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Patients & Healthcare Professionals Are Embracing Technological Advancements

Daniel Burrus

Technology startups sometimes get bad press for creating solutions to problems that don’t even exist. Despite the ubiquity of wearable technology and mobile apps, there continues to be a wealth of opportunities in the healthcare tech space. The worldwide wearable market could grow to 155 million by 2019.

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The Necessity of Open Innovation and Collaboration in Healthcare

Wellspring

Healthcare, like many other fields, is an increasingly collaborative industry, with most organizations looking outside their internal silos for new ideas, innovations, and expertise. Nowhere else is it more apparent than in healthcare. Nowhere else is it more apparent than in healthcare.

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When Technology Scouting Comes Up Empty

Yet2

In times of economic uncertainty, yet2 continually sees large companies turn to technology scouting to help diversify supply chains in order to protect product supply, market share, and profit margins. The post When Technology Scouting Comes Up Empty appeared first on yet2. Pivoting with Confidence.

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Innovators Worth Watching: Hinge Health

Christensen Institute

By using a combination of wearable technology and telemedicine, Hinge offers virtual physical therapy for patients experiencing musculoskeletal chronic pain. The crux of Hinge Health is a series of self-guided physical therapy exercises. Technology is where Hinge really shines.

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Burning Platforms and Business Models - Innovation lessons from COVID

Jeffrey Phillips

Our healthcare system is a mish mash of private, federal, state, military and other programs pieced together, which satisfies few people and costs more than necessary. This is what the US healthcare system looked like when we headed into the pandemic. Again, it's amazing what can get done in a crisis.

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Digital Healthcare: What Are the Opportunities?

Daniel Burrus

Digital disruption and transformation within the healthcare profession is a Hard Trend — something that will happen, something we can count on seeing in the future. These devices also let people monitor their heart rates, as most doctors advise raising your heart rate for a period of at least 30 minutes every time you exercise.

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Anticipatory Healthcare: Predict and Prevent

Daniel Burrus

A Future Fact about health care is that technology is providing the tools for it to become more anticipatory. We’re seeing a shift from the current model to one that’s more predictive, one hinging on foresight and a combination of the right technology and analytical knowledge — what I would call the Predict-and-Prevent model of healthcare.