PatientsLikeMe is now working with Walgreens to help make it easier for people to understand how the medications they take may affect them. Now, anyone researching a medication or filling a prescription on Walgreens.com can access a newly enhanched dashboard that shows how their prescribed medication has impacted other patients on the therapy, including medication side effects for more than 5,000 medications , as reported by PatientsLikeMe members.
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The Uberization of Healthcare
Editor's Note: Stuart Karten is the principal of Karten Design, a product innovation consultancy creating positive experiences between people and products specializing in health technology. This post was adapted from a speech given at MD&M West on Feb. 12.
The Uber business model will soon come to healthcare.
Just as Uber changed transportation in positive—and sometimes controversial—ways, healthcare will be infiltrated by startups wanting to change the healthcare model from
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8 Millennial Trends Shaping the Future of Digital Health
While traditional communication channels remain popular among older patients, the next generation of younger patients known as millennials are interested in utilizing more digital health tools to enhance their patient experience, according to a recent Salesforce report. The “State of the Connected Patient” report, which surveyed more than 1,700 Americans who have health insurance and a primary care doctor to examines how patients are currently connecting with their providers, as well as their
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MedEx To Roll Out 10 Ambulances with Google Glass in Chicago
MedEx, a Chicago-based provider of ambulance and telemedicine services announced this week it is rolling out 10 ambulances equipped with Google Glass, ChicagoInno reports. Utilizing Pristine's EyeSight HIPAA compliant software, paramedics can now prepare emergency response for an incoming patient, document a call, or beam a remote specialist into the ambulance for a stroke consult in real time audio and video.
MedEx Ambulance is the first in the nation to implement Google Glass in EMS and has
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Can Esther Dyson’s Way to Wellville Challenge Improve Population Health?
It may not be a proper clinical trial, but the Way to Wellville is the beginning of something transformative for health. Esther Dyson explains.
Do you know the way to Wellville? If not, Esther Dyson hopes to point you in the right direction. Dyson, a journalist and technology investor turned wellness enthusiast, is on a mission to better health by rethinking and recreating the environment in which it can thrive. It’s a tall task, but Dyson isn’t doing it alone. In fact, she wants you to take
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5 Recent Digital Health Innovations
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What is the future of healthcare innovation? Today, massive technological shifts – driven by big data, mobility, security and cloud computing – are rapidly transforming business and society. Entire industries are being completely transformed, and healthcare is one of them. These trends are unlocking new possibilities for hospitals, researchers, doctors and patients.
Here are five recent
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Google Partners with Mayo Clinic to Improve Health-Related Search Content
59% of U.S. adults say they use the Internet to research and gather health information with approximately 35% of those adults end up using the information they find to diagnose themselves, according to the Pew Research Center. To improve the quality of health-related search content, Google is introducing structured, curated, and verified health information information into its Knowledge Graph smart search algorithm. To ensure consumers receive accurate information, Google has partnered with the
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Smart Glasses App Developer VitalMedicals Raises $925k
VitalMedicals, a San Francisco-based company developing smart software platform for surgical teams and hospitals, to improve operational efficiency and patient safety, has announced it has raised $925k in seed funding from professional angel investors and the Stanford-StartX Fund. The capital will allow the company to expand their technical team needed to continue building innovative smart glasses technologies for the hospital and beyond. Additionally, it will enable them to expand their pilot
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12 Companies Shaping the Future of Digital Health Infographic
From patient data management and 3D prosthetics to diagnostic mobile apps and personalized cancer treatment, the landscape of the healthcare industry is undergoing incredible change. The infographic visualization created by Northeastern University illustrates 12 companies shaping the future of digital health.
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Under Armour Acquires Health Apps Endomondo and MyFitnessPal
Under Armour, a leading Athletic-apparel maker has agreed to buy San Francisco-based MyFitnessPal for $475 million and Denmark-based Endomondo for $85 million. Combined with the recent purchase of MapMyFitness for $150M, these acquisitions will establish its position as one of the one of the world's largest digital health and fitness community with more than 120 million registered users worldwide.
MyFitnessPal
Powered by more than 80 million registered users, MyFitnessPal is the leading
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