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The market opportunity in health care is huge, and Apple sees health care and wellness as a core part of its app, services, and wearables strategies. Now the company is aiming to become your personal health record, jumping into research, medical devices, and more. Via Giuseppe Fattori 
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Was I going to risk my longevity to avoid hurting my doctor’s feelings? I needed a physician I respected and trusted.
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Healthcare language is complex. Collective Health replaces strange acronyms and jargon with simple and clear language that it believes will lead people to make smarter decisions about their healthcare.
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It’s hard to believe that there was a time when over half of all doctor encounters happened in a patient’s home.
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Telemedicine ("medicine at a distance" from the Greek "tele" - far, far) was formed at the junction of several areas - medicine, telecommunications and information technology. This is a method of providing medical care services when distance is a critical factor. That explains why the first country to start using telemedicine was Norway with its…
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To better address the needs of those with mental illness, providers may want to consider a technology-based approach such as telemedicine.
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Former Apple CEO John Sculley says the next multibillion-dollar opportunity to change the world is in digital health care.
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The report draws some interesting conclusions on the impact virtual visits, wearables, and predictive analytics will have on how healthcare is delivered in the future.
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Doc+, a Russian digital health company that combines telemedicine with digital-enabled house calls, has raised $5 million from two existing investors: Yandex, an internet services company, and Baring Vostok venture fund. This is the second round of funding and brings Doc+'s total funding to $10.5 million.
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A new report concludes that patients generally would use telehealth as a regular alternative to office visits—and to receive bad news.
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A Japanese company has created a smartphone case to help parents prevent their children from becoming addicted to their mobile devices.
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Access to healthcare is a hot topic in mainstream politics, but few in the West know what it's like to actually live in truly remote places where even access to running water is an issue.
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This may be due to the phone's electromagnetic radiation or mothers who spend more time on their mobiles being less responsive to their children, according to a scientist at the University of California.
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While all serious cases should be addressed in person, there are far more minor cases that can be safely treated via telemedicine.
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Aerobic exercise, which raises your heart rate for a sustained period, is "key for your head, just as it is for your heart," researchers say.
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The number of people living in remote areas taking advantage of medical video conferencing is booming, with the service saving patients a long trip to major centres.
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Large companies are increasingly including services like telemedicine in employee benefits packages, according to a new survey from the National Business Group on Health. But do such offerings actually help reduce healthcare costs from an employer perspective?
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Internet search is generating massive amounts of consumer data — how is the medical industry going to use it? You can’t really understate the significance of Google’s impact on healthcare. For one thing, the search engine giant has effectively become the largest medical startup incubator in history. In the last few years alone, Alphabet (Google’s parent company) and Google Ventures (its investment arm) have respectively acquired or backed an expansive list of healthcare companies and ventures. This list includes Verily, which is developing AI-driven tech that analyzes vast troves of consumer data to better understand how and why we get sick, as well as DeepMind Health, which is using AI in apps to help medical professionals deliver safer, higher-quality care to patients. But on a more fundamental level, the rise of internet search, which of course is dominated by Google, has resulted in a massive trove of consumer data that is incredibly valuable from a healthcare perspective. Here are three of the most interesting ways that researchers, providers, and others in the field are using Google’s search data to improve the overall quality of medical care across the globe.
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So many digital health entrepreneurs have zeroed in on chronic conditions and wellness, but they should be giving more thought to developing products with seniors in mind.
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In 2000 about 10% of the world’s population were aged 60 or over. By 2015 that had risen to 12%. United Nations projections indicate that will have increased to 16% by 2030, and jumped to 22% by 2050.
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New research has found being married has protective health effects – unless it doesn’t
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Apple wants the iPhone to be the central bank for storing medical information.
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While quantum is seen as the future of computing, HP Enterprise has unveiled the largest single-memory computer ever built.
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Study co-author Stephen J. Blumberg - a landline user - said: 'There certainly is something about giving up a landline that appeals to the same people who may engage in risky behavior.'
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The market opportunity in health care is huge, and Apple sees health care and wellness as a core part of its app, services, and wearables strategies. Now the company is aiming to become your personal health record, jumping into research, medical devices, and more