DEEP TECH HEALTH + NEUROTECH
The discussion of “big data” analysis in healthcare continues, unabated. At ApplySci’s recent Wearable Tech + Digital Health + NeuroTech NYC conference, Cornell professor Deborah Estrin, who is also a founder of Open mHealth, described how “small data” — our digital patterns and interactions — can help physicians by creating a more meaningful representation of our […]
In the latest pharma/tech partnership, Teva and Intel are developing a wearable platform to track the progression of Huntington’s disease. There is no cure for the disease, which causes a breakdown of nerve cells in the brain, resulting in a decline in motor control, cognition and mental stability. The technology can be used to assess the effectiveness […]
Big pharma + big tech/data partnerships continue to proliferate. Onduo is a Sanofi/Verily joint venture that will use each company’s expertise to help manage diabetes — Sanofi’s drugs plus Verily’s software, data analysis, and devices. CEO Josh Riff and has not announced a project pipeline, as they are taking “a thoughtful approach to finding lasting […]
With equal parts modesty, enthusiasm, and wearable tech expertise, Olympic cyclist Sky Christopherson came to ApplySci’s recent Wearable Tech + Digital Health + NeuroTech NYC conference to “thank this community for helping the US Olympic team before the last Olympics with a lot of the same technology to help athletes prepare, using data and not drugs.” […]
Of all the data we create and share, perhaps none is more important — or more sensitive — than data about our health. The wearable tech revolution has given us, as patients and individuals, control – but we also must think about what we, and others, do with the data that we collect. Andreas Weigend, […]
Google’s “Connectivity Bridge” appears to be a wireless hub meant to collect and sync medical data in clinical studies, according to an FCC filing reported by Business Insider. (No company announcement has been made.) The hub can be installed in facilities or homes, and sensor data can be quickly uploaded to the cloud for analysis. It uses […]
MedyMatch uses big data and artificial intelligence to improve stroke diagnosis, with the goal of faster treatment. Patient CT photos are scanned and immediately compared with hundreds of thousands of other patient results. Almost any deviation from a normal CT is quickly detected. With current methods, medical imaging errors can occur when emergency room radiologists […]
The American Sleep Apnea Association, Apple and IBM have begun a study about the impact of sleep quality on daily activity level, alertness, productivity, health and medical conditions. iPhone and Apple Watch sensors and the ResearchKit framework collect data from healthy and unhealthy sleepers, which is sent to the Watson Health Cloud. The SleepHealth app uses the watch’s heart rate […]
USC’s Center for Body Computing, led by Professor Leslie Saxon, has created the Virtual Care Clinic, featuring vetted, best of class partners providing integrated remote healthcare solutions. The eight initial partners are Doctor Evidence, IMS Health, Karten Design, Medable, Planet Grande, Proteus Digital Health and VSP Global. Mobile apps, virtual doctors, data collection and analysis systems, […]
Search engine giant Yandex is using its advanced machine learning capabilities to detect cancer predisposition. Yandex Data Factory has partnered with AstraZeneca to develop the RAY platform, which analyzes DNA testing results, generates a report about patient genome mutations, and provides treatment recommendations and side effect information. Testing will begin next month. The two companies have signed a cooperation […]