Why Use Remote Therapeutics Monitoring?
Digital health innovations such as mHealth or remote patient monitoring promise a bright future for healthcare delivery. However, at scale, patients, clinicians and healthcare organizations alike are running into headwinds due to insurance reimbursement challenges. As a mobile applications development organization firmly committed to supporting mHealth app development, we’ve seen a substantial increase in the […]
Want Better Sleep? There May Soon Be an App for That
It can be difficult to get a good night’s rest; sometimes, counting sheep just doesn’t cut it. And without a sleep tracking device like the Apple Watch or Fitbit, it’s even harder to accurately gauge whether you had restful Zzzz or a restless night. CVS Health recently launched a medical application, called Sleepio, to help […]
Deep Learning AI has Discovered a Promising New Antibiotic
Finding new antibiotics is like a game of hide-and-seek. Even finding penicillin was due to random chance — bacteriologist Alexander Fleming returned from vacation to discover penicillin growing in his bacterial colonies. If Fleming hadn’t gone on vacation for so long, penicillin may not have been discovered for another few decades. Chemists and medicine developers […]
Telehealth: An Essential Tool in the Fight Against the Coronavirus
Yesterday in Geneva, the World Health Organization officially declared the coronavirus contagion to be a pandemic. This designation means that the sickness is spreading in numerous countries simultaneously. It’s also a grave acknowledgment that current measures to contain the malady’s spread are not succeeding. As medical organizations mount more efforts to combat the transmission of […]
AI + Biology = The World’s First “Living Robot”?
Merging artificial intelligence (AI) development and biology is the stuff of science fiction. Or, at least, it used to be — a team of researchers has revealed that they’ve created the first “living robots.” And it could change how we understand AI, approach healthcare, and preserve our environment. A Recipe for New Life? Last month, […]
AI Could Help Alleviate America’s Approaching Mental Health Crisis
The U.S. is experiencing a chronic shortage of medical professionals. Of course, this includes physicians. But psychiatrists will also be in scant supply. In five years, the U.S.’s supply of psychiatrists will be 15,600 short of the demand from patients, according to a 2017 study from the National Council for Behavioral Health. AI Can Lend […]
Wearables Have Entered the Healthcare Space – and They’re Here to Stay
Healthcare wearables are a growing market for consumers. These devices, manufactured and developed by the likes of Garmin, Fitbit, and Apple, show a person’s heart rate, steps, sleep quality, and more in real-time. Whether you’re health-conscious or fitness-minded, wearables now offer something for everyone. Consequently, more consumers than ever before are using wearables to track […]
3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Healthcare (Part 4)
If you’ve been keeping up with our “AI Transforming Healthcare” series, you’ve learned about some cool ways that AI is impacting the medical field; selfies as diagnostic tools, electronic health records as risk predictors, and better brain-computer interfacing are just a few examples we covered. In case you missed our previous entry, you can get […]
3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Healthcare (Part 3)
Welcome to the third part of our series focusing on the countless ways that artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing medicine. In our previous article, we discussed how AI is impacting electronic health records (EHRs), how it can leverage EHRs as risk predictors, and how it’s helping to assess the risks of antibiotic resistance. In case […]
3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Healthcare (Part 2)
Welcome to the second part of our series focusing on the numerous ways that artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming healthcare. In our previous article, we delved into how AI is improving radiology, pathological imaging, and brain-computer interfacing. In case you missed it, you can read it here. In this entry, we’ll take a look at […]