Houston Methodist is opening a new innovation hub at the Ion, a 16-acre innovation district established by the city of Houston and Rice University. The health system will use the space to partner with local talent to develop new digital health tools for its eight smart hospitals.
With the information contained in a simple 30-second voice sample, providers can help patients get ahead of future health issues and prescribe or adjust treatment plans as needed.
Executives from Imagine360, Verily, BrightInsight, Lantern, and Rhapsody shared their approaches to reducing healthcare costs and facilitating digital transformation.
The e-commerce giant made its debut in the wearables market with Halo, a fitness tracker with some unique features. Amazon said the device and its corresponding app can scan a user’s voice for emotions and measures a user’s body composition.
Recently the company unveiled an ambient mode that is able to listen to contextual clues and record important clinical notes without the use of a "wake word" to engage the technology.
LabTwin's platform can collect data, access information and help manage experiments, streamlining many of the burdensome processes associated with laboratory work.
Kristi Ebong, Orbita SVP Strategy and GM Healthcare Providers, is taking part in a panel discussion at the healthcare investment conference MedCity INVEST in Chicago April 23-24 called, “What Can Alexa/Voice Do for Healthcare?”
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.