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Getting Together: How GE’s Health Innovation Village Used Tech To Help Seniors During The Pandemic

Peter C. Beller
June 08, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic forced companies the world over to adapt. For a diverse group of Finnish technology businesses, it also opened doors to a market that tech entrepreneurs sometimes ignore: seniors.

Brought together by their membership in GE’s Health Innovation Village in Helsinki, the leaders of these small but growing firms noticed a paradox. COVID-19 left the elderly more isolated and vulnerable than ever, but it also pushed them and their caregivers to adopt technology they might have once been reluctant to embrace.

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Sharp As A Tack: This Smart Needle Is Helping Doctors Make Better Diagnoses

Kristin Kloberdanz
September 12, 2016
Neonatal meningitis in one of the leading causes of infant mortality in the western world, but getting an early diagnosis isn’t easy. Doctors need to collect a sample of spinal fluid, a painful and onerous procedure for anyone. For the tiniest patients, there’s the added risk that the needle being used to draw the fluid will damage delicate tissues.
But at Tampere University Hospital in Finland, doctors were recently able to test a two-day-old, 6-pound baby for meningitis using a smart needle that removed much of the risk and made the process less painful.
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