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Predictive analytics platform Clew Medical has recently announced its partnership with WakeMed for its clinical trials in the eICU to detect patient deterioration in realtime. MORE
135 The digital divide used to be about who had internet access and who didn't, with broad implications for every aspect of life — especially health care. But digital health innovation is growing rapidly, with projections showing a $536.6 MORE
This has translated into improvements in the health situation. All targets related to the three health-MDGs were met, with a notable success in reduction of child mortality and considerable improvements in maternal health. "Rwanda’s MORE
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Blockchain was first developed as a means of transaction for the digital currency Bitcoin. now that it has entered the digital world (albeit tepidly) via EHRs and IT support. One of the most obvious benefits of blockchain resides in improving privacy of electronic health records. Herding a patient’s data from many sources into a single record has always been a lofty goal of digital health. MORE
As healthcare systems struggle with unsustainability, a shortage of medical professionals, while technological development is soaring, digital health seems to be a viable path toward making healthcare feasible. MORE
The proliferation and evolution of digital technologies in health care have the potential to do good or harm, depending on their application. Doing good and abstaining from doing harm can engender trust between patients, providers, and other stakeholders in health. MORE
By 2022, we predict 25% of healthcare consumer interactions will be digitally executed outside of a traditional care setting; while the remaining 75% will gravitate to digitally coordinate real-time health systems. Digital Health is coming of age, bringing with it new capabilities for healthcare interactions and care delivery for consumers, patients and members, and the ecosystem that supports them. MORE
The digital health rocket seems to have gotten supercharged lately, at least when it comes to fundraising. billion (Rock Health’s count) or $2.5 billion (Startup Health’s count) was plowed into digital health companies […]. Caveat Emptor, Caveat Venditor. That is my official blog post foreshadowing. Depending on who you ask, either $1.62 billion (Mercom) or $2.8 MORE
When it comes to health and technology, language matters. Chrissy Farr of CNBC during WWDC: ” Quick note that it’s 2 hours in and Apple has not used the term “digital health.” I suggested that maybe ‘digital health’ is now just health again. MORE
In the last month I have spoken at an event about digital therapeutics and been invited to speak at 5 more unrelated events on the same topic (note: I am not doing them all). MORE
Israel is continuing to carve out its space as a digital health hub in the Middle East. Today the Israeli government announced a $33 million grant aimed at furthering the country's foothold in digital health, specifically in biotech and medicine, according to Reuters MORE
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Experts speaking at next week’s Connected Health Conference discuss the importance of technology adoption and how new tools can encourage stronger patient-provider relationships MORE
With the vast majority of patients’ medical records now digitized in electronic health records systems, the opportunities to mine, learn from, and act on the findings are promising for U.S. But can we nudge stakeholders in health and healthcare to “do no harm?”. MORE
Digital health-focused news from payers during the first quarter of 2018 generally focused on employee wellness and app-focused member engagement strategies, with a handful of similar partnerships or deals announced around the edges. MORE
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I made this announcement to 64,420 members of the Digital Health group on LinkedIn. I also send out a weekly Fourth Wave: Digital Health Newsletter, which you can sign up for and receive for free, here. The Fourth Wave: Digital Health Update ? MORE
But that deal was just the capstone on a busy quarter with 15 digital health mergers and acquisitions. The area of digital health shaken up the most by deal activity this quarter was certainly telemedicine. MORE
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NHS Digital introduces new mental health data hub, Babylon creates new Healthcheck feature, institute launches £3m competition paving the way for a UK-wide infrastructure for health data research and EY releases preliminary findings from survey on digital health attitudes MORE
The Fourth Wave: Digital Health Newsletter — Oct 10, 2018 — No. JOIN THE 65,000+ MEMBER DIGITAL HEALTH GROUP ON LINKEDIN! If you’re on LinkedIn, please do join the Digital Health group , which I founded in 2009. Book: The Fourth Wave: Digital Health. MORE
Digital health is on the brain of some emerging entrepreneurs this year. Last week the Thiel Foundation announced its latest winners of its entrepreneurial technology fellowship, and among them were three candidates with a digital health focus MORE
103 Consumers are more bullish demanding virtual and digital health tools from their physicians than doctors are in providing it, based on the research findings in What can health systems do to encourage physicians to embrace virtual care? MORE
The report, which includes a mix of online sources and survey responses of hundreds of women in the industry, found the percentage of women represented in digital health leadership particularly lacking. MORE
As social media becomes more ingrained in everyday life it has also become increasingly a part of the digital health space. MORE
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I made this announcement to 63,032 members of the Digital Health group on LinkedIn. I also send out a weekly Fourth Wave: Digital Health Newsletter, which you can sign up for and receive for free, here. The Fourth Wave: Digital Health Update ? MORE
At this month's Connected Health Conference Preview, digital health developers and providers will explore the best ways to keep the human element front and center. MORE
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I made this announcement to 64,845 members of the Digital Health group on LinkedIn. I also send out a weekly Fourth Wave: Digital Health Newsletter, which you can sign up for and receive for free, here. The Fourth Wave: Digital Health Update ? MORE
This quarter's M&A action includes big names looking to move into digital health as well as more niche offerings absorbing their competitors. MORE
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Looking for health information online is just part of being a normal, mainstream health consumer, according to the third Rock Health Digital Health Consumer Adoption Survey published this week. adults were online health information hunters. MORE
The Fourth Wave: Digital Health Newsletter — Sep 23, 2018 — No. JOIN THE 65,000+ MEMBER DIGITAL HEALTH GROUP ON LINKEDIN! If you’re on LinkedIn, please do join the Digital Health group , which I founded in 2009. Book: The Fourth Wave: Digital Health. MORE
Tech Health IT Public Health & PolicyThis summer, a controversial memo written by a Google employee was leaked to the public. Within the memo, the author James Damo, details how the biology of men produces “a higher drive in status.” MORE
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For the latest installment of our Big Interview series where we catch up with some of the world’s most exciting business leaders, The Drum makes an appointment with Ali Parsa – founder and chief exec of digital health startup Babylon – to find out about his plans to become the Google of healthcare. MORE
The Fourth Wave: Digital Health Newsletter — Sep 13, 2018 — No. JOIN THE 64,000+ MEMBER DIGITAL HEALTH GROUP ON LINKEDIN! If you’re on LinkedIn, please do join the Digital Health group , which I founded in 2009. Notable Health has closed a $13.5 MORE
Eighty-seven percent of Americans used at least one digital health tool in 2017, up from 80 percent in 2015, according to a new survey out from Rock Health. For the past three years, Rock Health has surveyed 4,000 U.S. adults about digital health use and perceptions MORE
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