#DigitalHealthReadingList - June 17th
Wolfgang Schleifer
Digital Health Transformation and Strategy Leader | Health & Life Science | Pharma & Medical Devices Industry | University Lecturer | Board Member
June 17th, 2022; my weekly?#DigitalHealthReadingList?provides you a selection of the most interesting?Digital Health?articles of the last couple of days.
By BBC
We are living in an age where everything that exists in the real world is being replicated.?A digital twin is an exact replica of something in the physical world, but with a unique mission - to help improve, or in some other way provide feedback to, the real-life version.?This article provides a very interesting and broad overview of digital twins and also details some opportunities and expectations in healthcare.
By THE VERGE
Neurology company Rune Labs provides a software, called StrivePD, that helps people with Parkinson’s disease track symptoms through their Apple Watch which received clearance from the FDA. The collected patient data will also support the selection of the right patient for clinical trials going forward.
By physicsworld
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a miniaturized, fully integrated microneedle sensor that continuously monitors glucose, lactate and alcohol levels in interstitial fluid. Monitoring those clinical measures in real-time offers opportunities in?tracking a significant number of critical health conditions and provides individualization of prescription drug dosing and automatic drug delivery.
By HHS
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR),?is issuing guidance on how health care providers and health plans can use remote communication technologies to provide audio-only telehealth services. This guidance will help individuals to continue to benefit from audio-only telehealth by clarifying how covered entities can provide these services in compliance with the HIPAA Rules.
By Healthcare IT News
The program?to unify digital health standards across multiple countries, is being launched by the Nordic Interoperability Project (NIP)?and will allow healthcare providers across those five countries to evaluate and identify trusted technologies. The?aim is to accelerate adopting connected health technologies on a large scale by establishing a common benchmark of criteria across the region.
Healthcare Leaders Unite to Demystify Regulatory Pathways and Strategies for Digital Health Products
By PR Newswire
A digital health collaborative that includes Digital Medicine Society (DiMe), Google, the FDA and the Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science plans to release an interactive, open-access regulatory support tool for healthcare tech companies. This tool can be used by digital solutions providers to evaluate the regulatory strategy for their products.
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By FIERCE Biotech
Twin Health’s Whole Body Digital Twin platform uses data from wearable sensors, blood tests and self-reported questionnaires to build a model of each patient and suggest potential interventions to reverse Type 2 diabetes symptoms according to the results of a clinical trial of the technology, which were presented Saturday at the American Diabetes Association’s annual scientific sessions in New Orleans.
By CEO and Co-Founder of Reformulate Health and Dr Jacob LaPorte, Co-Founder and Global Head of the Novartis Biome
To date, investments in health research, healthcare policy, infrastructure and services are largely geared towards treating people once they become sick. The authors propose a dynamic health score which could enable the prediction and assessment of a preventative intervention for an individual, ultimately paving way for a sustainable Prevention-as-a-Service (PaaS) business model.
By THE VERGE
Just after closing a $28 billion deal to acquire electronic health records company Cerner, tech giant Oracle said it thinks it can solve one of the biggest tech problems in healthcare: patient records. The combined companies will create a national health records database which keeps patient data anonymous until individuals give consent to share their information.
By pharmaphorum
If you work in pharma, the chances are you’re no stranger to the FDA, which regulates pharmaceuticals. But if you’re becoming more involved with the world of digital health, as many pharma companies are these days, you may find that your old FDA knowledge isn’t much help in knowing what will be required of you.
By Forbes
The digital health landscape is wide and varied, as are the respective approaches to digital health. Any health system's digital health readiness generally falls into one of three categories. Setting the course for a digital health strategy requires to consider organizational and technology aspects.
By Medical Economics
The future of healthcare will need to be convenient and designed around a patient’s unique needs. Organizations are rapidly investing in digital health technologies and will continue to do so. The article elaborates on the biggest healthcare priorities moving forward.
By ENDPOINT NEWS
Roche is the newest pharma to join digital health startup accelerator PharmStars, rounding up its sponsor list to seven. Roche joins AstraZeneca’s Alexion, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Sumitovant Biopharma and Takeda as the pharma companies looking for digital health matches. They’ll be looking next among the hopefuls already signing up for the just-announced fall challenge to source ideas and solutions around real-world evidence.??
Senior Project & Innovation Manager at EPAM Systems
2 年Insightful. Thank you.
Founder and CEO at Unleash Health? | Executive Chairman | Powering the World's Most Impactful Brand Experiences
2 年Thanks for the shout out Wolfgang Schleifer!
Managing Partner at LSCP Life Sciences Consulting Partners
2 年Thanks, Wolfgang for another good selection and reading for a "cool" weekend! Best, Ruedi
Building ? performance teams that deliver true digital transformation. Formerly with Novartis, Wipro, TCS and start-ups.
2 年I love the idea to have a digital twin, as simplistic as it could be, earlier on; one that could be used for any clinical trials, where me as an individual could decide to contribute freely or even get a financial incentive for it. This would change a lot of the dynamics in drug development as we remove physical barriers and have the opportunity to stay anonymous as well. As for Oracle... they also said their cloud would overcome Amazon's...