AI
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Social consequences of AI-powered technology
Guess what kept me busy this weekend? The book “Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI” by Madhumita Murgia From the beginning of my journey in health tech AI, when AI was not even offered as the main course in colleges (Hello electives “Biomedical Engineering” and “Artificial Intelligence”) to date, I have been appreciative…
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List of Digital Health, Healthcare IT, and MedTech conferences in 2024
Is your 2024 calendar filling up? Here are some digital health events scheduled for 2024. Click on the links to visit the event homepage and also to access the schedule. Last Update: Jan 05, 2024 If you are a digital health event organizer, and want to feature your event here, please contact here. Thank you!…
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Digital health in the cardiovascular space
Digital health has the potential to transform cardiovascular health in several significant ways: In summary, digital health is poised to revolutionize cardiovascular health by providing continuous monitoring, personalized care, and improved access to healthcare services. These advancements can lead to earlier diagnoses, better disease management, and ultimately, improved outcomes for individuals at risk of or…
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List of Digital Health, Healthcare IT and MedTech conferences in 2023
Is your 2023 calendar filling up? Here are some digital health events scheduled for 2023. Click on the links to visit the event homepage and also to access the schedule. Last Update: Feb 23, 2023 Event Dates Venue Schedule Consumer Technology Association Jan 5-8, 2023 Hybrid (Las Vegas, USA + Virtual) https://www.ces.tech/Schedule.aspx Biotech Showcase (includes…
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How to build a predictive model, from a healthcare perspective?
Simply put, a predictive model in healthcare aims to learn the associations between the input data attributes and the target outcome so that the learned associations could be used to predict the actual outcome for a new patient. This post aims to educate you on how to develop a predictive model, with relevance to healthcare.…
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Digital Health Academic Journals
Greetings! Are you interested in publishing articles in Digital Health journals? Are you interested in staying up to date with digital health content? The first question I had while writing this post was “What should be the title?” The healthcare world is populated with terminologies such as digital health, health tech, health IT, medtech, health…
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TeleMental Health
The term “Mental Health” has always had a negative connotation associated with it, indicating that people with mental health issues are very different from other “healthy” people. In fact, every single person suffers from some type of “mental health” issue at some point in their lives. Even being angry and storming out on a given…
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Tele-obstetrics
Telehealth is increasingly being used in obstetrics, especially in the following areas: virtual consultation remote monitoring of ultrasound in maternal-fetal medicine remote monitoring of conditions by endocrinologists prenatal and postnatal monitoring Benefits Studies have observed that remote monitoring and smartphone apps helped decrease the number of unwanted outpatient visits to manage diabetes and hypertension in…
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Teledermatology – a quick overview and a list of key providers
Teledermatology is one of the most popular applications of telemedicine. In this field, skin images and associated clinical history are transferred to remote dermatologists through audio, visual, and data communication channels. Teledermatology facilitates the remote diagnosis of skin diseases by helping dermatologists interpret these skin images and clinical history. Teledermatology services are usually provided using the…
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What are the challenges faced by AI-based digital health products?
There is a massive opportunity for predictive analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to transform healthcare. A quick PubMed search for ‘analytics in healthcare’ results in close to 22K articles. However, despite this amount of published research, there is a lack of a comparable amount of thoroughly validated AI-based digital health products and services in…
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