Consumer Digital Health

The system the researchers developed uses a low power wide area network, or LPWAN, that offers 2,400 times the distance of Wi-Fi and 533 times that of Bluetooth. The new system uses LoRa – a patented type of LPWAN technology.

CB Insights released its "Digital Health 50" 2023 report Dec. 5 featuring private digital health companies worldwide that have the most potential. These companies are actively developing innovative tools tailored for use by clinicians, healthcare institutions, payers and life sciences entities.

The digital care pathway has been co-created with funding by Boehringer Ingelheim UK & Ireland. Over three months, teams from NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, Widnes Primary Care Network and ORCHA (Organisation for the Review and Care of Health Apps) assessed, critiqued and selected the most appropriate apps to be included in the Digital Care Pathway for Heart Health.

Patient adherence to the technologies associated with remote data collection is crucial for the success of RPM and clinical trials. Reliable data collection hinges on patients following the directions for using RPM devices to fully maximize their potential. And the older the age group, the bigger the challenge with technology.

Despite the promise of digital innovation in Big Pharma, only a shocking 4% of pharma digital product launches regularly succeed, according to a 2022 report by Graphite and Reuters. Why? It's because without engagement, digital products are worthless.

“Monetizing Digital Health Solutions 2023: How to make money with digital health solutions?” whitepaper provides a comprehensive analysis of the views and opinions of 638 digital health stakeholders and decision makers worldwide on the monetization of digital health solutions. By exploring the current monetizing opportunities, this whitepaper delves into strategies, business models, use cases, and reimbursement options that can effectively generate revenue in the digital health landscape. Moreover, it uncovers the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in monetizing digital health solutions, that enable solution providers to make informed decisions and unlock the potential of this rapidly evolving industry.

Rich Communication Services (RCS) is telecommunication’s response, backed by GSMA, to the evolution of these messaging apps. It offers a parallel experience, but with even more intelligent features, and does not require the hinderance of having to download an app. Businesses around the world have rolled out these messaging services, allowing them to deliver creative and frictionless customer experiences in a setting that users are completely familiar with. Using intuitive AI, a few quick taps on the screen and a customer can have a full conversation with a brand. This could be getting answers to queries, arranging a delivery, or actually making a 1 click purchase directly within the message.

This year was shaping up to be a rebound year for digital health funding before the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in March and the subsequent collapse of similar banks threw the future of digital health funding back into disarray.

The collaboration will allow pilgrims to access virtual health care services remotely, offering more convenient, accessible, and affordable digital health care during pilgrimage for Umrah and Haj.

Kenyan healthcare startup Zuri Health has raised funding from Moroccan Venture Capitalist UM6P Ventures. Zuri Health is a telemedicine company that started in 2021. It allows African patients to access high-quality, reasonably priced healthcare using mobile apps, websites, WhatsApp chatbots, and SMS services. Patients can use the app to arrange lab and diagnostic tests, consult with doctors, purchase medication from pharmacies, and plan home visits with qualified medical professionals.

This year at CES, highlights in the automotive realm included Volkswagen’s tantalizing glimpse of its new ID.7 electric sedan set to launch by 2026. Another highlight was BMW’s i Vision Dee, a concept vehicle that explores the possibilities of mixed reality and the extent to which automotive personalization could change the relationship between owners and vehicles. BMW is calling the I Vision Dee “the ultimate digital companion,” because of its immersive, emotionally intelligent AI, Dee. Equipped with a “Mixed Reality Slider,” the sleek dashboard can project AR (augmented reality) scenes or entirely virtual worlds onto the windshield.

PEMF stands for Pulsed Electromagnetic Field. Devices that utilize PEMF technology emit electromagnetic waves at different frequencies in order to stimulate and encourage your body’s natural recovery process. You’re probably wondering how PEMF technology can benefit your body when other electromagnetic fields - like those produced by microwaves and x-ray machines - are harmful. According to Bulletproof, “frequency and duration make all the difference.” The waves created by PEMF devices occur in brief bursts and are very low-frequency, like the electromagnetic waves found in nature. In fact, most waves involved in PEMF treatments have a lower frequency than you would be exposed to during a thunderstorm.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, digital health technologies transformed the way that many of us received health care, supercharging the uptake of digital tools such as telehealth platforms, mobile symptom trackers, and remote monitoring. However, the whole-scale adoption and impact of digital health technology in national health systems around the world has still not yet fully materialized. A critical reason is that they often lack the necessary scientific evidence to back the range of benefits—from improved health outcomes for patients to better cost-benefit outcomes for payers such as insurance companies and health care providers—that its manufacturers claim they can deliver. 

Many wearables currently require significant infrastructure – such as satellites or arrays of antennas that use cellular signals – to transmit data. Consequently, such devices are inaccessible to rural and under-resourced communities. To address this aspect of the digital health divide, University of Arizona researchers have set out to change that with a wearable monitoring device system that can send health data up to 15 miles – much farther than Wi-Fi or Bluetooth systems can – without any significant infrastructure.

Overall, the public thinks technology improves the quality of health care and is supportive of its many possible uses. But not all technologies are equally liked: those that empower people to manage their health and better connect them with the NHS seem to be more popular, while those that could be seen to ‘come between’ the clinician and patient – like chatbots or care robots – are least popular.

Many noted the meteoric rise of genAI in 2023 and expectations of growing adoption of the technology in 2024, emphasizing the importance of treading carefully as the tech is further implemented. Other stakeholders pinpointed bankruptcies and mergers and acquisitions as being noteworthy events.

From battling teen isolation and helping elders manage their medication to teaching healthy screentime reduction – digital healthcare projects take on exciting challenges. The expert panel of the Digital Health Nation Innovation Booster selected 20 projects which are set to make a difference in digital health.

Work, family, and other responsibilities can take up so much time that it gets hard to focus on eating healthy, exercising, and losing weight. If you have diabetes, balancing out life and wellness can become a real issue. Klinio diabetes app was designed to reflect the needs of people who want to fight diabetes but can hardly find the time. It’s not your typical app. It’s a virtual assistant and app for people with diabetes that offers advanced features to help you take better care of diabetes.

The most important goals of pharma and medtech/diagnostics companies for investing in digital products and services are related to supporting their core business, especially enhancing existing portfolio products and collecting relevant customer/patient data (for example for R&D). Other objectives have also gained importance since 2019: Healthcare companies hope to leverage digital health for payer/provider partnerships (for example for innovative contracting) or for managing product lifecycle (particularly medtech/diagnostics companies).

Most consumers are bullish on the benefits that digital health technologies can play in their health. Most health care practitioners are also positive about the potential of digital health — recognizing room for improvement for better data integration, interoperability, and the opportunity to bridge gaps to achieve health equity and bolster access.

mWell’s patients will have easy and quick access to UnionDigital’s banking services with the aim of making its financial services accessible to more Filipinos.

You will systematically review how business model innovation is researched and reported across digital health business studies. Your work will be part of a more extensive scientific study that is subject to being published in a renowned management peer-reviewed journal, which you are invited to co-author based on your contribution. The project can be conducted entirely remotely. We strongly encourage members of underrepresented groups to apply. Students from other universities are also welcome to apply.

The good AI and healthtech can do is undisputed, but testing new technology using old methods is holding it back.

Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) is a medical treatment involving the use of highly concentrated electromagnetic energy that is supplied through PEMF machines. Sentient Element PEMF machines are one of the best in today’s market. This energy penetrates your body to reach your cells, providing them energy needed heal themselves and impart strength.

Digital health can help seniors age in place, but companies should consider usability and accessibility for their devices to succeed with the population, said panelists at CES 2023.