Around the world, an estimated 1 million deaths are attributed to substandard and counterfeit drugs. The World Custom Organization’s Anti-Counterfeiting and Piracy Coordinator Christophe Zimmerman has claimed in the past that, “We have more fakes than real drugs in the market.” Inflexible, legacy systems and fragmented technical s (Read more...)
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Philips HealthWorks Supports Startups Using AI for Radiology, Ultrasound, and Oncology: Interview
In Philips innovation hubs located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Eindhover, Netherlands, Bangalore, India, and Shanghai, China, 19 startups out of 750 applicants are taking part in an intensive, 12-week Philips HealthWorks program to accelerate their innovations. The focus of this program is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare with (Read more...)
Philips Releases 2018 Future Health Index Report
As of last week, all three parts of this year’s Future Health Index (FHI) by Philips are now available. Started two years ago, the FHI has previously measured perceptions of how healthcare is experienced from the points of view of both patients and providers in different countries (2016) and compared these perceptions to the reality [… (Read more...)
Philips Releases 2018 Future Health Index Report
As of last week, all three parts of this year’s Future Health Index (FHI) by Philips are now available. Started two years ago, the FHI has previously measured perceptions of how healthcare is experienced from the points of view of both patients and providers in different countries (2016) and compared these perceptions to the reality [… (Read more...)
Philips Releases 2018 Future Health Index Report
As of last week, all three parts of this year’s Future Health Index (FHI) by Philips are now available. Started two years ago, the FHI has previously measured perceptions of how healthcare is experienced from the points of view of both patients and providers in different countries (2016) and compared these perceptions to the reality [… (Read more...)
Medgadget Joins the Verily Baseline Project Study, Part 3: Onward to Year Two!
This is the third of a multi-part series about Medgadget editor Scott Jung joining the Verily Baseline Project Study. Click to read the first and second parts. Last April, Verily Life Sciences, a division of Alphabet, launched the Baseline Project Study, a landmark four year, multi-site study of 10,000 individuals all over the United Stat (Read more...)
Demystifying Blockchain Technology in Healthcare: Interview with Nicholson Center CTO Dr. Roger Smith
Continuing our series of conversations with healthcare thought leaders about the burgeoning world of blockchain technologies, Medgadget spoke with Chief Technology Officer of the Nicholson Center, Dr. Roger Smith. The Nicholson Center is a medical research and training center founded in 2001, which operates within the Florida Hospital network. (Read more...)
Mobile Clinics for Disaster Zones and Low Resource Communities: Interview with CEO of World Housing Solution
World Housing Solution, based in Florida, specializes in rapidly deployable buildings. Recently, they have focused on providing fully-equipped mobile clinics that can be fabricated and installed very quickly in disaster zones. The clinics are conceived as serving patients who can’t reach a hospital or medical facility. So far, the company has (Read more...)
Scientists See At-Home Biohacking as Future of Medicine
The cost and regulatory environment in which drugs are currently created lead to a number of difficulties for patients, providers, and drug manufacturers. Clearances and approvals, patents, and terms of use agreements, among other things, have forced some patients to turn to “biohacking” their own medical care. Researchers at Colorado S (Read more...)
Software Monitors Social Media to Help Coordinate Emergency Response
Now that another hurricane is approaching the Atlantic coast of the United States, social media sites such as Twitter will be full of reports about what’s going on on the ground. This is useful information for emergency management teams that are working on coordinating where to direct resources, but the flow of this information can […]
(Read more...)Chatbots in Healthcare: Interview with John Fitzpatrick, VP of Media and Engagement at precisioneffect
Chatbots are increasingly common and a variety of websites use these automated chat systems to field user questions and provide direction and information. With advances in AI, chatbot interactions are becoming more sophisticated and have the potential to provide useful and meaningful engagement with a target audience. The technology has the advanta (Read more...)
The Most Expensive Drugs in America: Interview with GoodRx Co-Founder/Co-CEO Doug Hirsch
United States healthcare policy is currently in the spotlight as the Trump administration seeks to weaken Obamacare with actions such as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which removes the individual mandate that required individuals to carry health insurance. Another focus of the current administration’s plan is to lower drug prices with strategies (Read more...)
ORHub, An Advanced Surgical Software Provider: Interview with Colt Melby, Chairman & CEO
ORHub is a HIPAA compliant, physician-driven digital software company focused on improving profitability and the cost effectiveness of hospitals through real-time smart data and analytics. ORHub provides a cloud-based software solution that captures information before, during, and after surgery, filling a void in the current surgical information in (Read more...)
Apple’s Next Move in Healthcare is Breaking Down Health Record Silos
In an important step forward in the consumerization of healthcare, this week Apple introduced an update to its Health app (iOS 11.3 beta) which allows individuals to access medical records on their iPhone. Based on the FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) standard, the company’s new Health Records API allows patient dat (Read more...)
Britain to Invest Heavily in AI for Medicine
British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the United Kingdom will invest heavily into artificial intelligence technology to improve healthcare. The details are not clear, but UK’s National Health Service has been compiling data on millions of patients for many years and it may prove to be a great resource to train artificial intel (Read more...)
Britain to Invest Heavily in AI for Medicine
British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the United Kingdom will invest heavily into artificial intelligence technology to improve healthcare. The details are not clear, but UK’s National Health Service has been compiling data on millions of patients for many years and it may prove to be a great resource to train artificial intel (Read more...)
Spying on Your Social Media and Searches to Fight STDs
Researchers at University of California, Los Angeles and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied whether certain search terms that are used on Google and topics covered on Twitter can point to a outbreak of a contagious disease. They focused on syphilis and found that by monitoring the incidence of certain terms, such as “STD&rdquo (Read more...)
“Doctors to You” Rely on High Tech Gadgetry to Revive House Calls
House calls by family physicians was the way entire generations expected primary healthcare to be delivered. Things have changed over the decades, much of it due to the fact that many of the tools a modern doctor would use are too big for travel. But, while technology got rid of the house call, it is […]
Blockchain Technology for Transparent Drug Pricing: Interview with Cambridge Consultants
Frustration with the US pharmaceutical industry has been on the rise along with the steadily increasing out-of-pocket copays for prescriptions drugs. The news cycle has also been reporting more frequently on extreme overnight price hikes on, at times, life-saving drugs. Many people are suspecting foul play because drug price negotiations (Read more...)
Ontario, Canada Poised to Lead Global Biotech Innovation: Interview with Minister Reza Moridi
Canada’s province of Ontario has been rapidly developing its infrastructure for world class biomedical research. In a place that birthed the discovery and isolation of insulin in 1921, the first external cardiac pacemaker in 1950, and the discovery of stem cells in 1961, Ontario has historically been ripe with biomedical innovation. To (Read more...)