5 non-health tech stories you should care about this week
Plus, Box introduces a potentially huge cloud transfer service, while Apple and Google's Android have new advances.
5 non-health tech stories you should care about this week
Plus, Wi-Fi gets smarter and toy makers offer lessons for technology developers.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
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.
5 non-health tech stories you should care about this week
Today, we debut a new, weekly feature looking at five interesting general technology stories that people in healthcare should pay attention to.
Good luck, Salesforce! There’s plenty of competition in health data aggregation
Several healthcare data aggregation and secure communication services already exist, and some big players have tried — and failed — with similar projects. Others may be on the way.
Three takes on the new Salesforce Health Cloud
"This is not a new type of product."
GuardantHealth, Flatiron Health to link genomics, analytics for personalized cancer care
In a further sign of the convergence happening in healthcare technology, genomics company GuardantHealth is teaming with health IT and analytics vendor Flatiron Health to create a new platform to enable personalized cancer care.
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
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.
Genomics, cloud security on agenda for new Dell Healthcare CMO van Terheyden
Dell Healthcare & Life Sciences announced Monday morning that it has hired Dr. Nick van Terheyden as its new CMO. Van Terheyden comes over from Nuance Communications, where he served as CMIO for five years.
DecisionSim wants to improve physician communication with newly purchased technology
"Providers are not known for being good communicators," said DecisionSim CEO Bob Yayak. The company wants to address this issue with CommSim, newly purchased online communications training technology from Drexel University College of Medicine.
‘Internet of Me,” outcomes headline Accenture health IT trends (infographic)
Accenture has come out with its annual list of trends in health IT, and it's safe to say the research and consulting firm is looking far beyond Meaningful Use.
Cloud computing: A critical component of precision medicine
Phenotyping needs to catch up with genotyping: That’s one key move that must be made for us to bring this precision medicine thing to widespread fruition. And to connect these dots most effectively, more robust cloud computing will be a critical component, some say. President Barack Obama rang in a new era – that of personalized […]
BioLabs Pegasus Park Cultivates Life Science Ecosystem
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
Healthcare in the cloud: Five advantages of easy data sharing
There’s no question that these are challenging times in the healthcare sector. Organizations must stretch tight budgets to meet increasing service demands, all while complying with new regulations and healthcare reform legislation. At the same time, tech-savvy consumers are demanding a higher level of interaction than ever before; they want instant online access to information, […]
Cleveland Clinic working with IBM’s Watson to help docs crunch genetic big data
The Cleveland Clinic has teamed up with IBM’s cognitive computing system, Watson, to help oncologists sift through the massive amounts of patient genetic data and identify targets for treatment. The collaboration will help “accelerate the race to personalized medicine and cut through the Big Data challenge of genomics so patients can be treated based on […]
Catavolt helps healthcare companies translate legacy data into mobile solutions
Catavolt did not start small with its health IT modernization push. The software company has been hunting for whales in the healthcare world since the beginning. “Our system works best for organizations that have enough breadth: multiple back ends, many users, a regulatory environment,” said George Mashini, the CEO and co-founder of Catavolt. The company’s […]
Cloud Pharmaceuticals raising $20M for its “in silico” approach to drug development
We’re all plenty familiar with in-vivo and in-vitro, but Cloud Pharmaceuticals is taking the “in-silico“ approach to drug development. Its “inverse design” platform uses cloud supercomputing to cherry pick and formulate molecules that will work as new medications – cutting out much of the early lab expenses by conducting the earliest drug discovery processes virtually. The Research Triangle […]
Apple worked with Mayo Clinic and Epic to build ‘HealthKit’ platform
As expected, Apple jumped into the health information business today, launching both a new health app and a cloud-based health information platform. The new app, called simply “Health,” will collect a number of body metrics including blood pressure, heart rate, and stats on diet and exercise. Impressively, Health will constantly monitor key health metrics (like blood […]