The GCC countries are focused on diversifying their economies and reducing dependence on oil revenues. This has led to a strong drive for innovation and interest in developing local capabilities and infrastructure. This is opening opportunities for startups in these areas, those who are willing to commit long-term.
Read MoreDid you know that Belgium has had an idea for classifying and validating digital therapeutics since 2018? A clear framework was formed with all main stakeholders involved - from health insurance to the industry. So why are we not hearing more about DTx in Belgium?
Read MoreBiotech is one of the fields that has been using generative AI for years before ChatGPT brought technology to the public view. The latest tech is essential in drug development. However, the convergence of digital health and pharma seems less clear.
Read MoreWomen's health is a multifaceted field that extends beyond reproductive concerns, encompassing mental, gynecological, and hormonal health. It is important to recognize the normalcy of stages like menopause and not treat them as diseases.
Read MoreIf 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.
Read MoreHealthcare 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.
Read MoreAlex 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.
Read MoreOne 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.
Read MoreHow 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.
Read MorePeru is a developing market in digital health, what will drive it is the natural curiosity of clinicians, says Jhonatan Bringas, MD.
Read MoreThere are 2.6 times as many startups per 1 million people, compared to the European average in the Netherlands. The healthcare of the nation with 17.4 million people is highly digitalized, but the lack of data flow among institutions remains a challenge to be solved.
Read More“9 out of 10 students indicate that their campus is in a full-blown mental health crisis. Prior to Covid, 10% of all of our visits were focused on mental health. And at this point, close to 80% of all of the visits that we have with students are our related to mental health,” says Luke Hejl, CEO of TimelyMD, the leading virtual health and well-being solution for college students.
Read MoreThe pandemic has significantly increased the need for mental healthcare and destigmatized discussing wellbeing and mental health issues in everyday conversation. Unfortunately, the number of quality providers of mental health services is still much lower than the demand, and the number of people that are seeking help is rising.
Read MoreIf someone told you to get an eye exam, would you associate that with a virtual reality headset? It might be where ophthalmology diagnostics will end up in the near future.
Read MoreThe biggest open question around the European Health Data Space (EHDS) are timelines, says Nick Schneider, Head of division 511 on new technologies and data use at the Germany Federal Ministry of Health.
Read MoreOne of the highly ancipated news at the HLTH2022 event - the largest digital health event, which is taking place in Las Vegas between the 13-16th, was the release of the global digital health report, prepared by FINN Partners and Galen Growth | Global HealthTech Insights.
Tune in to a short 10 min discussion published on Faces Of Digital Health Podcast with Julien de Salaberry.
Read MoreIn 2017, 57.7 million people were living with limb amputation due to traumatic causes worldwide. Artifical limbs of the future will be better than biologic limbs: faster, stronger, with extra functionalities, says Dima Gazda, CEO of Esper Bionics.
Read MoreLooking at digital health investments in the APAC region, according to Galen Growth Asia, in 2021 China took the highest amount of funding (58.6%) for digital health, followed by India (22.3%), Australia (5.6%), Soth Korea (4.3%), and Singapore (3.8%). Healthcare expenditure differs a lot among countries: According to the World Bank, China attributed 5,3% of its GDP to healthcare, India 3%, Australia 9.91 %, and Singapore 4%. How do these healthcare systems differ and does healthcare expenditure relate to investment in digitalization?
Read MoreThe Australian Government is investing $107.2 million to modernise our health care system, to deliver Australia's Long Term National Health Plan. What do the numbers mean and what is the state of healthcare digitalization and startup opportunities in Australia?
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