December 2017 - The Health Care Blog

See What You Missed At The Tech For Precision Health Summit

Health 2.0 just wrapped up its inaugural Technology For Precision Health Summit. A collective group of investors, entrepreneurs, and precision health workers gathered for a day of sharing, charged discussion, and live technology demos; all with the goal...

Published Thu, Dec 14 2017 11:20 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Physicians, Tech, Artificial intelligence, The Business of Health Care, Featured, THCBist, Trending, The Vault

Applying Psychology to the Challenge of Internal Health Adoption

By AMELIA EDWARDS Adoption of technology in the healthcare field has been happening at an incredibly slow pace. This is a fact that few would disagree with. The market is saturated with health tech companies that are vying to be the next big unicorn in...

Published Thu, Dec 14 2017 10:20 AM by THCB

Filed under: Tech, Uncategorized, Junto Health, Adoption, Psychology

The Boys From Silicon Valley

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE A few weeks ago one man, named @jack, decided that millions of people will be allowed to use up to 280 characters when expressing themselves on Jack’s public square platform. One man decides how many letters each and every one of...

Published Thu, Dec 14 2017 9:42 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Sean Parker, Mark Zuckerberg, Techno-drugs, Keytruda, Dopamine Labs

OptumCare Can Reach 70 Percent of the US Population

By TORY WOLFF Who will be the first to take integrated health care delivery national? A few years ago, the best bet might have been an established provider with a nationally compelling brand and a growing affiliate federation such as Cleveland Clinic...

Published Wed, Dec 13 2017 11:12 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Aetna, CVS, OptumCare, United Health

Job Ad: CEO for Soleforce

Soleforce, Inc., a new digital health startup based in New York City and incubated out of the Hospital For Special Surgery (HSS), is looking for an energetic and resourceful Chief Executive Officer (or CEO) to join its founding team. Soleforce, Inc. markets...

Published Wed, Dec 13 2017 9:19 AM by THCB

Filed under: Tech

Innovation vs. Implementation

By DAVID SHAYWITZ, MD One word: implementation. Increasingly, I’m convinced that the underappreciated challenges of implementation describe the ever-expanding gap between the promise of emerging technologies (sensors, AI) and their comparatively limited...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2017 8:38 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Innovation, David Shaywitz, Daimler Benz AG, Shaywitz

FDA, VCs, Big Ideas, and more at WinterTech

WinterTech is almost one month away, and we’re extremely excited about the final agenda. The 2018 edition of WinterTech will be not only be focusing on the new investment treads in digital health, but will take a in-depth look into the revolution...

Published Mon, Dec 11 2017 12:33 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Economics, Tech, THCBist, Trending, The Vault

Will CVS-Aetna Merger Lead to “Separate But Unequal” Healthcare?

By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD Last week, pharmacy giant CVS agreed to purchase Aetna this week for an astounding $69 billion dollar sum. The company allegedly plans to reduce health spending by developing an integrated system touted as “a new front door for health...

Published Mon, Dec 11 2017 11:32 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Aetna, Niran Al-Agba, CVS

On the Morality of Insurance Premiums

By ANISH KOKA, MD As CVS-Aetna merger talks fill the air this Christmas season and experts weigh in on the impact this will have on the economy and consumers alike, I’m sitting at a little desk in a little office contemplating health insurance....

Published Mon, Dec 11 2017 11:14 AM by THCB

Filed under: ACA, Uncategorized, Anish Koka, CVS-Aetna, IRS

Hey Watson, Can I Sue You?

By JAYSON CHUNG & AMANDA ZINK Currently, three South Korean medical institutions – Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Pusan National University Hospital and Konyang University Hospital – have implemented IBM’s Watson for Oncology artificial...

Published Sun, Dec 10 2017 10:19 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Lessons from Finance

By AJAY KOHLI, MD “We built it and we just let it run. We’re a few dudes in an office and our goal is to keep it running. It does everything we could do, except it’s significantly more powerful and it has completely automated how our work is being done...

Published Fri, Dec 08 2017 3:28 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Premium Support: Coming Soon to a Medicare Plan Near You?

BY ROGER COLLIER Unnoticed by most of the media, the Congressional Budget Office recently released a report that could profoundly change American seniors’ healthcare coverage. The report updates a 2013 CBO analysis of the potential impact of switching...

Published Fri, Dec 08 2017 5:42 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

A Clinical Trial By Any Other Name …

By ARTHUR CAPLAN and KELLY McBRIDE FOLKERS Mosquito borne illnesses pose a significant threat to human health. In the past several years, drug makers have begun developing vaccines for viruses like dengue, Zika, and chikungunya, all of which pose unique...

Published Thu, Dec 07 2017 10:49 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Dengue

What does the Concorde Tell Us About Healthcare Technology in the 21st Century?

By JOE FLOWER I am spending this month in the English Midlands in Stratford-on-Avon hard by the canal, the Bard’s town of quaint half-timbered Tudor pubs with “established 1482” on the plaques, and I am thinking about medical technology. I am here with...

Published Wed, Dec 06 2017 6:49 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Secure your seat for live demos on precision medicine delivery at next week’s Tech Summit

Imagine if you will, a future in which a cancer diagnosis will be treated with a lifestyle change, like a chronic condition. Survivable. Manageable. Like Diabetes. Sure, to receive a cancer diagnosis today does not mean what it meant twenty years ago...

Published Tue, Dec 05 2017 2:49 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Tech, The Business of Health Care, Featured, THCBist, Trending, The Vault

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See What You Missed At The Tech For Precision Health Summit

Applying Psychology to the Challenge of Internal Health Adoption

The Boys From Silicon Valley

OptumCare Can Reach 70 Percent of the US Population

Job Ad: CEO for Soleforce

Innovation vs. Implementation

FDA, VCs, Big Ideas, and more at WinterTech

Will CVS-Aetna Merger Lead to “Separate But Unequal” Healthcare?

On the Morality of Insurance Premiums

Hey Watson, Can I Sue You?

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Lessons from Finance

Premium Support: Coming Soon to a Medicare Plan Near You?

A Clinical Trial By Any Other Name …

What does the Concorde Tell Us About Healthcare Technology in the 21st Century?

Secure your seat for live demos on precision medicine delivery at next week’s Tech Summit