The virtual care market is projected to reach a 100% increase in usage and adoption in the remaining eight months of 2020 COVID-19 has been a disruptive catalyst across every industry. This pandemic is set to reshape the healthcare industry with cutting-edge technologies in virtual care such as internet of medical things (IoMT), teleradiology, telemedicine, remote patient monitoring, and virtual visits. The post-COVID-19 telehealth market forecast of 64% growth versus the anticipated 32% pre-COVID-19 annual growth rate alludes to 100% growth in adoption. Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on the Healthcare Industry, has uncovered 10 … Continue reading Frost & Sullivan Reveals Top Healthcare Growth Opportunities Spurred By COVID-19

Mayo Clinic has developed a test that can detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus in clinical samples. The SARS-CoV-2 virus causes COVID-19. The test, “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS CoV-2), Molecular Detection” has been fully validated. Data from this test will be submitted to the Food and Drug Administration for review and emergency use authorization. “This test should help ease some of the burden that is currently being felt at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state public health laboratories,” says William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories. “We are doing everything we can to help relieve the burden during this time … Continue reading Mayo Clinic develops test to detect COVID-19 infection

After attending the recent Digital Health Middle East 2020 conference, we decided to delve deeper into where the industry stands now and what is in for us in the future. Digitalisation is revolutionising the healthcare industry with new technologies being introduced for affordability and patient care so we get Harald Wolf, General Manager, Roche Diagnostics Middle East to give his insights. Q: What is the value of in-vitro diagnostics and why is it a crucial component of clinical care? IVD has long been considered the silent champion of healthcare, given that it influences over 60 percent of clinical decision-making while accounting for … Continue reading Healthcare Evolved