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by Alfred Poor | May 3, 2017 | General News, Medical
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...
by Alfred Poor | April 28, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
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...
by Bruce Brown | April 26, 2017 | General News, Medical
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...
by Bruce Brown | April 24, 2017 | General News, Medical
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...
by Alfred Poor | April 19, 2017 | General News, Health
We have often shared our view that Health Tech wearables won’t take off in a major way until they produce a clear return on investment. This won’t come about from fitness enthusiasts buying devices in ones and twos. It will be driven by the entities that...
