LAS VEGAS - At the 2025 HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition here, Tom Leary, senior vice president and head of government relations at HIMSS, and Jonathan French, senior director of public policy and content development at HIMSS, discussed the organization's role in progressing health technology policy in government.
In their talk, "Forecasting the Global Policy Landscape in 2025," the pair...
Chulalongkorn University engineer develops hybrid wheelchair, wearable robot
A wheelchair that also serves as a wearable exoskeleton for people with mobility issues has been developed in Thailand.
The hybrid robot prototype allows its user to leave the wheelchair to stand and walk using an exoskeleton.
"The lower leg can change mode between sitting and walking using a motor to help with the...
LAS VEGAS - Punit Singh Soni, founder and CEO of Suki, maker of an AI-backed healthcare voice tool, sat down with MobiHealthNews at the 2025 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition here to discuss the evolution of the company and its experience at the conference.
MobiHealthNews: How are you enjoying HIMSS25?
Punit Singh Soni: This year has been insane, and I was reflecting on it last...
LAS VEGAS – At the Smart Health Transformation Forum at HIMSS25 here, leaders discussed various ways health systems and clinics implement innovations, pitfalls during the piloting or implementation process, analyzing the validity and use cases of AI, machine learning, big data, ambient listening, robotics and other technologies.
"Every part of our industry is broken. Every single part. There is...
Michael McGillion, director of PROTECT LAB and assistant professor at the School of Nursing at Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, is speaking at the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition this week in Las Vegas on effective hospital-to-home (H2H) postoperative care management. McGillion sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss his talk.
MobiHealthNews:...
HCF now offers remote heart monitoring with Ramsay
Health insurer HCF has started offering remote heart monitoring service for patients dealing with heart failure.
It recently tied up with Ramsay Connect, Ramsay Health Care's community, home, and remote care joint venture with Remedy Healthcare, to offer two million HCF members access to the Virtual Heart Failure Service.
The service hooks...
Google has received FDA clearance for its loss of pulse detection feature available on Pixel Watch 3.
The loss of pulse detection technology checks for an individual's pulse. Once it detects signs of a loss of pulse, it activates infrared and red lights to search for additional pulse signals. A motion sensor then checks for signs of movement.
An AI algorithm then analyzes the pulse and movement...
In recent months, the Singaporean government has cracked down on erring providers of telemedicine in the country. It was revealed at the start of the year that eight providers were being investigated for improper practice and false advertising – and one already had its license to offer outpatient services revoked.
Amid this growing scrutiny, telehealth company ORA launched what could be...
Silicon Valley giant NVIDIA announced a partnership with the Arc Institute and Stanford University to launch a new foundation model, Evo 2, that understands the genetic code for all domains of life.
The model, which is being touted as the largest publicly available AI model for genomic data, was built using the NVIDIA DGX Cloud platform on Amazon Web Services (AWS) in collaboration with Arc and...
Musician and record producer Pharrell Williams' nonprofit organization, Black Ambition, is accepting applications for the 2025 Black Ambition Prize Competition, which will provide more than $1 million in funding for up to 25 applicants focused on innovating in the healthcare, technology, AI, consumer products and services, and media and entertainment.
Early-stage underrepresented entrepreneurs...
