Reflexion Health working on back and spine surgery indication for rehab...
Reflexion Health has updated its FDA-cleared procedure prep and recovery product for hip and knee replacement as it works on a new indication designed for back, spine and shoulder surgery. The updates...
View ArticleThree companies blend their skills to create surgical patient management...
InTouch Health, a telemedicine company, teamed up with two startups — SafeStart Medical and TapCloud — to debut a new product called InTouch Surgical. The tool, which functions as a surgical patient...
View ArticleTelemedicine Adds Value to an Orthopedic Bundled Payment Plan
A telemedicine platform can improve clinical outcomes and reduce costs in a physician-managed bundled payment plan for orthopedic clinics. But physicians have to know how to create a plan that will...
View ArticleIntuitive Surgical Could Help Usher in a New Era for Medtech
InTouch Health is building an Internet of Medical Things for Intuitive Surgical that could also benefit other medical device companies and healthcare systems. More than a decade ago Amazon recognized...
View ArticleGeisinger boosts orthopedic outcomes with EHR-virtual care
The Pennsylvania-based health system is the first to merge data collected from a remote care management platform into its Epic electronic health record system. The EHR integration with the Force...
View ArticleTelehealth use surged in 2017
Telehealth use jumped 53% from 2016 to 2017, outpacing all other sites of care, according to a new report. Telehealth utilization grew nearly twice as fast in urban than rural areas over that span,...
View ArticleThe #1 Advantage for THA or TKA Tele-Rehabilitation
New work presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has found that tele-rehabilitation doesn’t have to mean that patients end up back in the hospital. The...
View ArticleThe Changing World Around Orthopedic Implants
Those who have been in this industry for more than a few years realize implant technology has not changed all that much. Sure, there are new product releases offering innovative benefits not previously...
View ArticleHidden Gems: 6 Orthopedic Technology Innovators of Note
ODT’s Top 10 list chronicles the orthopedic technology companies that have amassed the highest annual revenue. They aren’t the sole source for interesting and innovative technologies, however—many...
View ArticleVirtual-therapy provider Reflexion Health expands treatment options, eyes...
Reflexion Health is expanding the use of its VERA platform to shoulder replacement and upper extremity such that patients recovering from these procedures can use its avatar coach to complete...
View ArticleDigital Approach to Physical Therapy: Reflexion Announces HelloPT
San Diego, California-based Reflexion Health has announced a new digital physical therapy platform called HelloPT. Services provided include support for injury prevention, injury recovery, and...
View ArticleHealth care’s tech renaissance during the pandemic extends to medical training
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in at least 25 million cases worldwide with a continued spread in the United States, causing global disruption in every sector of society and forcing adaptation to a...
View ArticleFrost & Sullivan’s Top 10 predictions for healthcare in 2021
From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond. The year 2020 has been a year...
View ArticleMicrosoft partners with Teladoc, expands healthcare capabilities
Microsoft will partner with Teladoc Health to integrate virtual care onto Teams. The platform aims to streamline the technological and administrative processes involved in providing telehealth...
View ArticleIt’s time to standardize robotic surgery
Robots are common in the operating room, but there’s no standard curriculum to train surgeons to use them. The global surgical robotics market is expanding rapidly and may soon be worth $120B. But is...
View ArticleSurgeons excited by the power of big tech in orthopedics
Big tech’s push into healthcare promises big things for the orthopedic industry as wearable technologies offer providers data and insights in a way they have never had at their disposal. Remote patient...
View ArticleVirtual physical therapy: A new horizon in ambulatory arthroplasty recovery
Discovering that a well-supported, evidence-based virtual physical therapy program produces the same functional and patient-reported outcomes as outpatient physical therapy—even for ambulatory TKA...
View ArticleAR-Enabled Remote Assist For Surgical Procedures
Augmented Reality For Telehealth Augmented reality (AR)—a set of technologies that integrates digital 3D content into a person’s visual field and allows them to interact with that content—is being used...
View ArticleVirtual physical therapy may improve function, patient satisfaction after TKA
Results showed patients who utilized a virtual physical therapy program after total knee arthroplasty had similar outcomes, but significant cost and time savings, compared with patients who used a...
View ArticleSmith+Nephew & leading HealthTech – Proximie – partner to deliver advanced...
Two British healthcare companies united: rolling out Smith+Nephew’s orthopaedics, robotics & sports medicine solutions. Partnership launched in the UK, Ireland and NORDICS. Proximie, the global...
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