Among the healthcare areas gaining more and more attention is women’s health. According to BCG, Investment in women’s health care companies in the US surged to an all-time high of $3.3 billion in 2022.
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If you’re still trying to wrap your head around the use of AI in healthcare, this episode will give you an idea about the use of generative AI to create clinical notes during an interaction between a doctor and a patient.
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Healthcare data in the US is very fragmented. But many companies have been working on creating consolidated patient views, Reveleer being one of them.
In the US, patients have their healthcare data scattered across care providers, who they often change if they change their job and, consequently their insurers. Insurers have their own networks of healthcare providers, causing the individual to go from one healthcare provider to a different one when life changes happen. And when these providers use different IT systems, data gets siloed.
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Generative AI - a subset of AI technologies that employ advanced machine learning algorithms to generate content, solutions, or outcomes that weren't explicitly programmed into the algorithms has many potential applications in healthcare. But at the moment, the digital health space is filled with noise.
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Alex Merwin is Head of Growth, Healthcare & Life Sciences Startups at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this episode, he presents the AWS Health Innovation Podcast, which showcases startups that are advancing healthcare & life science by leveraging cloud computing technology. In this episode he shares how AWS supports startups, what trends is Alex observing in the health innovation space, what does his podcast cover.
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Kenya has a lot of talent and opportunities for innovation. Access to care is not a problem because there are plenty of community nurses present all across the country. However, they have a limited problem and mostly focus on main infectious diseases, leaving serious conditions undiagnosed, says Emilian Popa, Founder and CEO of Ilara Health.
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One of the biggest challenges for healthcare startups in Nigeria is access to market. “In Nigeria, healthcare is fragmented, making it difficult to find distribution channels. We have to be creative and may need to look outside healthcare for distribution channels.” , says Jennie Nwokoye is the founder and CEO of Clafiya - a digital primary healthcare service that connects individuals and businesses to health practitioners to provide convenient, quality, and affordable, on-demand primary care from their mobile phones.
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The US has had ePrescribing since 2001. The new player aims to give more value to the patients.
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Computational biology and AI are already used to expedite the creation of more precise medications. Unfortunately, this still has limited impact on expediting clinical trials, due to the challenges that persist in recruiting patients.
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For over a decade, Omada Health, a US digital behavioral medicine company, has helped individuals living with prediabetes, diabetes, hypertension, and musculoskeletal issues manage their care better with the help of digital tools and personalized support. Their reflection on what works in chronic care? Motivation is malleable, and understanding specific health goals is essential.
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Generative AI is definitely the word we will remember 2023 by. Knowing that administrative burden is among the key reason for physician burnout, the idea that AI could tackle this challenge, became a little bit more tangible with the raised awareness and public understanding of generative AI. But where are we exactly, and how is generative AI utilized for clinical use cases, administration, patient care and in biotech?
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By analyzing genetic variations that influence drug metabolism, efficacy, and potential adverse reactions, pharmacogenomics tests provide valuable insights for personalized treatment decisions. So why are we not using it more frequently and when does it make sense to order a pharmacogenomic test?
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“Disparity is the word that best describes the landscape of healthcare provision in Argentina,” says Santiago Troncar, the founder of Future Docs Latin America.
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How can AI help in mental health treatment? Not by talking to patients, but there's a lot of potential to get new insights from the medical data and in optimizing processes, says David Mou MD MBA, CEO of Cerebral.
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