Here at Health Tech Insider, we frequently beat the drum of "earlier treatment, better outcomes, and lower healthcare costs" for wearable Health Tech devices. Even so, we're right in line with C-level corporate executives who say, "Really? Prove it!" That's why we're spend a lot of time covering scientific studies that demonstrate the benefits of wearables and other digital … [Read more...]
Cancer Detection Using Breath Samples [video]
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Owlstone Medical's website has an ambitious mission statement right at the top of the home page: "To save 100,000 lives and $1.5B in healthcare costs." It takes confidence to put hard numbers like that in a mission statement, but the company backs it up with their vision statement: "Become the global leader in non-invasive diagnostics for cancer, infectious disease, & … [Read more...]
System Makes Patient Data Available for Research
As we often point out here, data from the "quantified self" could hold the key to solving a host of medical and health issues, lowering costs and improving outcomes through earlier diagnosis and treatment. Wearable Health Tech devices are creating mountains of data and the recent move to electronic health records (EHRs) means that a lot of valuable information could be made … [Read more...]
Most Healthcare Organizations Have a Mobile Health Strategy
Ten years ago if you asked healthcare professionals about their organization's mobile strategies, you'd most likely get a blank stare. Most physicians and other professionals owned smartphones, but there was little or no organizational buy-in, according to a report published by MediMedia. The exceptional groups -- teams, or even small hospitals that were addressing mobile … [Read more...]
Home Hospital Combines Biosensors, Analytics, and Home Visits
Digital medicine collaborations are picking up speed. Just last week, biosensor company Valencell and data analytics firm FirstBeat announced a collaboration. Last year we covered VitalConnect and BePatient, another pair of biosensor and analytics companies, who collaborated in a trial program at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek and Concord, California to monitor heart … [Read more...]
