With the recent hack of Change Healthcare back in the news, a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives took up the subject of cybersecurity, which included only a couple of mentions of medical devices. However, witnesses at the hearing emphasized the role of the federal government in thwarting foreign cybersecurity threats against health care facilities, with John Riggi of the American Hospital Association stating, “we need the [federal] government to go after bad actors overseas.”
At the American College of Cardiology's (ACC) 24th Annual Scientific Session held this week in Atlanta, SHL Telemedicine Ltd. reported the full results of the Imperial College London TELE-ACS trial, the results of which were also published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
South Korean medical software firm Coreline Soft Co. Ltd. said it gained U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for its artificial intelligence-based coronary artery calcification assessing solution, Aview CAC, while raising ₩18 billion (US$13.33 million) in a private placement.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is steadily making inroads into the world of health care, and San Francisco-based Eko Health Inc. has taken up the AI call with a stethoscope developed in conjunction with the Mayo Clinic that can detect low ejection fraction of the heart.
In what represents its first patenting, Anjo.ai Inc seeks protection of systems for remote monitoring, early detection and notification for life-threatening allergic anaphylactic reactions using wearable sensors and artificial intelligence. The system can recognize an allergic reaction even before the visible symptoms appear.
Graymatters Health Ltd. seeks patent protection for its non-invasive, self-neuromodulation approach for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. In what represents the company’s second PCT filing, GMH’s co-founders, Oded Kraft, Rani Cohen and Shai Attia, describe a method for achieving a reduction of at least six points in a Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5, following neurofeedback treatment delivered for eight to 12 consecutive weeks.
Surgeon, CEO and founder of Hutom Corp., Woo Jin Hyung, is working to level the playing field in the operating room with artificial intelligence (AI) and big data, leveraging digital technology to optimize surgical outcomes.
Vicore Pharma Holding AB was granted a U.S. FDA breakthrough device designation for Almee, a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) software, to be used as an adjunct treatment by patients with anxiety symptoms due to pulmonary fibrosis. Vicore developed the nine-week CBT digital therapy in partnership with Alex Therapeutics AB.
Medical Korea 2024 opened to a large audience in Seoul, South Korea for a two-day run to highlight advances in the medical field, including those in radiotherapy.
Medicare coverage of medical software in the U.S. is generally not the subject of flattering remarks from industry, but the novelty of the subcategory of artificial intelligence (AI) would seem to suggest that the Medicare problem for AI is even more severe. That suspicion was borne out by consultant Bruce Quinn who said at a public meeting here in Washington that some areas of software coverage and reimbursement, including AI software, “are just a train wreck,” a problem he said is especially acute in fee-for-service care.
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