation of medical facility operations today. This technology has the potential to connect smart devices, gather accurate healthcare data, and support real-time communication between patients and medical teams. Medical businesses can leverage IoT to revolutionize how they manage their facilities, deliver care, and track patients’ recovery journey. Living a healthy life is a priority for many individuals. The future of healthcare is changing dramatically with each passing day. Cutting edge…

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Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset used for spinal fusion surgery in UK

Julie Campbell
Mixed reality - Apple Logo - Spine Surgery

A surgical assistant swapped out the HoloLens 2 in favor of the goggles from the iPhone maker. A London surgical assistant recently chose to use the Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset instead of the HoloLens 2 in order to complete a spinal fusion surgery. The doctor described the change as a groundbreaking one. The device was worn by a scrub nurse Unlike what certain reports had suggested, it wasn’t the surgeons who were wearing the mixed reality goggles. Instead, it was Suvi Verho, a surgical assistant and scrub nurse…

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WHO launches Risk Assessment Tool biosafety mobile app

Jorge Gonzalez
Mobile app - WHO biohazard sign

The World Health Organization launched the RAST application for biosafety and lab biosecurity. The World Health Organization has announced the launch of its new mobile app, the Risk Assessment Tool (RAST) for Biosafety and Laboratory Biosecurity. The application is meant to assist in assessing laboratory risk The mobile app is meant to support laboratory workers, who are at a risk as high as 1,000 times more than the general population when it comes to infections.  The RAST application is intended to be used alongside the Laboratory biosafety manual (LBM4) risk-…

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Samsung smart ring places a focus on sleep data

Julie Campbell
Smart Ring - Samsung Galaxy Ring - Surpring Features - Image Source - TechTalkTV YouTube

The new Galaxy wearable device was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress before its release. Following a tiny mention at the tail end of the Galaxy S24 event in early February, Samsung officially unveiled its smart ring at the Mobile World Congress (MWC). The latest unveiling went well beyond the brief tease originally announcing the device. Samsung has now made the announcement of its smart ring, a Galaxy device, official.  The gadget will be offered in US ring sizes 5 through 15. That said, on the commercial products, those sizes…

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