E-commerce giant Amazon to acquire hybrid primary care provider One Medical in a $3.9B deal

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 […]

Research study finds that a health activity tracker and machine learning algorithm can detect the likelihood of Covid-19 infection prior to symptom onset

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 […]

Precision Neurology startup Rune Labs obtains FDA 510(k) clearance for their Apple Watch based Parkinson’s Disease software platform

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 expands its Amazon Care telehealth service nationwide across the US

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 […]

Fully autonomous surgical robot successfully performs complex laparoscopic procedure

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 […]

Light sensors on consumer wearables have lower accuracy for people with higher BMI and melanin levels

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 […]