How AI will change healthcare by 2020
GIANT Health weekly Update
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GIANT's latest update includes a summary of the latest health-tech and funding news, upcoming HealthTech events and more.
The GIANT Health Event 2019 is less than 3 months away, so now is the time to buy your tickets and prepare for our biggest event yet. GIANT is packed with world-class thought-leaders, deep dives in the latest technologies and practical business-building support. You can view the 2019 agenda on our website!
We are CPD certified, with ticket pricing to welcome NHS health practitioners and start-ups. Get your tickets now!
Barry Shrier, Founder, GIANT Health
@Barry_HealthTec
+44 7776 132 517
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Beanstalks HealthTech start-up competition 2019
Sometimes, you just need a little magic to help your business to grow.
Last week we announced that the BEANSTALKS? competition at the GIANT Health Event 2019 was open!
BEANSTALKS? is an international “competition for prizes” for health and care tech start-ups. We welcome early-stage businesses to enter to gain exposure to a prestigious panel of judges under a range of categories around applying technology to better outcomes for health and care.
Our categories this year are aligned with some of the key themes of the GIANT Health Event and its mission. Click here to find out more and don't forget to share the Beanstalks competition with your network.
Enter the Beanstalks competition
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HealthTech News
How AI will change healthcare by 2020
The artificial intelligence (AI) market is still young and is projected to expand rapidly. Here are some ways that it is predicted to benefit healthcare:
Revolutionising diagnostic procedures
Assisting in screening processes
Improving outcomes in patients
Monitoring patients remotely
Researching genetics
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3D body mapping could identify and treat organs and cells damaged from medical conditions
Purdue University researchers have come up with a 3D mapping technology to monitor and track the behavior of the engineered cells and tissues (that replace damaged cells) and improve the success rate for patients who have already faced a debilitating disease.
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Funding news
Medicortex, Finland
$1.1 million
Research grant from US department of defence
The grant provides funding for continued clinical development of the company’s diagnostic kit ProbTBITM for rapid detection of mild traumatic brain injury and concussion. Winning this highly competitive grant is also a strong signal and recognition of Medicortex’s approach for the urgent need to rapidly and reliably diagnose mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and concussion.
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Digital health investments bounced back in Q2 2019 with nearly $2.5B in funding
The past three months have shown that investors are ready to stump up for digital health companies of every shape and size. The $2.45 billion in fundraising came from an impressive 81 separate funding deals for startups big and small, domestic and international.
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Reasons to be grateful for Health-Tech:
The number of deaths caused by lung cancer peaked at 159,292 in 2005 and has since decreased by 6.5 percent to 148,945 in 2016 (American Lung Association).
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The goal of this lounge is to create an exclusive and intimate space where health tech industry leaders are able to come together and discuss fundamental issues affecting the health tech industry, including:
User engagement
Cybersecurity and data breaches
Impact of policy on the organisation
Health tech efficiencies and how to implement
The application of AI, ML, and predictive analytics
Transparency in pharma
The call for innovation in health tech and wellness.
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Upcoming events
The 5th Conference on Digital Health, 5th September 2019
It focuses on how we create a more sustainable healthcare model for the future, enabled by technology and digital.
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International Digital Public Health Conference (DPH)
20 - 23 November 2019
The DPH Conference is a world-leading interdisciplinary event on research and innovation in digital health organised by University College London’s IRDR Centre for Digital Public Health in Emergencies. For 2019, the event will feature a dedicated pre-conference day for Young Researchers, unique workshops for innovators, SMEs and start-ups, plenary sessions with international leaders from the field of digital health, prizes for innovation, discussion panels and fantastic opportunities to network across audiences from Public Health, Computer & Data Science, MedTech industry and NGOs.
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GIANT Health reaches thousands of members of the global HealthTech community.
Get in touch to discuss partnership opportunities.
Barry Shrier, Founder, GIANT Health
@Barry_HealthTec
+44 7776 132 517
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