Digital health companies faced bad news going into 2020, from job cuts to dissolving pharma partnerships. But these struggles are part of an industry that is finding its identity in a crowded healthcare market.
The National AI lab is meant to support clinicians in efforts to estimate future needs of healthcare resources, identify the best sites of care for patients and help automate routine and administrative tasks to increase system efficiency.
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
During a presentation at Nvidia's GTC 2019 Conference in San Jose, Topol sketched out a vision of a world where this multi-modal data is collected and assessed from "the pre-womb to the tomb" and run through clinically validated algorithms that can reveal personalized insights and aid in more accurate diagnoses.
Topol's report posits a more individualized, patient-centered system driven by a population empowered by personal genomic and health information.
The point-of-care transformation is well underway as healthcare and tech companies dive into a market now worth over $18 billion a year.
The campaign’s business objective is to put HealthSparq at the forefront of the patient engagement discussion and provide “a brand lift,” said Burt Rosen, vice president and chief marketing officer for the company.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
Evidence-based medicine didn't work for Dr. Eric Topol when he had complications after a knee replacement, so he started experimenting. Meanwhile, an oncology nurse apologized to her patients for not understanding their situation until she got cancer herself.
Dr. Eric Topol, the digital health evangelist and cardiologist at Scripps, offers a tantalizing look into what the Silicon Valley entrepreneur and medical philanthropist, cares about in healthcare.
"I don't see Epic, Allscripts or Cerner in existence in another decade," Topol said.
What constitutes health data is no longer so easily defined. Neither is how the information is used.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
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After reading Dr. Eric Topol's latest book, New York Mets executive Paul DePodesta was struck by the parallels between baseball and medicine when it comes to crunching data.
Cramer is a fan of Topol's current book, "The Patient Will See You Now."
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Eric Topol proves the relevance of his "prewomb to tomb" mantra on individualized medicine by sharing his own genetic information - he's a carrier for two rare diseases. Topol spoke with MedCity News to advocate carrier screening for prospective parents.