AI Forerunner IDx Explains How New Test Could Cut Healthcare Costs, Improve Diagnosis of Eye Disease

12/05/17 • 23 min

The power of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning looms over Medtech as a growing force that will bring change, good or bad. In this MedtechTalk Podcast, Michael D. Abramoff, MD, PhD, president and co-founder of IDx, tells how the start-up is using AI to better diagnose diabetic retinopathy. The company hopes to secure FDA approval for its IDx-DR system following the completion of clinical trials this summer.

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Norwest’s Mittendorff Details Past Successes and Future Challenges Facing Healthcare Technology

Medtech and Digital Health technology increasingly have more and more in common. In this Medtech Talk Podcast, Robert Mittendorff, MD, a partner at Norwest Venture Partners, explains how Digital Health companies are facing many of the same challenges that vex Medtech start-ups, including the need to obtain approval under new FDA guidelines and to secure reimbursement payments from insurers

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We Ask Anders Wold, Head of GE’s Clinical Care Solutions, Where GE Fits in Healthcare’s Future

Anders Wold, president and CEO of GE’s Clinical Care Solutions, is still fascinated by the power new technology can deliver to healthcare. So he’s understandably excited about the opportunities facing this division of GE – and the entire company as well – as we move into healthcare of the future.