In the spirit of the new year and as many of us recommit to a more dedicated pursuit of our health and fitness goals we bring good news from a recent study on the benefits of walking for cardiovascular health. The study concludes that the benefits of walking for heart health and all-cause mortality begin […]
From the moment the $3.9 Billion all cash acquisition of primary care provider One Medical by e-commerce and technology giant Amazon was announced, the healthcare industry has been abuzz with commentary on what its impact will be on patients and ecosystem participants, possible implications to the process of virtual health care delivery and all manner […]
At BML Technology we work backstage with some of the most exciting medtech companies in the world helping them develop their digital health solutions and getting them to market. In recent years we’ve seen an explosion in the number of digital health startups addressing a wide array of unmet clinical needs by integrating the latest […]
In yet another in a fast growing list of impressive usage cases of remote patient monitoring technology transforming an Apple Smartwatch into a consumer wearable medical device; precision neurology startup Rune Labs announced its StrivePD software ecosystem for Parkinson’s disease has been granted 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to collect […]
Amazon Care, Amazon’s telehealth service, launched in September 2019 with the goal of making healthcare easy and convenient for families and individuals by making patient-centric healthcare services available when and where they are needed on a 24/7/365 basis. Originally the service was available to Amazon employees and to companies in the Seattle area on a […]
For the first time in the field a self directed and fully autonomous surgical robot has performed a laparoscopic surgery without the guiding hands of a human. The surgery was carried out by researchers at John Hopkins University and their STAR robotic system, which stands for Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot. This groundbreaking procedure moves the […]
Consumer wearable devices and fitness trackers are popular general wellness devices consumers use to monitor their health metrics including distance traveled, heart rate, blood pressure and others. Some of these devices are licensed by Health Canada and cleared for use by the FDA as medical devices, and are slowly evolving into a more important component […]
