Gas-sensor device can predict asthma attacks. 9 February 2011 | By Ellie Zolfagharifard Siemens has developed a gas sensor that can warn patients of constricted airways a day before an asthma attack occurs. The portable device works by measuring the level of nitrogen monoxide (NO) on a patient’s breath to determine whether their bronchial tubes have inflamed. Often the inflammation sets in long before a patient can feel anything. If left untreated, it could lead to severe breathing problems and the patient being hospitalised. ‘Similar sensors to this are currently available in doctors’ offices, but they are too bulky and expensive for individual use,’ said Dr Maximilian Fleischer, who helped develop the device.
Siemens’ sensor, which is slightly smaller than a mobile phone, works by converting NO to nitrogen dioxide (NO2). When air flows across the sensor, it selectively catches the NO2, which gives rise to a small electrical voltage that indicates chemical levels on the breath in parts per billion (ppb). Verizon Uses Predictive Modeling To Detect Health Fraud - Healthcare - Security & Privacy. Verizon software can spot doctors prescribing excessive amounts of medication and other trends that indicate falsified billings. (click image for larger view) Slideshow: 12 Innovative Mobile Healthcare Apps The telecommunication giant has just unveiled a new software platform called Verizon Fraud Management for Healthcare, a fraud detection system tailored to the healthcare industry. It uses predictive modeling technology to examine unusual patterns and trends in incoming healthcare payment requests.
The platform is designed to send potentially fraudulent claims information to case managers for investigation before payments are made. "The software can detect all of those things by using the algorithms within the system," Schweyen told InformationWeek Healthcare. . [ Today's mobile devices have transformed medical care in unprecedented ways. In addition to detecting fraud, waste, and abuse in healthcare claims payment systems, the technology also offers customers the ability to: More Insights.
Breakthrough Medical Gadgets: The Future of Healthcare Hardware | Gadget Lab. Nearly a thousand of the brightest minds in medical R&D convened in San Diego last week for the TEDMED conference. This for-profit event isn’t directly owned by the non-profit TED organization — so famous for its conference devoted to new ideas in technology, entertainment and design — but its management team members are reportedly, er, TEDsters, and what we discovered at TEDMED was interest-piquing to a TEDian degree. Innovative new medical gadgets and other bleeding-edge healthcare hardware ran rampant.
Here are some of the more, well, unusual pieces of technology we uncovered after scouring meeting rooms and watching dozens of lectures. Xiaflex Injection TrainerThe Chamberlain group makes more than 500 lifelike rubber dummy models that are used to train doctors. One of its most amusing creations is a disembodied hand that allows doctors to practice injecting an enzyme into diseased tendons. Personal tragedy inspires student company. IN REMEMBRANCE: Mechanical engineering senior Peter Seymour holds the birth announcement of his daughter Eleanore, who passed away in August 2010 from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Seymour is creating a device that monitors vital signs and can be accessed from a smartphone application. (Photo by Lisa Bartoli) Seymour Enterprises, a company developed to produce cost efficient devices that monitor vital signs, was developed after a devastating event in mechanical engineering senior Peter Seymour’s life. While ASU was humming with the tension of finals in 2010, Seymour was enjoying the first moments of his daughter’s short-lived life. Seymour’s daughter Eleanore Hayden was born on May 2, 2010. She was three months premature and weighed just 2 pounds, 7 ounces. After spending 64 days in the hospital, gaining almost three pounds and being home for almost a month, she seemed to be progressing well. “It was scary at first,” said Seymour, “but she grew and she was a normal baby.
(Founder Stories) ZocDoc’s Massoumi On Hitting The Heart Of Health Care Needs. You need a doctor and you need a doctor who takes your insurance. Instead of having to fumble through antiquated lists complied by your provider, ZocDoc seeks to expedite the process of locating care by displaying physicians in your area who are available for immediate and long-term appointments. Doctors pay a fee to join ZocDoc, which has secured $95 million in funding, spread to more than a dozen United States cities and has hired 200+ employees since 2007. In part II of Cyrus Massoumi’s Founder Stories interview with Chris Dixon, Massoumi tells Dixon why he thinks ZocDoc found a following and offers advice to other entrepreneurs. Massoumi attributes ZocDoc’s success to hitting the nexus of easing friction for both patients and doctors. He calls it a “win-win” situation.
While ZocDoc found a recipe for success, getting there wasn’t easy. As the interview winds down, Massoumi offers of several pieces of advice.