How a New Wearable Can Track Your Health Via Vibrations
These days, if you mention “wearables”, most people will automatically think of Fitbit and Apple Watch. And while these smartwatches track your sleep, heart rate, calories burned, and prompt you to increase your hourly movement, they’re actually monitoring very basic bodily functions. Wearables encompass so much more than smartwatches, and a team of researchers at […]
The Biggest Ways 5G Will Impact Healthcare
5G will bring the next big mobile transformation; with more stable connections, faster data transfer speeds, and 10x the speed of current mobile data connectivity, the way we interact with our medical providers is going to change. No longer will we have to travel to see a doctor or visit a hospital. Instead, telemedicine, remote […]
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 […]
The Current State of Healthcare’s Digital Transformation (Part 3)
In many industries, technology is bringing new innovations and ideas to improve the day-to-day lives of employees, customers, and everyone in between. Healthcare is no exception; the field is seeing numerous new medical applications crop up across the world. In our previous post in the “Healthcare Digital Transformation” series, we looked into how big data, […]
The Current State of Healthcare’s Digital Transformation (Part 2)
Healthcare is experiencing a digital transformation that will impact patients, providers, insurance companies, and everyone in between. Although the medical field has historically struggled to keep up technologically, it stands to benefit in numerous ways by bringing the latest innovations into its fold. In the first entry of our “Healthcare’s Digital Transformation” series, we discussed […]
What Google’s Fitbit Acquisition Could Mean for Health Tech
Google recently announced that it’s acquiring Fitbit for $2.1 billion. Headquartered in San Francisco near Google, Fitbit is largely known as one of the pioneers behind the wearable fitness tracker movement. The new deal could give Google the boost it needs to compete with Apple’s Apple Watch in the wearable health tech space. Naturally, this […]
The Current State of Healthcare’s Digital Transformation (Part 1)
Whether it’s less invasive procedures, faster test results, or safer x-ray methods, new technology has always been one of the main catalysts behind better healthcare for all. So it’s no surprise that staying up-to-date on the latest medical innovations is imperative for medical institutions. Unfortunately, only 7% of pharmaceutical and healthcare companies claim to have […]
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 […]