Should Volkswagen, Walmart Or Best Buy Provide Primary Care?
In October 2021, Best Buy announced it had acquired a UK-based remote care service. And that the company would keep on focusing on health services with a keen interest in serving senior citizens. Only a few days later, fitness company CrossFit declared it would launch a fully digital primary care service in an attempt to provide an “individualised approach to health.”  Tobacco company Philip Morris showed similar interest this summer by buying health firm Ventura claiming they are getting ready to create a “smoke-free future.”  Have all these companies lost their minds?! Suddenly everyone that pr...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 17, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: TMF Forecast Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research Future of Medicine Genomics Health Insurance Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Design Healthcare Policy Personalized Medicine Portable Medical Diagnostics Source Type: blogs

Would Volkswagen, Walmart or Best Buy Provide Primary Care?
In October 2021, Best Buy announced it acquired a UK-based remote care service. And that the company will keep on focusing on health services with a keen interest in serving senior citizens. Only a few days later, fitness company CrossFit declared it will launch a fully digital primary care service in an attempt to provide an “individualised approach to health.”  Tobacco company Philip Morris showed similar interest this summer by buying health firm Ventura claiming they are getting ready to create a “smoke-free future.”  Have all these companies lost their minds?! Suddenly everyone who produces tech...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 17, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: TMF Forecast Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research Future of Medicine Genomics Health Insurance Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Design Healthcare Policy Personalized Medicine Portable Medical Diagnostics Source Type: blogs

World ’ s Biggest Pharma Companies Go Digital – Summary
In recent weeks, we have examined more than two dozen of the largest pharma companies from the perspective of how they use digital solutions and what digital health investments they do. These pharmaceutical giants have long-term strategies that, when the time comes, will alter our lives entirely. So it is critical that we know where they stand and how they imagine our common future – for it will become our reality. Related articles Big Pharma, Big Money: Johnson&Johnson, Pfizer, Bayer, Novartis in digital healthMerck, GlaxoSmithKline, AbbVie, Sanofi & Bristol Myers Squibb: Big Pharma’s Extending Digital H...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 11, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Forecast Future of Medicine Future of Pharma investment big tech DTx digital therapeutics big pharma evidence Source Type: blogs

How Can You Improve Your Mental Health With Technology
Technology and mental well-being might seem like profoundly antagonistic terms. However, there are excellent digital tools to help you reach mindfulness and to practice meditation. You can even use smartphone apps, virtual reality solutions and digital devices as a form of relieving stressing and achieving digital detox – as, after a while, you will be able to practice all types of anti-anxiety skills on your own. During the pandemic many organisations have warned to prepare of the biggest wave of all – a state we called “depidemic” in our related article. A worldwide scale of anxiety, loneliness and fear, assoc...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 9, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers Telemedicine & Smartphones Virtual Reality depression digital health Innovation technology mental health mental wellbeing emotional emotional health stress management anxiety Source Type: blogs

HOW TO Improve Your Mental Health With Technology
Technology and mental well-being might seem like profoundly antagonistic terms. However, there are excellent digital tools to help you reach mindfulness and to practice meditation. You can even use smartphone apps, virtual reality solutions and digital devices as a form of relieving stressing and achieving digital detox – as, after a while, you will be able to practice all types of anti-anxiety skills on your own. During the pandemic many organisations have warned to prepare of the biggest wave of all – a state we called “depidemic” in our related article. A worldwide scale of anxiety, loneliness and fear, assoc...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 9, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers Telemedicine & Smartphones Virtual Reality depression digital health Innovation technology mental health mental wellbeing emotional emotional health stress management anxiety Source Type: blogs

Digital Health Interests Of Pharma Giants Boehringer Ingelheim, Takeda, Astrazeneca, Amgen And Roche
With their extending reaches, resources and influence, pharmaceutical heavyweights have the potential to shape the digital health landscape to line up with their interests. And to have a better picture of where those interests lie, it is worth taking a look at what moves pharma giants are making in this sphere. With this in mind, we started a series of articles focusing on the digital health efforts of 14 global pharma companies.  The first article explored developments coming from Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Bayer and Novartis, while the second article investigated those coming from Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, AbbV...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 4, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research Future of Pharma sleep patient empowerment pharmaceutics roche MySugr Astra-Zeneca DTx takeda Boehringer Ingelheim Amgen digitisation Quire.ai Renalytix Eko Source Type: blogs

Augmented Reality In Healthcare: 9 Examples
Alternate realities offer a gazillion of possibilities for healthcare. Augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) are not only empty buzzwords in medicine but valid solutions in education, vein or surgical visualisation, relaxing patients, curing PTSD, speeding up recovery in physical therapy – or even supporting medical presentations. However different these technologies are, they are often mixed up. Here are their most significant differences, and 9 examples how AR could really make a differnce in medicine. The differences between AR, VR, MR and MX Augmented reality is in a way the en...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 2, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Augmented Reality Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers google glass Innovation Surgery technology GC1 AR Source Type: blogs

Baseball And Machine Learning – How Baseball Helps Predict The Future?
I am a huge fan of data. It gives me solid ground and helps me be motivated – I even had an Excel Spreadsheet Experiment That Changed My Lifestyle. I’m also a huge sports geek, and I follow everything from curling to darts, from snooker to football – and during quarantine, I found the perfect brew of sports and data. Baseball. I’m not kidding here. Watching and analysing baseball in fact made me get better at forecasting – and I’m going to show you how. Data-based approach changed baseball Baseball has always been at the forefront of using data-based metrics in evaluating games or players. But unti...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 28, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Forecast data sport sports baseball statcast MLB Source Type: blogs

Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, AbbVie, Sanofi & Bristol Myers Squibb: Big Pharma ’s Extending Digital Health Reaches
A few weeks ago, we kickstarted a new series of articles contemplating the moves of pharmaceutical heavyweights in the digital health arena. The first batch of companies, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Bayer and Novartis, seem to have some interest in remote healthcare solutions and DTx.  In this second article, we will explore which trends pharma giants Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, AbbVie, Sanofi and Bristol Myers Squibb are eyeing. Merck: big tech-friendly A big pharma company itself, Germany’s Merck hasn’t shied from teaming up with big tech companies in recent years as it aims to make a lasting footpri...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 26, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Biotechnology Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Health Sensors & Trackers Personalized Medicine Portable Medical Diagnostics Security & Privacy pharmaceutics 23andme philips big pharma Merck Source Type: blogs

7 Emerging Trends in Healthcare
Recently, on The Medical Futurist, we amassed two vast collections of healthcare trends. The TOP100 Digital Health Companies In 2021 assembled the most important companies in this field and put them onto one giant infographic. From startups through government authorities to prominent innovators, we determined four fields wherein these companies must excel: innovation, technology, business and dedication towards digital health. Our next compilation was an even bigger undertaking: creating the Hype Cycle Of The Top 50 Emerging Digital Health Trends clearly indicated where a particular technology is at on its life cycle, a...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 21, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Covid-19 Forecast 3D Printing Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research Future of Medicine Health Insurance Health Sensors & Trackers Portable Medical Diagnostics Telemedicine & Smartphones AI A.I. transportation Source Type: blogs

7+1 Emerging Trends in Healthcare
Recently, on The Medical Futurist, we sublimed two vast collections of healthcare trends. The TOP100 Digital Health Companies In 2021 assembled the most important companies in this field and put them onto one giant infographic. From startups through government authorities to prominent innovators, we determined four fields wherein these companies must excel: innovation, technology, business and dedication towards digital health. Our next compilation was an even bigger undertaking: creating the Hype Cycle Of The Top 50 Emerging Digital Health Trends clearly indicated where a particular technology is at on its life cycle, ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 21, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Covid-19 Forecast 3D Printing Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research Future of Medicine Health Insurance Health Sensors & Trackers Portable Medical Diagnostics Telemedicine & Smartphones AI A.I. transportation Source Type: blogs

7+1 Emerging Trends in Healthcare
Recently, on The Medical Futurist, we sublimed two vast collections of healthcare trends. The TOP100 Digital Health Companies In 2021 assembled the most important companies in this field and put them onto one giant infographic. From startups through government authorities to prominent innovators, we determined four fields wherein these companies must excel: innovation, technology, business and dedication towards digital health. Our next compilation was an even bigger undertaking: creating the Hype Cycle Of The Top 50 Emerging Digital Health Trends clearly indicated where a particular technology is at on its life cycle, ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 21, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Covid-19 Forecast 3D Printing Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research Future of Medicine Health Insurance Health Sensors & Trackers Portable Medical Diagnostics Telemedicine & Smartphones AI A.I. transportation Source Type: blogs

HOW TO Improve Doctors ’ Work Environment With Digital Technologies In 5 Easy Steps
The work environment has a massive impact on doctors’ empathy, focus, and overall performance. At the same time, after the shift in healthcare towards telemedicine over the past 18 months, institutions and clinics realise they need to change the working environment according to the shift in need – like adding dedicated rooms and spaces for telemedicine or for staff to relax and restore their mental health. There are also amazing technologies that could ease the burden on physicians and help decrease stress. We have already written about the ideal hospital of the future in this article, now here are some tips fo...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 19, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Medicine Healthcare Design Telemedicine & Smartphones AI digital digital health Personalized medicine technology wearables work environment Source Type: blogs

Digital Health For Pets – The Future Of Veterinary Care
The past year has brought an unprecedented surge in pet adoption in major cities and even in rural areas all around the world. As many people think of their pets as their children, it’s no surprise these animals also get their momentum in digital health. But what it means exactly and what our buzzwords like telemedicine, wearable devices and even smart health tools mean in the pet-setting – we dive deep to find out. It’s not only that the number of pets adopted grew significantly over the past 18 months – it’s also how pets, in general, received that much-needed boost regarding their immediate health issues. T...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 14, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Forecast Lifestyle medicine Health Sensors & Trackers Portable Medical Diagnostics Telemedicine & Smartphones veterinary care vets pets dogs cat horse Source Type: blogs

Big Pharma, Big Money: Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Bayer, Novartis in digital health
In a recent series of articles, we explored the latest moves of Tech Giants like Amazon, NVIDIA and Microsoft in the field of digital health. Analysing these recent developments can give us a better idea regarding where they are focusing the efforts, and how it might shape the future path of healthcare.  But equally, if not more, strong players in this field are pharmaceutical giants, as their resources and influence can significantly shape or alter the course of this path. As such, we are kickstarting a new series of articles focusing on the digital health efforts of 14 global pharma companies. While those heavywe...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 12, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Future of Medicine Future of Pharma digital health novartis pfizer J&J big pharma Johnson&Johnson Bayer Source Type: blogs