The Top Digital Health Stories In 2019

This article has been curated to share our favourite stories from 2019, shared as a month-by-month basis so that you can get it all into focus! January Source: www.mashable.com We kickstarted the year by covering one of the most exciting events in tech, the Consumer Electronics Show or CES. From A.I.-powered hearing aids to a blood pressure monitor that can track ECGs and doubles as a digital stethoscope to a speaking toilet, we had our fair share of excitement and… surprise at last year’s event! Speaking of A.I., we also highlighted the AMA’s efforts in helping physicians understand A.I. better later that month. We expect medical associations around the world to follow suit in order to get the most effective solutions in the hands of physicians and patients. February In February we took a look at the “femtech” market to analyze why digital health technologies keep failing women. Spoiler alert: it’s still very much a man’s world… Afterwards we took a (virtual) trip to China to explore its healthcare landscape, which, depending on who you ask, can be a paradise or a dystopia. We still stress that A.I. will serve as an aid to doctors rather than replace them and we compiled a list of the most promising algorithms that can become your physician’s best buddy in the near future. Also relying on a lot of algorithms is everyone’s favourite frenemy, Facebook. The latter had a rough start of 2019, and we covered why.  March Marc...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Future of Medicine digital health Healthcare technology digital health technologies Source Type: blogs