Digital Health

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Digital Health Lessons From Around the World
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While no one country has perfected use of digital health, there are some takeaways from what other countries are doing successfully, according to …
Dorset, UK
Futuristic plans for Bournemouth's medical science park at Wessex Fields
bournemouthecho.co.uk - Andy Martin
A FUTURISTIC vision for a leading edge medical science park at the Wessex Fields site in Bournemouth can be unveiled today. The land behind Royal …
Heart Rates
4 mistakes your patients should avoid with wearables
ama-assn.org - American Medical Association
Evidence on the impact of wearable digital health-monitoring devices is still emerging, as clinicians and researchers work to find out what these …
Health Care
Digital health just had a record year. But is a day of reckoning ahead?
statnews.com - Casey Ross
All of which has investors and analysts asking a critical question: Is digital health care becoming a bubble that will soon burst? “I do think there …
Fast Company
News
Watch out: Your private health app data may impact your credit report
Fast Company - Cale Guthrie Weissman
It’s a sad fact of our late capitalist world that data is one of the hottest currencies. Every move you make online–and sometimes off, too!–is likely being tracked in some way and then sold to the highest
Medicine
National Institute of Nursing Research
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Overview NINR’s Boot Camp is an intensive research training course at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, designed to …
Community Health
Standardizing Social Determinants Of Health Assessments
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Screening for social determinants of health (SDOH) is increasingly done in primary and specialty care settings. Payers and health care organizations …
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Technology
Health apps pose 'unprecedented' privacy risks
bbc.co.uk
Using popular health apps could mean private information about medical conditions is not kept confidential, researchers warn.
Health (UK)
Revealed: Digital providers in drastic safety turnaround
hsj.co.uk - By Ben Heather
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Citizen Journalism
For His Anti-Fake Drugs Startup, Nigerian Pharmacist Bayo Alonge Beats 4,500 From 119 Countries To Win €100,000 Prize
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Adebayo Alonge, a Nigerian Pharmacist who co-developed a miniature nanoscanner that uses AI to identify fake drugs and assess general drug quality on …
Paul Sonnieradded this to Digital Health
Advertising Industry
Amazon-exclusive medical brand Choice expands services with One Drop partnership
Digiday - Suman Bhattacharyya
Amazon’s exclusive medical product line, Choice, is tying up with diabetes and blood pressure management app-based platform One Drop. The move extends …
CNN
Dow Jones
These start-ups want to improve health care in the UK
CNN
DigitalHealth London is a UK-based accelerator program that hopes to transform health care. It backs tech companies, like Q Doctor and Skin Analytics, that are using innovation to improve the NHS -- the
Health Care Industry
How AI is changing the global healthcare industry
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The urgent need to improve the delivery of healthcare, and the emergence of new and innovative technologies, is driving the growth of digital …
Health Information
Will Patients Be Better Consumers When They Can Access Their Health Data?
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On February 11, 2019, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services …
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NITI Aayog
Science & Society, the annual symposium on possibilities for scientific advancements
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Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, NITI Aayog, and The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute (LMSAI) at …
Health Care
Michael Green: Personal health information has a value on the black market
vancouversun.com - Gordon Clark
To adapt to our increasingly just-in-time lives, the Canadian health care system is moving increasingly toward digitization. This necessary …
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Business (India)
Abbott unveils ‘neutral’ digital health plan for patients, doctors
thehindubusinessline.com - PT Jyothi Datta
Assures initiative will not be monetitised, data will be protected
Health (UK)
Digital health: What’s the point?
hsj.co.uk - By Jonathan Bloor
Digital technologies can, and do, save lives and improve efficiency. In association with Conversely, they can, and sometimes do, cause harm – both in …
Technology (New Zealand)
IDC: Innovative wearable use cases drive double-digit growth
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The worldwide market for wearable devices, now inclusive of wireless headphones with smart assistants, is forecast to grow 15.3% over the previous …
ZDNet
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity: Don’t let the small stuff cause you big problems
ZDNet - Danny Palmer
If hospitals don't take cybersecurity seriously, a series of small issues could be as bad as a major cyberattack like WannaCry, warns NHS Digital …
CNBC
Apple Watch
Apple's groundbreaking heart study signals a new era of medicine, and doctors are debating the results
CNBC - Christina Farr
Apple and researchers from Stanford Medicine released some new results from an eight-month study of more than 400,000 participants, who had access to …
World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum
Four lessons for a successful switch to value-based healthcare
weforum.org - Fred Horne
Let’s start with the good news; we know that value-based healthcare (VBHC) works. Measuring and reporting health outcomes improves clinical …
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Health Care
Filling the medical care gap or causing cracks? Telus launches health app
cbc.ca - Eric Rankin
A new health app launched this month is raising questions over whether it will help cure doctor shortages or cause health-care complications. The free …
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Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic has launched the Center for Clinical Artificial Intelligence
Business Insider - Nicky Lineaweaver
This is an excerpt from a story delivered exclusively to Business Insider Intelligence Digital Health Briefing subscribers. To receive the full story plus other insights each morning, click here. Cleveland
Danny Picart Lagueradded this to Personal Health and Telemedicine
Business (India)
How technology plays a critical role in transforming healthcare in India
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Perhaps now more than any other time in our history, we are realising the importance of technology in social service delivery, and its role in …
La Trobe University
Chair of Digital Health appointed
latrobe.edu.au - ASalamastrak
Professor Boyd, who has a strong research background and is an international expert in data linkage and data governance, will lead La Trobe’s Digital …
Health Care
Budget 2019 must build the digital future for health
ipolitics.ca - Paul-Émile Cloutier
Last fall a report from Canada’s Health and Biosciences Economic Strategy Table (HBEST) touted the tremendous role digital and data transformation …
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Apple Watch
Apple Watch Projected to Lead Wearable Growth
MacTrast - Ian Fuchs
- Mar 18, 2019 Wearables are the next frontier for technology, and Apple Watch appears to be leading the charge. Last fall, for example, IDC reported …
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Science
The urgent care industry trends looking to fulfill the demand of a growing segment in the healthcare market
Business Insider - Shelagh Dolan
What are urgent care clinics? Urgent care centers are convenient, on-demand care outlets similar to walk-in retail clinics, but rather than treating low-acuity conditions such as bronchitis and minor urgent
Law
Revised Advamed Code Reflects An Evolving Industry
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Tony Maida Veleka Peeples-DyerVernessa T. PollardDrew Elizabeth McCormickJurisdiction: All FederalAnisa MohantyType of Law: Health Law & Managed …