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Hackathon sparks digital, AI solutions to improve health care

Innovative ideas for health care challenges were developed at a Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health hackathon using digital health and AI. [ more ]

Axios

3 months ago

AI health care reality check: efficiency, not revolution

Even though AI may not fundamentally reshape the US healthcare system in the near future, there is consensus that it has the potential to greatly enhance care quality and reduce costs.

Resistance to change in the heavily regulated and financially lucrative healthcare system may slow down the adoption of AI, but technologies that increase revenue, boost productivity, and improve healthcare workers' quality of life are likely to be integrated into the system. [ more ]

MedCity News

How Can Digital Health Startups Stand Out In Today's Landscape?

Startups need to prove quick ROI and demonstrate improved outcomes to successfully fundraise in the current digital health funding environment. [ more ]

LogRocket Blog

Leader Spotlight: Redefining digital health, with Maximilian Maile - LogRocket Blog

Maximilian Maile is Senior Vice President of Digital Health at Parkview Health, leading the digital transformation journey in healthcare.

Parkview Health redefines digital health to provide care outside traditional healthcare settings via innovative technology. [ more ]

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Boston.com

US news

Moderna's mRNA dreams meet reality with first post-Covid shot

The upcoming RSV shot by Moderna showcases the potential of mRNA technology to treat various illnesses beyond Covid. [ more ]

Nature

How ignorance and gender inequality thwart treatment of a widespread illness

Empowering women through innovative healthcare approaches in rural Zambia can lead to increased awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of neglected tropical diseases like female genital schistosomiasis. [ more ]

www.npr.org

Could better asthma inhalers help patients, and the planet too?

Switching to dry powder inhalers can reduce greenhouse gas emissions without compromising asthma treatment effectiveness. [ more ]

www.theguardian.com

5 days ago

Pig kidney xenotransplant' [patient dies two months later

The first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has passed away, with the cause not directly linked to the transplant. [ more ]

www.scientificamerican.com

2 days ago

How Digital Twin' Technology Harnesses Biology and Computing to Power Personalized Medicine

Digital twin technology in medicine can revolutionize personalized treatments by utilizing computer simulations tailored to each patient's genetics or biochemistry. [ more ]

TechCrunch

1 day ago

Dietitian startup Fay has been booming from Ozempic patients and emerges from stealth with $25M from General Catalyst, Forerunner | TechCrunch

Fay is a startup that empowers registered dieticians to start their practices covered by insurance, benefiting both the dieticians and insurance companies. [ more ]

siliconcanals.com

2 weeks ago

Scotland's Nebu~Flow bags 5.5M to develop next-gen inhalable drugs for respiratory disorders

Nebu~Flow secured 4.7M in funding to develop better inhalable medications for breathing problems. [ more ]

TechCrunch

Rad AI, a startup that helps radiologists save time on report generation, raises $50M Series B from Khosla Ventures | TechCrunch

AI image recognition may soon outperform human radiologists, but current challenge is shortage of radiologists.

Khosla-backed Rad AI focuses on reducing radiologists' documentation time with AI tool, not replacing humans with machines. [ more ]

MobileAppAaily

3 weeks ago

Google Researchers Build AI To Detect Floods

Google AI predicts floods and global events. AI also aids in healthcare disease detection. [ more ]

Stanford HAI

Stanford HAI at Five: Pioneering the Future of Human-Centered AI

Initiative RAISE-Health aims to address ethical and safety issues in AI for health. [ more ]

TNW | Deep-Tech

2 weeks ago

European startups

Dutch startup to bring robotic blood drawing to hospitals

Vitestro secured â¬20mn funding for robotic blood drawing device, focusing on improving patient experience and addressing healthcare personnel shortages. [ more ]

MedCity News

3 weeks ago

How Will Walgreens' Expansion into Specialty Pharmacy Affect the Industry? - MedCity News

Walgreens is expanding its specialty pharmacy services to include cell and gene therapy, aiming to play a larger role in the growing specialty medication market. [ more ]

Harvard Business Review

3 weeks ago

Data science

A Proven Model to Combat U.S. Drug Shortages

Drug shortages in the US reach record highs, impacting over 300 essential medications. Civica Rx offers a successful model for addressing shortages. [ more ]

TechCrunch

1 month ago

Metyos is building a biowearable to monitor chronic kidney disease | TechCrunch

Biowearable technology for chronic kidney disease monitoring is gaining interest in the healthcare sector.

Metyos aims to develop arm-worn patch technology for real-time tracking of biomarkers associated with chronic kidney conditions. [ more ]

TNW | Deep-Tech

1 month ago

Health

Startup building 'biowearables' for chronic kidney disease nets 2.3M

Biowearable technology for CKD patients

Real-time monitoring with biowearable sensor [ more ]

www.nytimes.com

1 month ago

Surgeons Transplant Pig Kidney Into a Patient, a Medical Milestone

Genetically engineered pig kidney transplanted into a man in Boston offers hope to kidney failure patients.

Kidney from genetically modified animals could address inadequate access to transplants and potentially make dialysis obsolete. [ more ]

News

Health care transformation in Africa highlighted at conference

Experts discussed lessons from COVID-19 pandemic

Event featured officials, ministers, professionals, and researchers in healthcare field [ more ]

www.npr.org

6 months ago

What the Global South could teach rich countries about health care if they'd listen

Dr. Matthew Harris believes that the UK could have benefitted from learning from the Brazilian health system 20 years ago.

Prejudices and biases still exist in global health, preventing researchers and clinicians from the Global South from being heard. [ more ]

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