by medicaltechont | Feb 8, 2016 | Canada, Technology
A new report by researchers at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences released yesterday provides an eye-opening look at how our healthcare dollars are being spent in this province.
This is an in-depth look at our healthcare spending at the level of each individual in the province. Researchers tracked every hospital admission, physician visit, home care visit, lab test, and drug prescription for 14.9 million Ontarians between 2009 and 2011.
They accounted for $30 billion, or 75 cents out of every healthcare dollar spent in this province, and found that 43 per cent goes to hospital care, 27 per cent to doctors, 15 per cent to drugs and lab tests, and 15 per cent to long-term care.
As it turns out, “high-cost users” consume a disproportionate amount of these resources. Ten percent of the population accounted for 77 per cent of spending and 1 per cent accounted for 33 per cent of spending. Each person in that top 1 per cent consumed almost $45,000 a year, compared to a maximum of only $333 a year for each person in the lower 50 per cent cost bracket of the population.
http://globalnews.ca/news/2449651/a-look-at-where-ontario-healthcare-dollars-are-going/
by medicaltechont | Feb 6, 2016 | Samsung
Who doesn’t love a good Samsung patent filing? This time, Samsung’s flirting with the idea of a smartwatch that can recognize you by your veins.
That sounds crazy, right? Apparently, it’s totally plausible. Originally discovered by Fast Company, the patent filing describes technology that works similarly to a fingerprint scanner in a smartphone. Only instead of your fingertip, the watch takes a picture of your “vein structure and characteristics,” and stores that in its database. Then, any time you have to authenticate, it’ll ensure your veins match the initial imprint.
Read more at http://www.pcworld.com/article/3030167/android/youre-so-vein-samsung-files-a-patent-for-a-vein-scanning-smartwatch.html
by medicaltechont | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
As computer technology continues to develop at an almost light-speed pace, more devices are being created to monitor human activity, without being a cumbersome accessory to everyday life.
Smart technology is now designed in many cases to adapt and mold into items that we use everyday and that can mean anything from phones, to watches and now even clothing.
The Montreal based company Carre Technologies back in 2013 invented the “world’s first biometric smart shirt” called Hexoskin and they just introduced their latest edition called the Hexoskin Smart.
Read more at http://www.techvibes.com/blog/hexoskin-wearable-tech-2016-01-21
by medicaltechont | Jan 24, 2016 | Canada, Education, Technology, United States
HeadCheck Health wants to minimize the damage of concussions in sports.
The app, created by UBC PhD student Harrison Brown and UBC MBA graduate Kerry Costello, aims to help coachers properly assess concussions in real-time.
Read more at http://www.techvibes.com/blog/seeking-safety-in-sports-headcheck-app-diagnoses-concussions-immediately-2016-01-22
