Effective patient engagement is vital to helping patients cope with their medical condition. However, should the patient require an operation of great complexity, such as having a brain tumor removed, they can experience confusion when talking things through with their neurosurgeon.
Ultimaker, a 3D printer manufacturer, is helping pave the way for improved doctor-patient communication and healthcare procedures by producing 3D printed models of MRI and CT brain scans. Reading 2D MRI and CT
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Report: Health Insurers Fueling Digital Health Transformation
Health insurers are actively deploying new types of digital health as a lever for needed transformation in operational efficiency and transformation to more consumer-focused business models, according to a recent report from Frost & Sullivan. As health insurers pivot to new market realities, digital health will be at the center of enabling their transition to new business models dependent upon maximizing consumer engagement and containing financial risk.
While total health IT spending
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Ochsner to Measure Digital Health Outcomes in Clinical Studies
InnovationOchsner (iO), an innovation lab and accelerator created by Ochsner Health System is teaming up with Evidation Health to conduct robust clinical studies to determine the real-world impact of digital health outcomes on the health of patients and the cost of care.
The partnership will pair Ochsner Health System’s medical expertise and diverse patient population, iO’s digital health capabilities, and Evidation Health’s technology platform, data analytics engine and health outcomes
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Reimagining Aging: Designing Digital Health Products for Aging Boomers
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.
The number of adults aged 65 and older will double to nearly 90 million people by 2050. The baby boom generation — the largest in history — aren’t babies anymore. They are taking their unique perspective into their senior years, and that perspective will help shape healthcare for the next several decades.
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Medical Researchers Analyze Social Media to Understand Side Effects of Pain Meds
Harnessing the power of social media, medical researchers have sifted through more than two billion tweets and online posts to study the harmful side effects of narcotics medication taken for chronic pain. The research team, led by the Cedars-Sinai Center for Outcomes Research and Education, reviewed a vast collection of patient entries on Twitter and social media forums such as askapatient.com and patientslikeme.com.
The unfiltered sentiments posted on these sites revealed
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New Browser Extension Helps Med Students Contribute to Wikipedia Medical Articles
Docgraph, a company that works to create, maintain, and improve open healthcare datasets has publicly released Batea, a new browser extension that allows med students contribute clinically relevant portions of their browsing patterns to data scientists working with Wikipedia. Until now, Batea has previously in private beta with medical students from UCSF and UTHouston.
Key Benefits
Built by DocGraph with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), Batea will improve clinical
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Doctors Can Now Earn CME Credits Virtually via HealthTap’s Global Rounds
Starting today, doctors can now earn official Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for socially collaborating and learning from fellow clinicians while providing invaluable solutions for challenging patient cases for free through HealthTap's new Global RoundsTM platform. Global RoundsTM presents doctors with the latest peer-reviewed medical literature, readily available at their fingertips and relevant to a patient's question or condition.
Now, doctors can also add insights from
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CVS Health Unveils New Digital Health Pharmacy Tools
Today, CVS Health is introducing a suite of new digital health pharmacy tools by CVS Health that will help customers manage their health with more ease and efficiency. Since the opening of the CVS Health Digital Innovation Lab in June, the company has been focused on developing digital services and personalized capabilities. The company is already seeing the impact of its digital strategy on other parts of the business in five short months.
Research Shows Digitally Engaged Patients have
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Practo, Uber Partner to Help Patients Reach Doctors in India, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore
India-based physician search portal Practo is teaming up with on-demand transportation platform Uber to make it easier for consumers to reach doctors, so they never have to worry about running late for an appointment. Starting this week, patients in India, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines who book an appointment via Practo's app will be able to see the closest Uber available when they get a reminder alert for their appointments.
How It Works
Using the Practo app, patients can view
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Merck to Produce Anti-Diabetes Meds in Algeria to Improve Care of Patients
Merck, a leading life sciences and technology company, today announced the commissioning of its anti-diabetes medicine production unit for the treatment of diabetes and high blood pressure. A joint venture project has subsequently been set up between the company and its partner, the Algerian laboratory Novapharm to produce 500 million tablets for the Algerian market.
The production unit located in Bou Ismail, a remote village 40 km west of Algiers, will help increase national production
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