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5 Digital Health Predictions for 2018 by Lloyd Price

Lloyd Price

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. Captology is the study of computers as persuasive technologies. link] [link]

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How Technology Can Help Overcome Barriers to Getting Effective Therapies into Patients with Ultra Rare Disorders

Healthcare IT Today

First, by their very nature, rare disorders are rare, and patients are spread out across the globe making studying and following patients over time expensive and challenging. This same process is now being done at the individual and family basis through a distributed biotech model. About Zachary Landman, MD MPH.