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NIH Integrates Fitbit Data into “All of Us” Research Program

January 18, 2019 - Participants in the NIH All of Us research program can now volunteer their FitBit data to better inform the national population health research initiative. Digital health technologies, including Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as wearable fitness trackers, can add critical insight into everyday activities and physical fitness levels. Participants in All of Us can already...

IoT Adoption Tracks with Increased Spending on Population Health

January 02, 2019 by Jennifer Bresnick

The Internet of Things (IoT) is getting bigger every day as consumers and providers continue to adopt smart technologies and devices at a rapid clip. From wearable fitness trackers to ingestible sensors tucked into tiny pills, the IoT is...

Predictive Analytics, IoT Data Flag ED Visits, 30-Day Readmissions

December 19, 2018 by Jessica Kent

Predictive analytics fueled by data from the Internet of Things (IoT) could help providers detect patients at high risk of emergency department (ED) visits and 30-day hospital readmissions, according to a study published in JMIR Medical...

Internet of Things, AI to Play Key Role in Future Smart Hospitals

September 07, 2018 by Jennifer Bresnick

The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to combine with the power of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and other emerging technologies to create the “smart hospitals” of the future, according to a new report by Frost &...

Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Market to Top $34B by 2025

August 30, 2018 by Jennifer Bresnick

The market for healthcare artificial intelligence tools is expected to surpass $34 billion by the middle of the 2020s, driven largely by a growing desire to automate tasks and harness deeper insights into clinical and financial issues,...

AI, Big Data, IoT Bring Growth to Multiple Healthcare Markets

May 18, 2018 by Jennifer Bresnick

Big data analytics tools and services are poised to bring unprecedented growth to almost every segment of the healthcare IT marketplace, according to the latest series of market reports. From the Internet of Things (IoT) and...

LG Health, Aspire Launch $300M AI, IoT, Precision Medicine Fund

May 04, 2018 by Jessica Kent

Aspire Universal has partnered with Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health (LG Health) to introduce the Aspire Ventures Precision Medicine Fund (AVP), a $300 million initiative that will accelerate personalized device and medical practice...

AMA, Google Launch Health Data Interoperability, PGHD Challenge

April 09, 2018 by Jennifer Bresnick

The American Medical Association (AMA) and Google have announced an innovation challenge aimed at improving healthcare interoperability and developing new methods of collecting and managing patient-generated health data (PGHD). The...

IoT, Machine Learning Integration Boosts Medicaid Patient Care

January 24, 2018 by Jessica Kent

Applying smart technology like the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine learning to Medicaid systems can drive better care for patients, according to a recent Deloitte report. Medicaid agencies could consider integrating connected devices...

PwC: Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Population Health Top 2018 Trends

December 13, 2017 by Jennifer Bresnick

2018 is set to be another big year for healthcare organizations as they start to come to terms with emerging technologies, like artificial intelligence, while mastering the complexities of population health management, the Internet of...

How Soon Will Healthcare Connect Machine Learning with Consumers?

December 07, 2017 by Jennifer Bresnick

Machine learning and artificial intelligence have taken the healthcare industry by storm as innovators offer tempting visions of sophisticated clinical decision support, smoother EHR workflows, and more intuitive consumer-provider...

Amazon Machine Learning, Big Data Tools Have Healthcare Implications

November 30, 2017 by Jennifer Bresnick

Healthcare organizations looking to expand their big data analytics horizons will have more infrastructure, Machine-Learning-as-a-Service (MLaaS), and deep learning options thanks to a series of new product launches from Amazon. The...

430M Internet of Things Devices Means a Healthcare Big Data Tsunami

August 23, 2017 by Jennifer Bresnick

By 2022, manufacturers will be shipping out 430 million Internet of Things devices each year, predicts a new report from Tractica, leaving healthcare providers little time to prepare for a massive influx of potentially valuable big...

How Healthcare Big Data Analytics Helps Build Smart Societies

August 14, 2017 by Jennifer Bresnick

Healthcare providers often have little choice but to focus completely on conquering the constant stream of EHR grunt work, reporting requirements, and minor administrative emergencies that make up the majority of day-to-day...

Gaps in Chronic Disease Care Leave Patients, Docs Frustrated

July 24, 2017 by Jennifer Bresnick

Patients and healthcare providers are both struggling to overcome gaps in education, knowledge, and confidence about how to effective engage in chronic disease management, according to a new report by West. Despite the health...

By 2025, Blockchain, IoT, Machine Learning Will Converge in Healthcare

July 05, 2017 by Jennifer Bresnick

Within the next five to ten years, healthcare organizations are likely to have access to integrated health IT platforms based on an emerging set of information management technologies including blockchain, the Internet of Things (IoT), and...

Healthcare Big Data, IoT, Cognitive Computing Markets Set to Grow

June 15, 2017 by Jennifer Bresnick

Healthcare data analytics will continue to present lucrative opportunities for vendors of cutting-edge software, services, and devices, according to a new series of market reports. The healthcare industry’s appetite for the...

IoT, EHRs to Push Healthcare API Market to $243M by 2024

May 30, 2017 by Jennifer Bresnick

The Internet of Things (IoT) and rising investments in state-of-the-art EHR technology will contribute to the ongoing growth of the healthcare application programming interface (API) marketplace, according to a new report by Transparency...

IBM, Rensselaer Open Cognitive Computing Center for Chronic Disease

May 23, 2017 by Jennifer Bresnick

IBM and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have announced a five-year collaboration centered on applying advances in cognitive computing and machine learning to healthcare. The Center for Health Empowerment by Analytics, Learning, and...

Growing Healthcare Opportunities for the Internet of Things

January 18, 2017 by Thomas Beaton

The Internet of Things (IoT), has jumped to the forefront of the healthcare technology market, exhibiting exponential growth with the advent of wearables, personal trackers, sensors, and other technologies that capture extensive data...

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