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Researchers find crowdsourcing, AI go together in battle vs. lung cancer
Crowd innovation can be used for algorithms and artificial intelligence to offset a shortage of radiation oncologists for lung cancer, say researchers.
Fitbit's second act: Can the original fitness band maker stage a comeback with healthcare?
Fitbit arguably started the trend towards consumer health-tracking hardware. Now the market it created has moved on and left it behind, can Fitbit turn things around?
Tech in the NHS: This is what needs to change first
Forget AI and VR; if the NHS wants to use tech to improve healthcare, it needs to start with something else.
Doctor, developer: The NHS plan to create a new generation of high-tech healthcare experts
There's no doubt that IT is reshaping healthcare. But can the NHS get its nurses and doctors ready to embrace all the tech changes ahead?
Doctor apps vs the NHS: Are virtual GPs kill or cure for the health service?
Patients like video consultations with a doctor. But what does the rise of private GP apps mean for the future of the NHS?
Amazon launches HIPAA-compliant Alexa skills for healthcare
For its part, Amazon is providing the HIPAA-eligible environment in which the new healthcare-related skills are built.
How machines are beating cardiologists in North Central Pennsylvania
Deep learning can pick up on features that humans cannot.
From pagers and paper to AI and IoT: Can the NHS' technology transformation plan really succeed?
The health service is faced with increasing demand for its services combined with underfunding. Can it use technology to reinvent itself?
UPS, Matternet launch drone healthcare delivery service
A drone can make a trip from a clinic to a lab in 3 minutes and 15 seconds, while a car can take up to 30 minutes.
Huawei launches Watch GT Active and Elegant editions, FreeLace wireless earphones
Along with the new Huawei P30 and P30 Pro smartphones, Huawei announced a couple new wearables in Paris. Updated Watch GT models along with new wireless earbuds were revealed.
FDA warning: Scores of heart implants can be hacked from 20ft away
US warns over severe security flaw affecting the wireless communications in cardiac implants.
AI vs heart disease: How machine learning could help doctors tackle heart problems before they happen
A system that spun out of Stanford is using AI and machine learning to help doctors visualise patients' arteries and spare them invasive tests.
Cybersecurity: Don’t let the small stuff cause you big problems
If hospitals don't take cybersecurity seriously, a series of small issues could be as bad as a major cyberattack like WannaCry, warns NHS Digital chief.
Traeger smart grill, new Fitbits, Polar Vantage V, and Android Q beta (MobileTechRoundup show #463)
Mobile technology can be used to help you perfect your summer BBQ sessions while Fitbit and Polar have some new wearables to help you get fit. The first Android Q beta is now available for public testing.
How machine learning, drones, and robotics will transform the NHS and healthcare
For a health service in the middle of funding squeeze, can new technologies help to improve care and cut costs?
CES 2019: Health gadgets and tech take center stage
Healthcare, both physical and mental, has become the focus of some vendors at CES this year.
Last-minute back-to-school tech supplies for under $200
Add these useful, cool tech items to your back-to-school list for 2018.
These wearable tech brands are a huge disappointment
Have ever quit using a fitness tracker, and if so, why? Here is what respondents to a survey hated about their trackers -- and which came out on top.
How digital tech will help shape the healthcare skills of the future
There's no doubt that IT is reshaping healthcare. But can the NHS get its nurses and doctors ready to embrace all the tech changes ahead?
How digital devices and services will help transform the NHS
The health service is faced with increasing demand for its services combined with underfunding. Can it use technology to reinvent itself?
NHS case: In cybersecurity, the small details matter as much as the big plans
If hospitals don't take cybersecurity seriously, a series of small issues could be as bad as a major cyberattack like WannaCry, warns NHS Digital chief.
Samsung wants to use technology to boost health and social care
Samsung is looking at digital health and medical tech through a longer lens than some of its competitors.
There's value in the data collected from Apple and Fitbit watches
ZDNet's Larry Dignan talks with TechRepublic's Karen Roby about how the health care sector will be impacted by the large amounts of data that both Apple and Fitbit will be collecting in 2019. Read more: https://zd.net/2TwQEQ7
Helping veterans access their health benefits
ZDNet's Tonya Hall talks to Matt Cutts, administrator at United States Digital Service, about how he and his team are working to make the process of obtaining health benefits for veterans easier.
IBM Watson, Harvard, and MIT working on algorithms that predict heart attacks
The three-year project aims to produce AI models that can analyze genomic data, health records and biomarkers to predict the onset of heart attacks and other common conditions.
How the health care sector can tap into more data in Salesforce's Health Cloud
ZDNet's Stephanie Condon talks with TechRepublic's Karen Roby about how health care providers, payers and other parts of the industry can now add "social determinants" to the Health Cloud. Read more: https://zd.net/2By418A
What is digital health and how will you benefit?
How and why tech's big players are poised to give the industry its biggest shakeup in decades.
Aetna and Apple: The healthier you are, the cheaper your next Apple Watch will be
Time to get active says insurance giant as it launches new programme with Apple. Read more: https://zd.net/2BdrLyK
Riddell and Carbon produce first-ever 3D printed football helmet liner
Riddell and Carbon have partnered to create the first impact-reducing, personalized fit football liner for helmets.
UQ develops new ultrasound that listens to bacteria and cells
The Australian university has a developed a world-first, ultra-precise ultrasound sensor that can measure miniscule random forces from surrounding air molecules.
Popularity of wearable devices raises big questions about data privacy
Smartwatches and other wearables will be a must-have for personalised healthcare, but a privacy backlash could put an end to all that.
Apple puts the iPhone and Apple Watch at the heart of healthcare
Apple has been gradually building out its health strategy; here's what it looks like right now.
CES 2019: What FDA clearance means for Omron's wearable blood pressure monitor
Jeff Ray, executive director of business and technology for Omron, explains how the new device, called HeartGuide, is more than just a consumer gadget.
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