TUE, FEB 25 20203:32 PM ESTUPDATED TUE, FEB 25 20203:41 PM EST | Christina Farr | CNBC.com Apple and Johnson & Johnson, a pharma giant, announced plans to team up on Tuesday on a new study that aims to study whether Apple Watch can detect a heart rhythm irregularity called atrial fibrillation among seniors, and encourage them to [...]
Supporting Patients, Providers and Researchers Feb 26, 2020Phillipe CharlesTechnology | CrossComm Digital Health is revolutionizing traditional medicine by leveraging digital technologies to increase the efficiency of care and support better patient and provider outcomes. Advancements in mobile technology, wearable devices, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies are increasing the quantity and quality of actionable health [...]
By Lance Robertson and Bruce Chernof | FEBRUARY 24, 2020 | HealthAffairs.org As health care payment models become more value-based, health care systems are increasingly interested in approaches that address both medical needs and social determinants of health. This isn’t surprising. Services delivered in the home and in the community that prevent falls, address food [...]
by Fred Pennic 02/06/2020 | HITConsultant.com – New AMA survey reveals physicians’ motivations and requirements for adopting digital health adoption and attitudinal shifts from 2016 to 2019. – Adoption of digital tools has grown significantly among all physicians regardless of gender, specialty or age. – Adoption of remote care tools such as tele-visits and remote monitoring had [...]
Despite billions of dollars worth of capital flowing into digital healthcare startups, many are vulnerable to imminent collapse. By Tibi Puiu February 24, 2020 | ZMEScience.com In recent times, Silicon Valley tech companies and venture capital (VC) funds have banded together to transform healthcare. This has lead to the creation of a new type of [...]
By EMILY BARY | REPORTER | MarketWatch.com | Feb 22, 2020 9:35 a.m. ET Robotic surgery has long been part of American operating rooms, driven primarily by Intuitive Surgical ISRG, -0.84%, which dominates the market for soft-tissue robotic-assisted devices. But a crop of new entrants that happen to be some of the largest health-care companies in the [...]
