The Top 3 Cyberthreats facing Healthcare, transforming global wellness and more.
Hi, Kevin McDonnell here. Thank you for reading my latest newsletter. Every week I share my round-up of the most interesting stories from the world of Digital Health so you can find the ideas, people, innovations and technologies that are shaping the future of healthcare. I hope you enjoy them! Happy reading! This was first published at The Future Health.
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Digital healthcare will radically transform global wellness - Global healthcare is arguably hindered by stark inequalities, underfunded state provision, a two-tier approach that supports the privileged at the expense of those most in need and a glacial pace?of innovation. The status quo just isn’t working.
Could digital therapeutics provide a solution against opioid abuse? - Digital therapeutics are rapidly coming into the foreground to treat a variety of conditions. Ben Hargreaves discovers how chronic pain could be a key area for digital therapeutics, as they offer non-addictive and effective relief from the condition.
J&J to buy heart pump maker Abiomed for $16.6 bln ahead of consumer health spinoff - Johnson & Johnson?(JNJ.N)?said on Tuesday it struck a deal to buy heart pump maker Abiomed Inc?(ABMD.O)?for $16.6 billion in cash, as it looks to boost growth in its medical devices unit after next year's planned spinoff of the consumer health business.
We Need Data Orchestration, Not Necessarily Unification - Interoperability is one of the most discussed, debated and desired digital health challenges today. Should patients and providers be able to access their health records regardless of where they are or who they see on their own terms? The simple answer is yes, of course. But achieving that unified data utopia is much more complex.
The Top 3 Cyberthreats Facing Healthcare Organizations Today - Bad actors continue to target healthcare organizations with cyberattacks as the amount of valuable patient data collected continues to grow. However, other factors are making it difficult for healthcare organizations to protect patient data. These include IT and security staff shortages, the increased sophistication of attacks, the impacts of the pandemic, and regulatory pressures.
AI-driven genetic analysis breakthrough to cut diagnosis time by 99% - An AI-driven genetic analysis platform can identify the causative mutation for diseases with 93.1% sensitivity – making each diagnosis in two minutes consistently across ages and ethnicities.
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Cyber-security: How safe is your organisation? - Cyber security was thrust into the spotlight when a ransomware attack on a major NHS IT provider threatened to disrupt digital services such as patient check-ins and NHS 111. The incident is a clear example of the potential damage and chaos that a cyber-attack can inflict and highlights the magnitude of cyber security.
Joining up health and social care is crucial to digital transformation - For many years the health service has been encouraged to embrace the digital age and drive operational efficiencies and improved patient outcomes through the adoption of innovative technologies and solutions.
Mixed-reality robotic heart surgery inside an MRI - A team of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) scientists has received a four-year, $3.7 million National Institutes of Health grant to attempt what they say would be a medical first: performing robotic heart catheterization while the patient is inside a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine.
Challenges to Successful AI Implementation in Healthcare - Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have received widespread interest in recent years due to their potential to set new paradigms in healthcare delivery. It is being said that machine learning will transform many aspects of healthcare delivery, and radiology & pathology are among the specialties set to be among the first to take advantage of this technology.?
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