By Jonah Comstock | Nov 3, 2017 Wearables and remote patient monitoring are being used more and more in hospitals, but barriers to their use still persist. At the Connected Health Conference in Boston last week, doctors and industry insiders went back and forth on how useful wearables are today, as well as offering a [...]
By Meg Bryant | Nov 3, 2017 Dive Brief: Investment in digital health startups is expected to reach $7 billion this year, up from $6.4 billion in 2016, a new Accenture analysis predicts. The forecast would bring investor funding back to the 2015 level after slowing to $5.1 billion last year. Driving the growth spurt is strong [...]
Are you scared of Artificial technology and the myth that it will take over everything including healthcare and other professionals? Do you constantly have nightmares about the reality that kids are being addicted to and frightened to have a test for genetics because it may help show you the day you will die? Are [...]
By Jon Fingas | Oct 23, 17 John Hancock will give you a steep smartwatch discount if you stay active. You might have heard of insurers discounting the Apple Watch before, but never quite like this. John Hancock is offering all its Vitality life insurance policy holders (including newcomers) an Apple Watch Series 3 for $25 so long as they use [...]
By Medical Futurist | Oct 2017 Would sleep tracking limit your freedom of choice? For me, data means a source of self-understanding and a boost for better performance. In some previous articles, I have described how I track stress, how I changed my life with a simple excel spreadsheet or how you could live healthier with the [...]
By Bernie Monegain | Oct 30, 2017 Carolinas HealthCare System patients can now use Amazon’s electronic personal assistant Alexa to locate the nearest urgent care and emergency department. Using Alexa, they can also get current wait times. “Carolinas HealthCare System is always looking to make it easier for patients to get care,” Craig Richardville, [...]
