Here is Apple’s smart plan for digital health

I’ve been talking about Apple’s interest in digital health for years. Bit by bit my expectations on this are proving correct, with Apple developing Health, Activity, Care Kit, Research Kit, advanced biometric sensors and apps for wheelchair users, swimming and even breathing.

New smartphone attachment can detect cancer

Researchers at Washington State University have developed a portable sensor that uses a smartphone’s camera to detect a biological indicator for several types of cancers with 99% accuracy, yielding laboratory quality results.

Apple vs. Microsoft 3.0: The quest for electronic medical record supremacy?

The current state of healthcare delivery, and specifically electronic medical records (EMR), is reminiscent of the state of office productivity software in the business world during the ’90s.

IBM puts Watson to work on cancer with new patient-adviser tool

IBM is developing a new weapon in the battle against cancer that will put Watson to work in a new way. Partnering with the American Cancer Society, IBM is building a virtual advisor that uses machine learning to give patients personalized information and advice.

Machine Learning in Healthcare: How it Supports Clinician Decisions and Why Clinicians are Still in Charge

Many clinicians view the practice of medicine as an art rather than a science. There’s a craft to extrapolating diagnoses from symptoms, determining which pieces of information are important and which are distractions, designing and refining treatments, and delivering compassionate care. So, when machine learning is introduced as a clinical decision support tool, some clinicians respond, “we don’t need a machine to tell us what to do; we understand our patient base better than any technology can.”

Transitional Care Management :Fewer Readmissions, Improved Quality, and Lower Cost

Transitional care management, managing patient transitions from one level of care to the next, is an important part of healthcare outcomes improvement. The National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists defines transitional care as “care involved when a patient/client leaves one care setting and moves to another.” Care settings include hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and the home environment.

Wearable health technology crossing health IT boundaries

The device is actually customized to your unique needs. So there’s an algorithm in it that will actually detect what therapy you need, Frank McGillin, senior vice president and general manager of consumer health for Quell’s developer, NeuroMetrix Inc., based in Waltham, Mass., told Lee at the conference. So we’re delivering a systemic response in a way that’s very discrete and individualized.

Top Healthcare Financial Trends in 2017: Payment Transitions, Disruption, and New Skills

As 2017 comes to an end, the year’s prominent healthcare financial trends emerge, as do clues to potential new trends. This article examines three of 2017’s significant trends transitions in payment, disruption from familiar players and newcomers, and emerging data skillsets and how they might impact healthcare.