Marion Webb has been writing about medtech since 2017, specializing in covering buzzy segments such as robotic surgery, digital therapeutics and femtech with in-depth features and interviews with leading experts. Her role includes reporting live from industry events, moderating panel discussions and podcasts, tweeting breaking news and engaging KOLs to provide high-quality, business-critical content for Medtech Insight. Marion has been writing about health care issues for more than two decades. She was a long-time biotech reporter at the San Diego Business Journal, worked at Bloomberg News, and contributed to the Los Angeles County Medical Association’s Physician Magazine. Marion was born and raised in Germany, is fluent in German and conversational in Spanish. Off the job, she’s a competitive runner, avid cyclist and swimmer, and enjoys spending time with her domestic partner and her German Shorthair Pointer mix Cora.
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Barcelona-based accelerator S2 Xpeed is driving the rapid growth of medtech and hardware start-ups in Europe. Operating under a "sweat equity" model, the program helps early-stage companies move from prototype to manufacturing readiness in exchange for equity. This month, the accelerator will add a fourth cohort of 10 more start-ups, five of which are in the medtech space.
ModMed unveiled its AI-powered ambient listening and clinical documentation software for orthopedic clinics at AAOS, ahead of its planned late-summer release. The health care software provider aims to create “the AI-powered practice” for specialty clinics to reduce clinicians' administrative burden and streamline clinical workflows.
The Barcelona Health Hub is a nonprofit that seeks to advance digital health innovation by bringing together start-ups, investors, health care institutions and corporations.
A new study by AcuityMD, presented at AAOS 2025, highlights the continued shift of spinal surgeries to the outpatient setting, with state-by-state variability in ASC adoption. While hospitals still dominate spinal procedures, advancements in minimally invasive techniques and medical technologies are major drivers of spinal surgeries in the ASC setting.
Medtech Insight sat down with Arcadia's chief strategy officer Aneesh Chopra to discuss interoperability, industry standards and the future of health care data and AI.
During a panel discussion at HIMSS, experts highlighted the shift in digital health funding in 2024 with “mega funds” dominating the space and big tech companies developing foundational models that large health care customers use to address multiple use cases. They noted, however, there is ample room for smaller companies to develop technologies adjacent to incumbent systems.