During a panel discussion at the Connected Health Conference in Boston, two physicians and a patient touched on how virtual reality is aiding a variety of healthcare consumers. Yet as one panelist noted, we shouldn't overpromise what it can do.
Patient experience is a noteworthy topic to hospitals. But as outlined during a panel at MedCity ENGAGE, health systems need to look beyond the consumer and seek to boost the experience of providers as well.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai said it's one of only a handful of hospitals and health systems to make an app available on the Apple Watch.
Whittled down from roughly 600 applicants, the goals of the 10 companies in the third cohort include improving the patient experience, offering more personalized care plans for cancer treatment, triaging patients faster and making blood sample collection less painful.
Three CXOs — Alan Dubovsky, Dr. Sara Laskey and Dr. Thomas Savides — will speak at MedCity ENGAGE next month. In recent interviews, they discussed their roles and the significance of engaging both patients and providers.
As the healthcare industry looks for opioid alternatives, Samsung is working with a digital health startup to use virtual reality to relieve anxiety and pain in clinical studies at Cedars-Sinai.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Cedars-Sinai's first healthcare startup accelerator with Techstars includes 11 startups, whittled down from 500 applicants.
Darren Dworkin said it has set up a dedicated facility adjacent to the Cedars-Sinai campus to house the accelerator.