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Health Consumers Are Now Amazon-Primed for Healthcare – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 2

Health Populi

In the past couple of months, Amazon announced many health-related plans and developments, including: Accepting medical and health savings accounts (HSAs) to pay for consumer health products like over-the-counter drugs.

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Patients and Industry: Starting Our New Life Together in 2023

Society for Participatory Medicine

The FDA issued a series of four patient-focused drug development (PFDD) guidance documents which outline how patient co-design needs to successfully happen. By the power vested in clinical research, the FDA now pronounces us patient and industry. You may now kiss the cancer survivor.

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Future HealthTech Valuations in 2025: A Dynamic Landscape

Lloyd Price

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML): AI and ML-powered solutions are revolutionising healthcare by enabling accurate diagnosis, personalised treatment plans, and efficient drug discovery.

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Blockchain in Healthcare: A Vehicle Towards Digital Health 2.0?

The Digital Health Corner

Herding a patient’s data from many sources into a single record has always been a lofty goal of digital health. According to an excellent whitepaper describing a case study of Medrec , a platform utilizing blockchain technology, health information interoperability is facilitated with the use of blockchain.

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Pharma IT and AI – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

Health Economics Outcomes Research (HEOR) will become more common in decentralized clinical trials (DCTs). This year we saw the maturation of Claims and Health Information Exchanges, which enable a cost-effective and straightforward process for researchers to gain access to identified patients’ data.

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Cognitive Architecture: emerging computational frameworks are 'one to watch in HealthTech 2025'

Lloyd Price

Improved Access: AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants can provide personalised health information and support to patients anytime, anywhere, increasing access to care, especially for those in remote areas or with limited mobility.

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Weekly Roundup – October 1, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

John spoke to Dan Chavez of the Santa Cruz Health Information Organization about why including SDoH data makes patient identity more challenging but also more valuable to the clinicians and patients that SCHIO serves. Read more… One HIE’s Approach to Identity Management.

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