Treating Patients with Handheld Ultrasound at Soaring Heights
This rescue helicopter provides emergency services to a New Zealand island with the help of a portable ultrasound Scattered across 150,000 square kilometers of beautiful farm land, mountainous terrain, and rugged coastline, South Island is the larger of New Zealand’s two major islands. It’s served by various medical centers and small hospitals, but few specialized hospitals in the south-eastern city of Dunedin. And while the scenery of this Lord of the Rings landscape is stunning, its unreliable roads can make it difficult
The Singapore Sling: Tapping into the island state’s strengths in research and development
There is more than one reason why Singapore should be in the spotlight this summer; its med-tech innovations are shining on the world stage Many countries in Asia boast longer than average life expectancies, with residents living well into their 80s and beyond. It’s estimated that by 2040, 16% of the region’s population will be older than 65 – more than double the 7.8% share in 2015. Living a longer life is a positive outcome of a healthy lifestyle, but
Intelligent Machines Are Changing Point of Care
How Artificial Intelligence can help clinicians focus Literature abounds on the use of ultrasound. The technology is applied to everything from peering at a fetus inside a body to helping to diagnose shock. It’s fast and generally affordable. However, it demands a fair amount of expertise and concentration to obtain correct measurements from ultrasound images and to interpret those images. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) adds to ultrasound a powerful layer that lets users gain critically needed information – especially when
My ride to the cloud: How one doctor’s invention helped his own heart defect
GE Healthcare Life Sciences is launching the Emory Cardiac toolbox with Syntermed Live, which helped its developer’s heart perfusion. In 2008, Dr. Ernie Garcia was a healthy 60-year-old who knew the importance of a heart-healthy lifestyle. So when he experienced a chest pain episode, his cardiologist insisted he had nothing to worry about. But the symptoms persisted, spurring him to request a nuclear cardiology study, a non-invasive test done on a PET (Positron Emission Computed Tomography) scanner to assess blood
Doctors + Data: A new way to make critical medical decisions
Clinicians and data scientists join forces to create a new vision of healthcare in the ICU In the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), every second holds the promise of saving a life. But the large amounts of data from monitors and exams can make it challenging for clinicians to focus on the right data at the right time. That’s why ICUs are the focus of a new collaboration between data scientists and clinicians using “big data” to support clinical decisions. “In
Why more women than men are at the helm inside hospital command centers
76% of the mission control staff who work inside GE Healthcare’s first command center that coordinates care across a multi-hospital system are women Elon Musk recently announced plans to create high-speed driverless cars to transport airline passengers in tunnels from downtown Chicago to O’Hare International airport. If this takes off, the transformative technology behind the project will join the likes of other advancements that have forever changed the airline industry including, global positioning software (GPS) that helps air traffic controllers
