By John Brownstein, Jennifer Lannon, and Sarah Lindenaurer, MobiHealth News | August 3, 2018 As the next frontier in human-technology interfaces, voice-enabled and voice-first technologies are leading the way in many innovative applications across industries. Predictions that 50 percent of searches will be voice-based by 2020 and that 55 percent [...]
By Sara Heath, Patient EngagementHIT | July 12, 2018 July 12, 2018 - As patients continue to assume the role of healthcare consumer, healthcare providers and payers are beginning to leverage healthcare technology that helps connect patients to their care. Those innovations, when utilized correctly, help drive an overall better consumer [...]
By Kristin Houser, The Futurism | July 2, 2018 BIG BROTHER, UK EDITION. Four years ago, the United Kingdom’s Home Office (the department responsible for immigration, security, and law enforcement) proposed developing a national strategy concerning biometrics, the biological measurements that can identify specific people, such as DNA or fingerprints. Now, the department [...]
By Bertalan Mesko, The Medical Futurist | June 28 2018 Being a nurse is a highly demanding, but genuinely fulfilling job with the chance to touch many people’s lives. As it requires the core of what makes us human – paying attention, being empathetic and caring -, it will never [...]
By Mark Brohan | June 20,2018 Click edit button to change this text. Not all executives have a clear path to deploying more digital tools and features. The roadblocks include insufficient funding (46%), fear of the unknown (35%), privacy issues/concerns (32%) and lack of expertise internally (29%), says Ernst [...]
By Bertalan Mesko, The Medical Futurist | June 2018 Smart mirrors might advise the clueless what to wear in the morning, skin scanners might find the most effective beauty products, toilets might eliminate urine tests, and bioprinting might help cosmetics companies discontinue animal testing. Technology will significantly re-shape our sanctuaries [...]
