How digital health care can help prevent chronic diseases like diabetes

Diabetes is one of the most pervasive and expensive chronic diseases: It affects an estimated 30.3 million people in the United States and costs a staggering $245 billion per year to treat. In addition, there are 84.1 million adults in the United States with high blood sugar levels in danger of developing type 2 diabetes.

Apple COO Jeff Williams on tech and health care: ‘we can’t think of anything more significant’

Apple COO Jeff Williams addressed a crowd in Taiwan at partner company TSMC’s 30th-anniversary celebration.

FDA approves the first pill that can alert your doctor when you swallow it

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first pill embedded with a sensor that can alert a patient’s physician or caregiver when it’s been ingested, the agency announced on Monday.

IBM Watson, FDA to explore blockchain for secure patient data exchange

IBM Watson Health is collaborating with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on a research initiative aimed at defining a secure, efficient and scalable exchange of health data using blockchain technology.

8 reasons why telehealth is gaining momentum right now

Thanks to some new bills in Congress, and more in the works, the implementation of telehealth programs in an array of clinical settings has taken off recently.

AI system can spot breast lesions at risk of being cancerous

Boston, Oct 17 (PTI) Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have developed an artificial intellince (AI) system that can identify which breast lesions are likely to become cancerous – potentially reducing unnecessary surgeries.

Now OPD on smartphones to make life easy for medicos, patients

Patients from far off places in the country and abroad can now consult specific doctors in the national capital using their smartphones.

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.