Big data and the future of healthcare

“Big Data” has been a big buzzword for the past several years, but organizations weren’t really sure how to tackle it. It’s really been in the past two years that these organizations have been able to use this data to find new insights to improve or make actionable changes.

Innovative Digital Health Tools Offer ‘Seamless’ Patient Experience

The Nemours App for Asthma is the first product from Nemours’s Center for Health Delivery Innovation, released as part of a new digital health strategy that provides all digital assets on a single platform for users.

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.

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.

New smart bracelet can tell when you get pregnant

Scientists have developed a smart bracelet that can not only identify the best time of the month for a woman to try for a baby but also alert when the user gets pregnant an advance that could make traditional home pregnancy test obsolete.

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.