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5 Digital Health Predictions for 2018 by Lloyd Price

Lloyd Price

2018 Digital Health Prediction 2: Voice technology will be the first step to personalising pharma. By the end of the year we will see the use of Virtual Assistants by patients to help interact with their health data and "transact" via voice technology to order repeat prescriptions, pain management and medication requests.

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Asia HealthTech Investment 2018 Report

Lloyd Price

Click here to download a copy of the report Asia HealthTech closed the year at a record breaking US$6.3B, confirming it as the 2nd largest digital health ecosystem in the world. Significantly exceeding 2017 in $ size, and doubling 2016, the Asia ecosystem is fast catching the US.

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Two-Thirds of Americans Say Healthcare Doesn’t Work Well, in RealClear Politics Poll

Health Populi

This group is less likely to support universal health care or the guarantee of pre-existing condition coverage, yet are more keen on access to treatment for drug and alcohol service. Technology, biotech, hospitals, and life science companies would be the health care improvers, most Americans told RealClear pollsters.

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Medtech: BrainTale Gathers €4.5 Million to Accelerate the Development of Its Solution for Diagnosis, Monitoring and Prediction of Neurological Disorders

Digital Health Global

BrainTale offers a disruptive product that combines digital health with cutting-edge fundamental research, key ingredients for success,” affirms Virginie Miath, investment director at Capital Grand Est. “We are proud to include BrainTale in our portfolio of e-health start-ups. Today, the company has gathered €4.5

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

When this occurred, it didn’t cause more than a ripple of interest outside biotech. Yet the trust relationship with technology companies, even after the 2016 Cambridge Analytica event, is different and it’s clearly stronger than it is with health insurers. But the U.S. citizens’ personal data. Should it be?

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Ada Health : beyond symptom checking to the holy grail of healthcare

Lloyd Price

Her mannerisms are those of a doctor, despite having stopped practising medicine six years ago when she founded Ada, a diagnostic support tool for medical professionals and, since 2016, consumers too. Digital health is expected to be a $379bn market by 2024, with truly global and society-shaping potential. “[The

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