Health Reading List | October 30, 2015 |
Startup Highlight: Cocoon Cam
I saw Cocoon Cam at the monthly SV Health event on Tuesday, and while I was skeptical at first (not another smart device that we don't need to be smart...), I was impressed with the underlying technology and their go to market vision. The device can deduce heart rate, respiration, and body temperature based on solely a camera. This is a great example of creating a "smart" version of a previously "dumb" device that I can get behind.
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| | A great web-ex featuring John Reites from Quintiles, Drew Schiller from Validic, and Kara Dennis from Medidata. There has been a lot of focus on convergence of technology in pharma, med devices, etc. A great talk sponsored by MedCity news, moderated by Chris Seper. | | Everyone knows that medical errors are a huge problem, and cause crazy amounts of undue cost to our health system, but a study in October's issue of Anesthesiology puts some pretty stark stats out there: 1/2 of all surgical procedures have errors, many of which are as simple as labeling and documentation... I don't know what the answer is, but I have to think there is a technology solution in there somewhere. | | I'll be the first to admit I was pretty "meh" when the hype around the digital health applications of the apple watch was ablaze, but now that we have some great clinical trials leveraging the product from the likes of Hopkins, OHSU, and Duke, I'll definitely start paying a bit more attention... read more about the studies here. | | You can file this under "long reads". With something as scarce as medical talent, where some procedures can be performed by only 1 or 2 people in the world, how do you balance giving care to the most people with the 24 hours in a day... some hospitals solve this by allowing concurrent surgeries. The globe explores this practice at MGH with Dr. Kirkham Wood in what can only be described as a piece of incredibly in depth journalism.
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