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Recap and video of WHTW session featuring: Dr Meghana Helder, CEO and founder of Octin Health
The Proficient Labs (TPL) platform is an electronic quality management system designed to enhance operational efficiency and facilitate seamless collaboration in life science laboratories. Tailored to meet the needs of modern laboratories, TPL integrates decentralized tools to streamline compliance, training, and documentation processes.
The healthcare system is designed around objective lab tests for physical health, but mental health lacks similar standardized tools. This absence of objective measures makes ADHD diagnosis and treatment highly subjective, relying on inconsistent selfreports and parental feedback. As a result, finding the right treatment is a lengthy, trial-and-error process with no clear, datadriven method for determining effectiveness.
Daily newsletter roundup from HITLAB of the latest in digital health news
Aortic surgeries remain high-risk, in part due to complex techniques like deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA), which increase the likelihood of complications such as stroke, kidney injury, and prolonged recovery. Elika, developed by Octin Health, is a novel cardiopulmonary bypass cannula that enables continuous perfusion during aortic arch surgery, eliminating the need for DHCA.
