Data Book

Software developers, clinicians, healthcare executives and even patients are pushing healthcare innovation. But who is obligated to ensure medicine evolves? Featuring the story of the artificial heart and a panel discussion among five health-tech experts.

Check us out online here.

Image has been cropped and resized. Licensed from ra2 studio – Fotolia.

Prolific physician-inventor David Albert, M.D., talks wearables, digital health and the future of the hospital. Featuring the story of the man who might not be alive today if not for his Apple Watch.

Check us out online here.

AI is already in healthcare, and it's already producing results. Learn how the tech is helping health systems across the country — and why its core benefit isn't all that complex. Featuring Joshua Gans, co-author of "Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence."

Check us out online.

Image via www.vpnsrus.com.

Healthcare has a tech problem. It’s slow to implement new technologies, slower to get its key players to adopt tech after implementation, and slower still to leverage tech insights to improve its ability to provide care. 

This week on Data Book, we explore how an aversion to tech has harmed industry in the past by homing in on Napster and its toppling of the music industry. Then, we tap five of the brightest minds in digital health to investigate: Can Outside Disruption Save Healthcare? 

For more stories like this one, check out our mothership, Healthcare Analytics News™.

When we discuss disruption, we imagine it coming from an outside force. But if an industry can innovate, can it also disrupt from within? We tell the story of IBM and the introduction of its personal computer to search for answers. Then we welcome Charles Aunger, a managing director for Health2047, a Silicon Valley upstart that is trying to shake up healthcare with support from the American Medical Association.

Check out our coverage of Health2047 over at Healthcare Analytics News™.

Image courtesy of Ruben de Rijcke, Wikimedia Commons.

Gene editing is not science fiction. In fact, it’s rapidly entering mainstream medicine. But what ethical issues surround these fascinating technologies? And what is healthcare’s role in fostering discussions and building patient trust?

In this episode, we tell the story of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were taken without permission in 1951, to better understand consent. Then we draw insights from Marcy Darnovsky, Ph.D., executive director of the Center for Genetics and Society.

To read a feature story on the complicated ethics of gene editing, visit our website.

Season 2 Premiere: Pedialyte was always a drink for sick kids. Then adults began using it to fight hangovers. When the beverage’s manufacturer found out, it embraced the change. The point: As healthcare prioritizes the patient experience, leaders must adapt. And they can learn a lot from Pedialyte’s embrace of the customer experience. Featuring a discussion on the power of partnering with patients. Guest: Colin Hung, chief marketing officer and editor of HealthcareScene.

Check out the best stories in health tech at Healthcare Analytics News™.

Patients who live in rural areas face significant health challenges, from socioeconomic forces to care-delivery issues. The problems all add mean one thing: Rural healthcare is in rough shape. The stories of two children facing life-threatening injuries highlight what's at stake. But our guest, William Paiva, PhD, is using a sprawling data set, algorithms, and high-tech tools to flip the status quo. He's the executive director for Oklahoma State University's Center for Health Systems Innovation, and he's trying to make the Sooner State the Silicon Valley of Health Data Analytics—and rural medicine.

Check out the best stories in health tech at Healthcare Analytics News™.

Electronic health records have a lot of promise, but they’re not where they need to be. The ultimate goal is interoperability, which would enable patients’ medical data to follow them anywhere. But that’s not happening—just ask Seema Verma, MPH, the head of Medicare and Medicaid, and Janae Sharp, a health IT key opinion leader. In this episode, we dig into their stories and document the rise of the medical record.

For more stories like this one, check out our mothership, Healthcare Analytics News™.

In March, a self-driving car struck and killed a pedestrian, marking a grim first. But who is liable when AI fails and kills someone? It’s unfortunate but likely that healthcare will need to grapple with this very issue in the near future, and the self-driving car industry is the closest place to look for answers.

Story: The first human killed by a robot

Guest: Gautham Thomas, writer for Healthcare Analytics News™

Photo: Mixabest/Wikimedia Commons