Artificial Intelligence: How to get it right - GIANT's health-tech update
GIANT Health weekly Update
Hello
This year at #GIANThealth19, Brandcast Health interviewed some of the speakers and curators. Here is a selection for you to watch:
Jacob Skinner, Thrive Wearables talks technological and consumerism in wearable technologies: 'The last 5 years we've seen things change from being very consumer-led' Watch the video here
Shafi Ahmed, Chair of GIANT Health, talks about refreshing and recreating medical education by using VR and AR platforms for students Watch the video here
Leon Eisen, Oxitone Medical, discusses delivering patient information, via wearables, to physicians: 'The physician can unlock patient intelligent data, via wearables, in one click' Watch the video here
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It's not too late to take advantage of our ￡49 attendee ticket offer for GIANT Health 2020 - ticket prices will be increasing soon. We hope to see you there.
Barry Shrier, Founder, GIANT Health
+44 7776 132 517
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HealthTech News
Google adds Suki as it's first clinical digital voice assistant
Google has added Suki—an AI-powered, voice-enabled digital assistant that lifts the administrative burden from doctors—as one of Google Cloud Global Healthcare Solutions’ first clinical digital voice assistant partners. Suki will leverage Google’s advanced AI & machine learning technologies and is already reducing the time spent on medical paperwork by over 75%.
NHSX Artificial Intelligence report
NHSX has recently released a report, titled 'Artificial Intelligence: how to get it right. Putting policy into practice for safe, data-driven innovation in health and care'. It is intended to provide a cohesive overview of the current state of play of data-driven technologies within the health and care system: where the AI technologies can be utilised and the policy work that needs to be done to ensure this utilisation is safe, effective and ethically acceptable.
Read more...
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Funding news
Inne, Germany
- €8 million
- Led by Blossom Capital
- Series A
Inne is a Berlin-based FemTech that helps women make informed choices about their fertility, through a combination of technology and natural hormone tracking. The result is a saliva biosensor device that enables women to identify and predict the fertile phase in their natural cycle, and it has already achieved medical certification in Europe.
FundamentalVR, UK
- ￡4.3 million
- Led by Downing Ventures
- Series A
FundamentalVR has developed a virtual reality training and data analysis platform, which is likened to a “flight simulator for surgeons.” FundamentalVR’s Fundamental Surgery education platform is the first surgical simulation software to deploy HapticVR, which combines VR with cutting-edge haptics.
Read more...
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My Online Therapy - Crowdfunding campaign
My Online Therapy is delighted to announce that they are launching a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, and in doing so, plan to become the first-ever online therapy company to be owned by its customers. Register your interest now: My Online Therapy is crowdfunding!
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ReMeLife launch at Malta Blockchain Summit
ReMeLife, a sponsor of GIANT Health, will be launching its ReMeLife DAT (Decentralised Autonomous Trust), a new form of blockchain-based funding, at the Malta AI & Blockchain Summit, on 7th - 9th November 2019. Simon Hooper, director of ReMeLife, will also be speaking at the event. They are using the DAT concept to raise funds for the business and to broaden the functionality of their membership care platform to empower people being cared for and their families, with a service that encourages personalised care engagement, data ownership, and rewards based tokenised care. Click here to get an overview of ReMeLife's current care and business strategy, and the DAT based investment opportunity (as recently presented in Forbes here and here).
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Reasons to be cheerful, part 3:
Life expectancy is projected to increase from 73.5 years in 2018 to 74.4 years in 2022.
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Health Tech Innovator of the week
Yves Prevoo
Yves is the founder and CEO of Easee, the world’s first CE certified online eye exam that people can do from home with just a laptop and a smartphone. His mission is to make clear vision accessible to everyone. They won 2 awards in the Beanstalks 2019 competition.
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Meet our partners
Evid Health
Discover the Best Health Technologies with evid.health - we are building the most comprehensive global database of validated HealthTech intelligence. Evid.health provides Health Technology solutions providers with a platform to connect with users and share validated evidence data in a more meaningful way. Find out more.
Energe.io
Energe is a community and platform connecting students to their immediate peers, professors/mentors and startups in the university ecosystem to learn, discuss and collaborate on projects, research, and ideas taking place around them, specifically in the area of MedTech. Find out more.
Hanway Associates
Hanway Associates is a London-based consultancy specialising in cannabis research, market entry strategy, corporate advisory, and strategic communications. We provide services to help open and enter markets, build brands and grow clients’ networks. Find out more
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Barry Shrier,
Founder, GIANT Health
+44 7776 132 517
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