Amazon is developing a new wearable device powered by Alexa to recognise human emotions
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has yet to officially enter the wearables market, which is expected to see global unit volumes approach 200...
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Healthcare Technology Thought Leadership by Nelson Advisors
May 21, 20192 min read
Co-op to trial 'Amazon Locker-style' prescriptions service
The Co-operative Group is to trial what it says is the first click-and-collect ‘Amazon-style’ locker service for medicine prescriptions...
May 9, 20195 min read
Dr. Alexa Will See You Now: Can We Trust Digital Assistants With Our Health Data?
It’s hard to imagine a field where data is more valuable than in healthcare. Monitoring and interpreting crucial health indices can make...
May 7, 20193 min read
A Sneak Peek into Prudential’s New AI Powered Health App, Pulse powered by Babylon
The insurance industry is changing, and its changing fast. The forces driving the change in insurance include skyrocketing healthcare...
May 6, 20193 min read
Silicon Valley’s health-tech start-ups need to stop getting in so much trouble
In Silicon Valley, Mark Zuckerberg’s declaration that engineers have to “move fast and break things” has been adopted by many start-ups...
May 3, 20192 min read
Siilo: the messenger service for healthcare professionals
Our world is moving towards a networked and digitalised future at an increasing speed. As a result, threats to our privacy and security...
May 3, 20191 min read
UBiome: the new Theranos? FBI raid much hyped Digital Health Startup offices
Following an FBI raid that disrupted its operations, San Francisco-based lab-testing startup uBiome announced on Wednesday that...
Apr 30, 20192 min read
Slack is preparing for a major play in Healthcare
San Francisco-based workplace communication platform Slack filed for its IPO on Friday and underscored the healthcare privacy regulation...
Apr 14, 20194 min read
Amazon’s Alexa can now handle Health and Patient information, what does this mean for privacy?
Last week, Amazon announced that Alexa-enabled devices are now able to handle patient information. It’s an exciting update that could...
Apr 14, 20193 min read
There’s a dark side to Women’s Health Apps: ‘Menstrual surveillance’
The rise of ‘menstrual surveillance’: why digital privacy is a feminist issue Your vagina has been digitized. So have your ovaries. So...
Apr 14, 20197 min read
The Virtual Couch: Rise of the Digital Therapist
When it comes to mental health, the digital world is often portrayed as the enemy. Digital detoxes are all the rage. We fret over the...
Apr 14, 20194 min read
Could a Finnish Artificial Intelligence model be the answer to streamlining NHS services?
NHS GP waiting times are at their all-time worst but things are set to improve as the leading Nordic tech firm Klinik Healthcare...
Apr 4, 201910 min read
Digital health start-ups in India: The challenge of scale
The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) pegged the Indian Healthcare Information and Communications...
Mar 29, 20191 min read
TestCard : Medical Diagnostic Tests On A Postcard
Intro to TestCard TestCard.com is a UK domiciled startup revolutionizing the direct to consumer healthcare diagnostics market. The...
Mar 27, 20193 min read
With IoT, patients can get continuous health monitoring anywhere, anytime
Remote patient monitoring is gaining momentum as healthcare providers strive to deliver more services on tighter budgets. With the...
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