While definitions vary, digital health products usually refer to information and communications technologies used to send, receive or exchange medical information. Typical examples include telemedicine, mobile apps and predictive analytics. More recently, however, with the realization that many digi
By LA Celi, DJ Stone Marvin Minsky, the great cognitive scientist at MIT, defined artificial intelligence (AI) as “the science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by man." Medicine, an area currently undergoing an accelerating and sometimes painful period of digitiza
Leading UK National Health Service (NHS) researchers say AI could handle most routine check-ups, giving doctors more time to focus on quality interactions with patients. Public satisfaction with general practioners (GPs) are at their lowest levels since records began and missed appointments cost the
Picture: GraceOda Flickr Health data is exploding and threatens to overwhelm our ability to store, analyze and use it. Doctors and patients want actionable information at the point of care that assists them with shared decision making. Health care systems want data that allows them to better manage
Critical care for premature babies is now supported by real-time data mining at a Canadian specialist hospital. Yesterday it was announced a data capture platform is live at McMaster Children's Hospital of Hamilton in Ontario, Canada, which will collect high-resolution data (waveform and numeric) fr
Doctors and their patients are joining forces in a pitched battle. There are six technologies that are colliding in sick care. They represent the front lines of the 4th Industrial Revolution. Which side wins will have significant impact on the future of medicine and society. The 4th Industrial Revol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyS1O1VPoEA The world's leading conference on artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare and Medicine brought together a unique cross section of clinicians, technologists and Health IT experts in December 2017. Conference attendees told us their favourite aspec
Case: A 68 year old woman presents to the emergency department, brought in by paramedics, complaining of generalized weakness. She lives alone at her home and has not been able to get up to prepare her meals for the last 24 hours. She is alert and oriented, but appears weak. Her vital signs are norm
An American cardiologist will examine how tens of thousands of doctors and nurses in the UK could be trained to use artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. The British government announced today that Dr. Eric Topol will lead the review into how National Health Service (NHS) staff can be prepared