The Role of Wearables In the Future of Work
Wearables have exploded in popularity in the past few years, and they’re great for tracking personal goals like steps, heart rate, and sleep. London-based GlobalData forecasts the wearable tech market to grow by 137% by 2024. And experts say that the next workplace disruption is going to be wearables, a possible contributing factor to the […]
AI Has Solved the 50-Year-Old Problem of Protein Folding
Many remember DeepMind as the parent company of the artificial intelligence (AI) application AlphaGo, the first program in the world to beat a professional Go player in October of 2015. Since then, the company has been working on several different research projects, including a hyper-ambitious one aimed at predicting how proteins will fold. Protein folding […]
Affordable, Fast, and Personalized: The Future of AI-Fueled Drug Discovery
Drug discovery is a ruthless field in which most drugs take almost a decade to develop and, even then, they can reach the last stage of experimentation only to falter. About 90% of all drug possibilities fail. Drug research can cost anywhere from $2.5 billion to $12 billion per drug. With this low success ratio […]
How Data Can Drive Digital Medicine Towards a Healthier Future
Technology has undoubtedly transformed our lives. As it grows faster than ever before thanks to advances in computing hardware, we’re lucky to live in this era of unprecedented innovation in which we get cool new upgrades and developments every few years. Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and the Internet of Things (IoT) […]
AI: Our Best Shot at Longer Lives?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is just getting started in healthcare, and venture capitalist Dmitry Kaminskiy thinks it’s the perfect tool to extend the human life span. He’s incredibly passionate about longevity and knows quite a lot about the human aging process, too. From inflammatory proteins to senolytics research (involving suspending cells in cell cycle arrest), Kaminskiy’s […]
The Current State of Healthcare’s Digital Transformation (Part 4)
Creating a better healthcare ecosystem for patients, providers, and payers will require numerous technology upgrades over the next decade. Whether it’s AI, on-demand healthcare, or wearables, improvements will reach every type of patient. Welcome back to our “Healthcare Digital Transformation” series! In our previous post, we covered the impact that AI and predictive analytics are […]
Google Now Has Access to Millions of Medical Records
Google recently announced its newest healthcare partnership is with nonprofit Ascension. With 150 hospitals in 20 states, Ascension is the United States’ second-largest hospital system. This immense size will certainly come in handy to achieve the partnership’s main objective: The two organizations will work together to analyze the medical data of millions of patients in an […]
AI in Healthcare: How It Can Improve Cardiovascular Diagnosis
Artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting every industry. But its most profound effects will most likely be in healthcare. And with some major innovations being realized this year, 2019 is quickly becoming a testament to this fact. For example, IDx-DR, the first autonomous AI system that provides diagnostic support, was recently approved by the FDA. It […]
The AI Will See You Now: How Chatbots and Machine Learning Are Changing Doctor Visits
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revamping warehouse operations, how recruiters use LinkedIn, and what songs get recommended to you on Spotify. And now, it’s also paying a visit to the doctor. Several startups and medical app developers see a future where your doctor has less paperwork, you visit the clinic less, and receiving medical advice takes much less […]