Saturday, January 18, 2020
Thanks to innovation in healthcare, we are now living longer, keeping healthier, and saving more lives than ever before. Innovation in healthcare is the greatest contributor to greater life expectancy over the last decade, in fact, the U.S. life expectancy has increased from 47 years in the 20th century to over 78 years today! Healthcare innovation does
[ Read More ]When it comes to health and medicine, the average person would probably be willing to admit that they don’t have that much of an idea about the kinds of treatments and procedures that are used. Because of this, it’s often easy for people to assume that there are no positive innovations being made in the
[ Read More ]One of the most common complaints in the workspace is simply not having enough time. There is always work to be done, people often never reach the end of their ‘to-do’ list and often don’t feel satisfied. Now, there is no way of increasing time. However there are ways to save time and increase efficiency
[ Read More ]Over the past few years, there has been a huge emergence of different pieces of technology which has transformed a lot of aspects of our lives. With the click of a button, we are now able to quickly order ourselves food, a taxi or even rent a home. When it comes to healthcare, there are
[ Read More ]The world of healthcare analytics is vast and can encompass a wide range of data that has the incredible potential to tell stories about health and healthcare delivery: right from individual patients to entire populations. Having numbers and an easy-to-use visualization at hand gives providers and caregivers the power to not only look into the
[ Read More ]Man has always been navigating to new places from early caravans to where we are now with space exploration. We are now at the point where we want to colonize another planet. That planet happens to be Mars, and it’s sought out for more than just study as its natural resources could help take us
[ Read More ]2017 is here! As much as the last year was packed with surprises for the healthcare industry, a lot of them are expected this year too. President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the 21st Century Cures Act is law and MACRA redefines the terms of the healthcare industry. Many will concur, we are headed
[ Read More ]Paul Rosen, MD, MPH, MMM, can teach us all something about empathy—especially current and aspiring healthcare innovators. He is a pediatric rheumatologist and Clinical Director of Service and Operational Excellence at Nemours Children’s Health System in Wilmington, Delaware. He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Jefferson University. A TEDx
[ Read More ]Upgrading human brains to operate like machines or computers is a common theme in many popular science-fiction movies and TV shows. While Virtual Reality (VR) headsets like Oculus Rift and Vive are viewed as the newest toys by teens and adults, they can also be used by medical educators in surgical training, concussion diagnosis and
[ Read More ]For decades, we have imagined space-aged technologies to improve our future lives. And until now, imagination has moved at a faster pace than technology. But for the first time in history, technology is finally catching up with imagination. With new technologies in place and on the horizon, it’s easy to get excited for the future
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