The online platform Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. (MCCPDC) offers medicines at more affordable prices. According to Becker’s Hospital Review, one example is the […]
Category: Innovation
Beijing is creating new laws to expand use of self-driving cars in online ride-hailing services
Beijing announced plans to support the use of autonomous vehicles for urban public electric bus transportation, ride-hailing services and car rentals recently. According to China […]
Cleveland Clinic’s patient satisfaction at 100% in labor & delivery
Cleveland Clinic adopted a unique labor and delivery initiative in October 2022, that led to a reduction in Cesarean section rates and a boost in […]
White House enlists Microsoft, Google for rural hospital cyberdefense
The US government has partnered with Microsoft and Google to offer free and low-cost resources to rural hospitals. Cooperation includes strengthening cyber defense in these […]
Elizabeth Holmes tries to overturn fraud conviction
Lawyers for the founder of Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, and the company’s president, Ramesh Balwani, filed a request to annul the fraud convictions of investors in […]
Nokia presented “immersive audio and video” technology
Pekka Lundmark, CEO of Nokia, used a new technology called “immersive audio and video”. The phone call made has better quality, with three-dimensional sound, which […]
Researchers create algorithm to optimize hospital beds distribution
A system developed by researchers at the Universidade Federal Fluminense aims to make the distribution of beds in hospitals faster and more efficient, according to […]
CDC goes back again to Covid-19 is ‘sometimes’ airborne
The US agency has reiterated that the new coronavirus can be airborne, however, it maintains that it is not the main method of transmission. It […]
Theranos: how a biotech startup descended from heaven to hell
Promising technique for blood analysis without the use of a needle, after all, does not work. Investigations by the FDA, Medicare and Medicaid are already […]
WannaCry: the malicious software that paralyzed the NHS
WannaCry malicious software attacked Britain’s health service and companies in Spain, Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan, hijacking data and demanding a ransom to release. This type […]