Telehealth Use Up 10.2% Nationally in May
We’ve all witnessed the meteoric growth of telehealth that has seemingly refused to slow since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, backed by recent telehealth tracking data, it seems that telehealth is on another tear—this time telehealth growth has witnessed an uptick of 10.2 % in May, occupying 5.4 % of all medical claim […]
5 Important mHealth Development Considerations Every CEO Should Known
mHealth – a subcategory of telecommunications defined by the use of mobile phones to facilitate healthcare-related services – is very likely the future of healthcare. Spurred by the global pandemic, mHealth has witnessed astonishing growth over recent years, so much so that upwards of 65% of patients agree that mobile healthcare will be a great […]
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 […]
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 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 […]