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How Data From Wearables Will Revolutionize Healthcare
Summary: [...] Seen in this light, the fact that clinical studies are beginning to emerge — in addition to those known as Stanford's with Apple — in which this type of technology and devices are...
Pharma, take note: Millennials plan to spend more on meds, study says
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has millennials worried—and that has them planning to buy more prescription drugs in the future, new research finds. Article written by Sharon Klahr Coey 15|10|2020...
Spain’s Savana Medica raises $15 million to bring to the US its AI toolkit turning clinical notes into care insights
Summary: Savana,, a machine learning-based service that turns clinical notes into structured patient information for physicians and pharmacists, has raised $15 million to take its technology from...
CommonSpirit Health Links With Startup To Integrate Behavioral And Primary Care
Summary: The large hospital and outpatient care provider CommonSpirit Health is partnering with the startup behavioral health company Concert Health to create a new model of primary medical care...
WEARABLES ENABLE PREVENTION ON A MASS SCALE
Summary: Apple is partnering with the Singapore government to improve citizens’ health, opening a new chapter in the relationship between public health and digital health innovations. Article...
Daily foot temperature monitoring leads to fewer hospitalizations, amputations and more
Summary: The study used Podimetrics SmartMats to take the temperature of participants’ feet and scan for signs of inflammation. Article written by Mallory Hackett 14|10|2020...
EHR-linked telehealth helps hospital surpass previous year’s visit adherence rate
Summary: This was enabled thanks to an FCC COVID-19 grant that supplied all physicians with new laptops that feature HD webcams and processing power for seamless video visits. Article written...
This Smart Home Gym Is The Future Of Fitness
Summary: JaxJox, which makes a smart personalized home gym that uses AI to track and improve your performance and give you a wellness score, just scored itself. The Seattle-based fit tech company...
Australian and New Zealand scientists use AI to predict heart disease risk
Summary: Scientists from the University of Melbourne and University of Otago have jointly developed and trained an artificial intelligence (AI) system to predict a person's risk of cardiovascular...
This Robot Could Perform Your Colonoscopy In The Near Future
Summary: Increasing the roles played by robots in society can conjure various visions of both utopias and dystopias, depending on your level of comfort with and trust in technology. Article written...
New platform launches in India to enable paperless hospitals
Summary: Digital health venture KareXpert has built a new cloud-based platform with built-in electronic health records (EHR) that will enable hospitals in India to go paperless. Article written...
Quil launches in-home health monitoring solution as telemedicine usage explodes
Summary: Quil Health, a joint venture from Comcast and the Independence Health Group, today announced plans to launch a product that connects caregivers with loved ones. The Quil Assure platform...
Can the voice of healthcare robots influence how they are perceived by humans?
Summary: Robots are gradually making their way into hospitals and other clinical facilities, providing basic assistance to doctors and patients. To facilitate their widespread use in health care...
New virtual reality software allows scientists to ‘walk’ inside cells
Summary: irtual reality software which allows researchers to 'walk' inside and analyse individual cells could be used to understand fundamental problems in biology and develop new treatments for...
La industria farmacéutica ofrece innovación, inversión y empleo
Summary: La industria farmacéutica en España ofrece investigación, innovación, inversión, industrialización y empleo estable de calidad para contribuir a...
Sanitas lanza bluaU, el seguro médico que apuesta por la digitalización de la salud
Summary: Sanitas presenta bluaU, la evolución de su seguro sanitario en el que incluyen videoconsultas, medición de constantes vitales por imagen facial, algunos programas digitales de prevención y...
Recetas de luz personalizadas para reducir el jetlag o la estancia en el hospital
Summary: La plataforma de la startup catalana Kumux permite a las empresas de iluminación recortar un 50% el coste de sus prototipos Article written by María Climent 08|10|2020...
Digital mental health subscription service Cerebral lands $35M
Summary: Digital mental health company Cerebral announced that it closed its Series A funding round with $35 million. The investment was led by Oak HC/FT with participation from Westcap, Liquid 2...
2020 breaks record in digital health investment with $9.4B in funding
Summary: With $9.4 billion invested up through the third quarter, 2020 will be the largest funding year for digital health to date. Article written by Heather Landi 07|10|2020 Source:Fierce...
Voice AI Redefines The Future Of Patient Interactions
Summary: With automated processes, artificial intelligence is paving the way for technologically advanced healthcare space. Many healthcare practitioners are embracing the potential of AI in...
How an AI tool for fighting hospital deaths actually worked in the real world
Summary: It wasn’t just technical work but also significant social and emotional labor that turned Sepsis Watch, a Duke University deep-learning model, into a success story. Article written...
New research from Fred Hutch shows that an app can dramatically help smokers quit
Summary: An app developed by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is nearly four times more effective at helping smokers quit than the average success rate for those trying to kick...
Standard Blood Test Can Predict Risk Of Dying From Covid-19
Summary: A group of researchers based at the Massachusetts General Hospital have discovered that a standard blood test that measures the amount of variation in red blood cell volume and size can...
Artificial intelligence detects osteoarthritis years before it develops
Summary: Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering have created a machine-learning algorithm that can detect subtle signs...
