The year 2020 saw an explosion in all activities related to digital health. Presently we are in what can only be described as a boom period for the health technology industry in terms of the quantity and scale of research efforts. The same can be said of products, tools and digital health technologies launched into […]
CES is the premiere event where new consumer technology and innovation are revealed to the world. It is a proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators and showcases companies in consumer technology hardware, content, technology delivery and more. One of the sectors demonstrating the greatest innovation and growth in tools and technologies empowering consumers […]
BML Technology in its role as as a participant in the digital health ecosystem at the intersection of medical technology, clinical research and patient-centric healthcare is regularly called upon by investors, medical technology firms and other stakeholders in digital health to provide evaluations and expert opinions on medical technology and its applicability in precision medicine […]
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and already with the insight that our health care system would be pushed to the limit with regards to the availability of COVD-19 related medical devices, PPE and specifically ventilators The Montreal General Hospital Foundation and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (IR-MUHC), in […]
We’ve been talking a lot over the past few months about symptoms tracking as a way to reduce the lag that plagues contact tracing. If it works, it would be a critical tool in social distancing and social isolation strategies used by different levels of government. The important thing is to understand how it can […]
Certainly exciting news from the point of view of investment in wearables and health tracking, as now three of the four biggest tech companies in the world, the FAANG companies, are significantly vested in this crossover space. We expect to have a lot more to say about Halo once we understand it better, as the […]
Incredible live demo by Neuralink this evening. Lots to unpack here, but while everyone scrambles to make sense of this, Elon Musk has changed the conversation. Again. And most are missing the key detail. This is no Fitbit. They have been granted breakthrough device designation by the FDA. Which means they will be held to […]
MONTREAL, June 23, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ – The COVID-19 crisis has overwhelmed all sectors of our society and has exposed a gross unpreparedness to deal with viral pandemics. It has created an unprecedented need for Canadian solutions to medical devices, materials and equipment, from simple PPE to symptom tracking wearables, to more complex devices like […]
“But Mr. Speaker , this is not a war. That doesn’t make this fight any less destructive, any less dangerous. But there is no front line marked with barbed wire, no soldiers to be deployed across the ocean, no enemy combatants to defeat. Instead, the front line is everywhere: in our homes, in our hospitals […]
Short Answer: No. Well, ok…. kind of. But not exactly. It can do something that only one other over-the-counter device can do, and that’s to measure medical grade ECG without a physician or certified technician (more on the other device below). Confusion is already spreading and some interesting points in favor and against are being […]