#DigitalHealthReadingList - Apr 7th
Wolfgang Schleifer
Digital Health Transformation and Strategy Leader | Health & Life Science | Pharma & Medical Devices Industry | University Lecturer | Board Member
April 7th, 2023;?my weekly?#DigitalHealthReadingList?provides you a selection of the most interesting?Digital Health?articles of the last couple of days.
By Microsoft
There is large untapped potential for digital solutions along the life sciences value chain. How can the tech industry play a larger role in driving patient outcomes and realize the full potential of innovative therapies?
By Healthcare IT News
Japanese ICT provider Fujitsu has unveiled a new cloud-based platform that allows the secure collection, storage, and leverage of health and health-related data. Based on Microsoft Azure, the new platform features automatic conversion of medical data from EMR systems to conform with current HL7 FHIR standards for easy utilization and data exchange.
By MIT News
MIT researchers built DiffDock, a model that may one day be able to find new drugs faster than traditional methods and reduce the potential for adverse side effects.
By WIRED
When 2 or more percent of body mass is lost through dehydration, the body can go haywire, with elevated cardiovascular strain, reduced aerobic exercise performance, and impaired thermoregulatory function. This stick-on biosensor promises to give cyclists and runners real-time hydration advice by analyzing their fluid loss while they work out.
By Microsoft Research Blog
The emergence of increasingly capable large-scale AI models, such as the recently released GPT-4, is one of the most significant advances in computing in decades. The article provides insights on some of Microsoft’s research to make healthcare more data-driven, predictive, and precise – ultimately, empowering every person on the planet to live a healthier future.
By pharmaphorum
Microsoft recently released a new AI language model, BioGPT, that is specifically designed for the life sciences industry. The model has been trained on a diverse set of biomedical text data, including scientific publications, clinical notes, and drug labels, making it an invaluable tool for scientists across various domains within the life sciences field.
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By Becker’s Hospital Review
Nworah Ayogu, MD, general manager and chief medical officer of Amazon Clinic, says the platform aims to be a marketplace that connects consumers to providers. What Amazon is trying to do is to make it dramatically easier for customers to find, choose and afford the products and services they need to get and stay healthy.
By World Economic Forum
AI automation and augmentation and a range of other smart technologies are revolutionizing the provision of health and healthcare. Solutions like telemedicine and remote tools and sensors – backed by big data – could reduce healthcare costs and equitably improve access, outcomes and efficiency, finds a new World Economic Forum report. But more than a third of the global population lives without internet access, which remains a challenge for smart healthcare solutions.
By Chief Healthcare Executive
From the “triple-demic” to the growing mental health crisis in youth, pediatric healthcare has commanded a great deal of attention in recent months. Despite some of the pressing problems in pediatric care, the panelists also bemoaned the fact that there are far fewer digital health solutions aimed at children than adults.
By 7wire Ventures
Across the industry, there is a lack of understanding of the meaning of “Women’s Health”. Driven by centuries of being overlooked, women today face longer times to diagnosis, specialist shortages, a higher healthcare financial burden, and ultimately worse health outcomes compared to their male counterparts.
By MedCity News
Consumers are demanding the constant need for technology that is simple, connected and convenient, and medtech companies have had to accelerate to meet those needs. They are embracing these changing times and using it as an opportunity to innovate in three key areas.
By MedCity News
As health systems roll out new patient-facing technologies, they need to ensure that their patients are comfortable using these tools. To avoid losing patient trust, hospitals should introduce new technology with transparency and patient education at the forefront of their minds, said Aaron Miri, Baptist Health's chief digital and information officer.