Patients and consumers in healthcare are more inclined to incorporate new technologies into the delivery system than the physicians who administer most of the care, but the gap between the two is shrinking as more physicians embrace the consumer-driven model. Dr. Eric Topol of Scripps Health, giving the keynote at this year’s Health 2.0 Conference […]
It might be a bit late to look for a partner for Valentine’s Day, but not for a New York-based matchmaking program in healthcare. The commercialization program to advance innovative digital health tools is accepting applications until February 17 from health IT entrepreneurs and companies who can help each other meet a specific healthcare challenge. […]
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.
Eight new digital health companies were unveiled today during Health 2.0‘s annual Launch! session, and the Twitterverse didn’t go easy on them. Watching the newly launching companies at #health2con. Some of these spaces are already very crowded with apps and partial solutions. — ushealthcrisis (@ushealthcrisis) October 9, 2012 Best user of many Health 2.0 apps: […]
Traditionally, when a patient uses the nurse call button in a hospital room, the nurse would come to the room, find out what the patient needs, leave the room to retrieve medicine or find the correct staff member help, etc., and then come back. A digital health startup called Starling Health, which will present […]
The role of depression in prolonging patients’ recoveries, the evolution of the mobile health market and the increased willingness of insurance companies to work with startups were among the most interesting trends to emerge from the Health 2.0 Spring Fling conference in Boston this week. There was a lot of buzz around Cogito Corp. Its voice-recognition […]