Technology, Equipment & Devices
Risks Associated with Medical Devices and Mobile Medical Devices
Mobility is having an impact on consumer and business markets at a much faster pace than the introduction of the World Wide Web. There is a surge in the proliferation of mobile devices and platforms and it is changing how people share and access information in today's always-on, connected world.
Drivers of Healthcare Industry
This article speaks about growth in the healthcare delivery industry, medical technology industry growing at a healthy pace of 16-18%, especially in few sectors like cardiology, growing at high pace of 35-40 percent. The author says this growth is happening on account of the growth in advancements in medical technologies. As one reads through the article he can find the Key drivers for growing Healthcare industry. Later in the article the author speaks about convergence, mergers and acquisitions for the growth of Asian medical equipment industry. Finally author speaks about Frost & Sullivan initiative India Healthcare Excellence Awards 2011.
mHealth
Poised for growth in India
Bridging the health divide, mHealth can go a long way in providing equitable, sustainable healthcare for the have nots.
mHealth
New opportunities for healthcare improvement
Adoption of mDevices (cell phones, smartphones, tablets, and more) and their numerous healthcare applications (more than 5000 and growing) is expanding as the opportunities they present for improved
Do we need artificial organs ?
Effects of a changing global economy
Along with the shift in emphasis to developing future innovations that enhance quality of life, there is a growing need for those devices that keep patients alive. Artificial organs and organ assist devices represent such life saving technologies.
Healthcare IT Spending
Effects of a changing global economy
A prolonged or deeper economic slowdown will inevitably be met by further reductions in IT capital and operating budgets, so, even those health IT initiatives that have a demonstrated ROI could become difficult to fund. The IT services and solution providers have to prepare themselves and develop some quick strategies to respond to the changed client behaviour and market conditions in healthcare expected in 2009 and 2010.
Artificial Intelligence
Applications in healthcare
For improving the efficiency of treatments and avoiding costs by minimising the risks of false diagnosis, it is important to integrate Artificial Intelligence tools in everyday medical applications. This facilitates more targeted pre-operative planning and reduces the risk of intra-operative complications.
RFID for Medical Devices
An exciting future
Imagine an RFID tag travelling through the human body such as in Sci-Fi movie Fantastic Voyage. In biotechnology, bioengineering and healthcare, RFID has a lot of interesting research opportunities.
Orthopedic Medical Devices
Emerging technologies and trends
Devices for the Failing Heart
The future is here
Mechanical circulatory support is an important adjunct to the management of patients with advanced heart failure. Technology advances in this area have improved overall survival. The challenge for clinicians is to translate the clinical evidence into selection of the most appropriate device that will provide benefit for an individual patient.
Nano-Healthcare
Biotechnology & biomedical perspective of disruptive potential
Nanotechnology has all the potential to become a disruptive and revolutionary technology in terms of its healthcare application. However, there are a few ethical concerns which need to be sorted out before its wide-spread use in healthcare.
Medical Device Market
Mega trends in Asia
Faced with an increasingly ageing society and rising healthcare costs, countries in Asia Pacific are expecting cost-effective medical devices to be developed by local companies.
Medical Products Manufacturing in India
Getting ready for growth
Soon India will be able to demonstrate its capabilities as an alternate manufacturing destination to China for many medical products.
Medical Devices Meet Consumer Electronics
Revolution in healthcare delivery
Advanced semiconductor technology is transforming healthcare. At the vanguard is an entirely new way of monitoring the human body-wirelessly, intelligently and at low cost. Microchip-sized wireless body monitoring systems are offering quality of life for users and providing critical data for healthcare professionals.
Devices Containing Membranes
Better membrane, improved outcomes
Devices containing artificial membranes for the treatment of kidney disease lack the ability to replace or augment metabolic and endocrine functions, which are non-selective and biologically reactive.
Patient-Centric Modalities
Strategies for better implementation
Care providers must consider some key factors they need to balance for effective implementation of patient-centric modalities
Small is Beautiful
Nanotechnology for medical devices
Medical devices and their components are currently being scaled down to molecular levels and successfully applied in diagnostics and clinical therapies.
Life Sciences Industry
Converging for better care
Combination products have the potential to respond to the increase in patient needs in a way that may be more affordable, easier to use, less expensive, or more effective than current solutions.
Combination Products
Enabling localised care
Combination products will enable healthcare providers to treat diseases with localised drug delivery and fewer side effects.
Medical Devices
Going the generic way
With the application of the generic pharmaceutical model to off-patent devices, the availability of generic alternatives to branded medical devices presents an opportunity for a drastic reduction in healthcare costs.
CyberKnife Radiosurgery
An emerging surgical revolution
The constellation of technologies that make up a modern CyberKnife system enable radiosurgery to be delivered with sub-millimeter accuracy to static lesions and better than 2 mm accuracy to targets that move with respiration.
Networking Implanted Medical Devices
Ensuring effectiveness and security
Implanted medical devices present different security issues than traditional information systems, and require different security risk analysis and mitigation techniques
Medical Gloves
Going powder free
The amount of aero-allergence in areas where powdered gloves are worn can increase 5-10 fold when compared to those where only powder free gloves are used.
Partnerships and Innovation
The growth factors
Developing a product pipeline is being considered seriously and will be an essential factor for the growth of the Indian pharma market.
Biosimilars
What lies ahead?
Biosimilars will eventually bring down the cost of biological medicines and in doing so will expand the market.
Patient Monitoring
Non-invasive is the way
Non-invasive methods to monitor ventilation are valid surrogates for arterial blood gas analysis.
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