One doesn’t need to be a doctor, economist, or academic to recognize that healthcare is fundamentally broken in the U.S. Waiting in a clinic for a 20-minute discussion with a doctor who is running late (without knowing what the visit will cost) has become customary.
It’s also common to be discharged from a hospital feeling exhausted and stressed, due to a ballooning healthcare bill (yet patients...
Digital health and telehealth have been around for some time, but it’s only with the COVID-19 pandemic that their adoption has made a big leap forward.
Used at the beginning of the pandemic mainly in the form of videoconferences and telemedicine, remote patient monitoring (RPM) is currently adopted by an increased number of physicians and sustained by several reimbursement policies issued by...
Artificial intelligence (AI), defined as algorithms that enable machines to perform cognitive functions (such as problem solving and decision-making), has changed for some time now the face of healthcare through machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP).
Its use in surgery, however, took a longer time than in other medical specialties, mainly because of missing information...
New technology developments have enabled healthcare advances in 3D printing with an estimated $6.08 billion by 2027 in terms of software, hardware, services and materials. The technology has given a boost to customized medicine, allowing a more accurate understanding of patient symptoms and treatment, and generating increased efficiency in the operating room (OR). Advent of 3D printing technology...
When one hears "smart devices," one may expect only tech-savvy millennials to be the pioneers in embracing the technology. But they may not be the only group.
As life span increases, seniors are often more affected by frailty and need assistance in managing their health conditions from home. Likewise, there is a growing concern amongst healthcare professionals around how to offer holistic and...
Women are taught from a young age to be ashamed of our bodies. We’re conditioned to stay small, look pretty, and have no flaws - and if we do, we must certainly never admit them. This is maybe why so many areas of women’s health - from periods to fertility to menopause - are shrouded in taboo. We’ve been taught that anything less than physical perfection is something to be ashamed of.
Taboo and...
The 2020s are on course to become the decade of the special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), also known as "blank check" or "shell" companies. SPACs are set to outpace IPOs once again in 2021, after a record year that saw SPACs mature from a once obscure method of going public to a rabid, flavor-of-the-month frenzy amidst both institutional and retail investors.
The year of COVID-19 saw 227...
For decades, investors, startups and a broad host of established players have viewed healthcare as ripe for innovation. However, the industry has been challenged by the momentum of the status quo – the scale, complexity, volume and ingrained practices that all need to change to wring out some much-needed efficiency.
As we were taught in physics class, the more momentum something has, the more...
Google’s $2 billion acquisition of Fitbit last month has been met with concern from privacy advocates worried about how the tech giant will use personal fitness data. This reaction prompted the tech giant to clarify that the acquisition is "about devices, not data."
The deal has brought to light a larger issue that we all seem to gloss over: Every day, millions of people publicly share seemingly...
Maternal and child health are critical for digital solutions that positively impact pregnancy outcomes. As early as 2016, this category of app saw approximately 200 million downloads as the broader consumer marketplace looked to smartphone trackers for fertility and maternity education.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has added an additional reason to have care online that avoids an in-person...
