Innovation is blurring traditional health care boundaries The life sciences and health care industry is on the brink of large-scale disruption. In a future of health that’s defined by radically interoperable data, open yet secure platforms, and consumer-driven care, what role will you play? READ MORE FROM THE ORIGINAL SOURCE HERE
CES 2023 marked a "Return to Normal" for the annual tech event. With 100,000 plus back in Las Vegas, it felt like the CES of old, but for healthcare and digital health technology, it was all about what is new. With several megatrends garnering the spotlight at this year's show, including automotive, devices, and the
Say hello to new-and-improved A.I. assistants, and move over to brands like Twitter and Tesla. Each year, I look ahead at what’s new in technology to predict the tech that may affect your life in a big way — and the tech that will most likely be a fad. Before we get into that, though,
The integration of software in the healthcare sector increases the potential to improve access to healthcare on a global scale. With our progression as a species, healthcare technology is transforming the way we diagnose, treat, and prevent disease. As we evolve and adapt, our lifestyles and daily habits change too, both on an individual level and as
Amazon said it has entered an agreement to acquire primary healthcare company One Medical in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $3.9 billion. One Medical is a membership-based primary care service that promises customers “24/7 access to virtual care.” The company operates in a dozen major US markets, according to its website, and works with
The agency is working with Florence, which provides health and social care workers access to available shifts, during an NHS staffing crisis. Florence is designed to address the NHS and care home staffing model, at a time when NHS England is struggling to fill 110,000 positions and the UK government is introducing a Health and
There are certain elements everyone needs to take into consideration to lead a healthy lifestyle. Eating healthily, exercising regularly, sleeping well, and making time for mindfulness and reflection are all crucial to your overall well-being. You can get help for each of these elements of wellness online. There are many apps and tech tools to
If you could pitch any idea to transform health care, what would you pitch? Four health care leaders took the stage at the STAT Health Tech Summit in San Francisco Tuesday to take up that assignment. What they proposed ranged from finding new ways to power health devices to devising strategies to address the legacy
Everyone says that technology is improving before our eyes, but with the creation of new smart contact lenses that statement may be truer than ever before. These new lenses feature a scleral lens that corrects the user’s vision while also incorporating a tiny microLED display, smart sensors, and batteries. This technology allows wearers to see
Researchers at MIT and the Technical University of Munich have developed a glucose fuel cell, which can power miniature implants inside the human body such as pacemakers. The fuel cells can withstand extreme temperatures and are only 400 nanometers thick. Original models of the fuel cell were made up of polymers. However, polymers are unable to
