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New smart speaker monitors both regular and irregular heartbeats

Sarah McQuate

Mar 10, 2021
4 min

New smart speaker monitors both regular and irregular heartbeats

Smart speakers, such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, have proven adept at monitoring certain health care issues at home. For example,...

Apple to buy Oura after Amazon launches Halo and Google buys Fitbit?

Lloyd Price

Nov 1, 2020
3 min

Apple to buy Oura after Amazon launches Halo and Google buys Fitbit?

Is Apple poised to buy Oura, maker of the Oura Ring? Will an acquisition like Oura enable Apple to compete with Amazon and Google for the...

Amazon healthcare initiatives wake up an industry slow to change

Terry Sweeney

Jun 27, 2020
5 min

Amazon healthcare initiatives wake up an industry slow to change

The healthcare industry is rife with runaway costs and unrivaled bureaucracy, with established companies either unwilling or unable to...

Amazon’s second Healthcare acquisition is emblematic of the kinds of Digital solutions becoming Star

Marc Iskowitz

Oct 27, 2019
4 min

Amazon’s second Healthcare acquisition is emblematic of the kinds of Digital solutions becoming Star

Near-record funding and a string of public offerings have led to substantial buzz for the digital-health arena. Still, many of the areas...

Healthcare has never experienced anything like Amazon’s combination of logistics, voice AI expertise

Stephen Gossett

Sep 25, 2019
12 min

Healthcare has never experienced anything like Amazon’s combination of logistics, voice AI expertise

Ever since the announcement last year that three of America’s biggest companies — Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase — had...

Does Amazon have answers for the future of the NHS?

Nic Fleming

Aug 29, 2019
8 min

Does Amazon have answers for the future of the NHS?

The technology behemoth is preparing a move into the healthcare market, but critics fear profit will come before patients and privacy....

5 ways Amazon can disrupt Healthcare and Pharma in 2019

Lloyd Price

Jul 18, 2019
5 min

5 ways Amazon can disrupt Healthcare and Pharma in 2019

Goldman Sachs recently produced a 30-page report based on the the work of five research analysts focused on Amazon's likely ambitions to...

NHS announces 'world-first' partnership with Amazon enabling patients to ask Alexa to help d

Department of Health and Social Care

Jul 10, 2019
2 min

NHS announces 'world-first' partnership with Amazon enabling patients to ask Alexa to help d

The NHS is collaborating with Amazon to provide reliable health information from the NHS website through voice-assisted technology The...

Why Alexa’s bedside manner is bad for health care

Elisabeth Rosenthal

Jun 8, 2019
4 min

Why Alexa’s bedside manner is bad for health care

Amazon has opened a new health care frontier: Now Alexa can be used to transmit patient data. Using this new feature — which Amazon...

Thoughts on Amazon's journey into Healthcare

Lloyd Price

Jun 5, 2019
2 min

Thoughts on Amazon's journey into Healthcare

1) JPMorgan/Amazon/Berkshire deal - gives Amazon patient/user experience, access to big data sets and the opportunity to test and learn...

Amazon is developing a new wearable device powered by Alexa to recognise human emotions

Evan Niu

May 23, 2019
2 min

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...

Dr. Alexa Will See You Now: Can We Trust Digital Assistants With Our Health Data?

Thomas Hornigold

May 9, 2019
5 min

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...

Amazon’s Alexa can now handle Health and Patient information, what does this mean for privacy?

Angela Chen

Apr 14, 2019
4 min

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...

Amazon's next big thing: Prime, but for healthcare?

Jo Best

Jan 8, 2019
6 min

Amazon's next big thing: Prime, but for healthcare?

Amazon has been making a series of moves into the healthcare space. Put them together and you have the outline of a plan for a radical...

Health services company Cigna launches its "Answers by Cigna" skill for Amazon Alexa

Various Authors

Mar 14, 2018
2 min

Health services company Cigna launches its "Answers by Cigna" skill for Amazon Alexa

Cigna Cigna (NYSE: CI), a global health service company, today announced it is entering the voice control space with the launch of...

Digital Health Hype Circles

London, England, UK

Are we doing enough to protect our NHS, its staff and patients from future cybersecurity breaches?

Mozilla investigation into Mental Health apps reveals disturbing lack of user security and privacy

Four steps to robust clinical cybersecurity

Hive Health: pioneering new Cyber Security company specialising in Healthcare

Evolving NHS Cyber Security ICS Landscape

Frenemies: what is big tech getting wrong in healthcare?

The challenges of Cyber Security in health care: the UK National Health Service as a case study

Bio Eats World: Building Digital Health’s Github

GripAble: providing accessible and engaging rehab technology

Cybercriminals could cause “irreversible damage” to the UK healthcare sector

The rise of digital physical therapy - 3 companies to watch

NHS Digital delays launch of patient data service

My Therapy Assistant: Virtual mental health in our post-pandemic world

Women In Mental Health: Founders Discuss How They Are Shaping The Industry

Asaya and medical cannabis care in the era of personalised medicine

Wavepaths: merging science, psychotherapy and technology

What’s Spurring the Rise of Brazil’s HealthTechs?

Google Care Studio: the power of search for medicine

Microsoft Competes With Google, Amazon In Healthcare

CoMind and the future of Non-Invasive Neural Interfaces

Hapbee Wearable Tech, Cold Therapy and the Health Benefits of the Wim Hof Method

Ultra WideBand impulse radar (UWB): The future of Remote Monitoring in Healthcare and Social Care

What's the purpose of a medical advisory board in digital health startups?

Fully Homomorphic Encryption: the next big thing for Healthcare data

InteropEHRate: enable patients to be in full control of the use of their health data

The Digital Pill: What Everyone Should Know about the Future of Our Healthcare System

Challenges of being a disruptor in healthcare and the prospects of embracing the inevitable progress

Can digital innovation reduce healthcare inequalities?

Blog posts referenced by academia, book publishers and tech companies

It's Time to Heal: 16 Trends Driving the Future of Bio and Healthcare

Telehealth: Future growth depends on overcoming four hurdles

Beyond bitcoin: Five possible uses for Blockchain in Healthcare

Why Health Systems Should Build Their Own AI Models

98point6: How We Treat Patients via Text

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