Search Tag: Google
Google-fit-wants-your-health-data
2014 17 Jun
When developers meet later this month at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, they can expect to hear more about the company’s plans to challenge Apple’s recently-released HealthKit framework with its new Google Fit. The health service will collect and combine data from electronic health devices and apps, positioning the company...Read more
Google-developing-heart-attack-and-cancer-detector
2014 01 Nov
Google is currently developing a wristband that would have the ability to carry out non-invasive blood tests. The company is working on technology that can combine disease-detecting nanoparticles which could enter a patient's blood stream via a swallowed pill, with a wrist-worn sensor. The concept is that the sensor would be able to identify changes...Read more
Google-unveils-google-fit
2014 02 Nov
Google recently launched its health-push with a new Android app that tracks activity, calories and steps and can be connected to Android smartwatches and other apps. This is the latest gadget to be introduced by Google in the health and fitness segment. The Google Fit Android app counts steps and can be plugged into wearables and other fitness...Read more
Forecasting-the-flu-with-social-network-analysis
2015 29 Jan
A study in the online journal Scientific Reports claims that scientists can accurately predict how the flu will spread a week into the future. Using social network analysis, researchers at the University of California (UC) in San Diego combined traditional data with big data to boost the network’s predictive power. Corresponding author Michael...Read more
Googling-guidelines-the-ethics-of-physicians-investigating-patients-online
2015 04 Feb
Formal guidelines which address physicians’ use of the internet and social media should be updated to include the ethics of physicians conducting online searches to learn more about their patients, say Penn State College of Medicine researchers. At the moment, there is a “Google blind spot” which is not discussed in professional guidelines such as...Read more
Facing-facts-google-unveils-new-view-of-medical-searches
2015 12 Feb
Google announced this week that it plans to improve the way that medical information is presented during online searches. One in every 20 Google searches are related to health, according to the company. The hope is that curious healthcare consumers will be better served by the dissemination of accurate, physician-verified data in an environment of...Read more
Google-partners-with-dexcom
2015 13 Aug
After the recent big news about Google reinventing itself as Alphabet, Google has now announced that it will be partnering up with Dexcom, a leading glucose-monitoring company. This is Google's second major diabetes venture, the first being a partnership with Novartis where both companies will be developing a smart contact lens that helps monitor glucose...Read more
Life-sciences-first-new-company-under-google-s-alphabet
2015 22 Aug
In a blog published this morning, Google's co-founder and Alphabet President Sergey Brin announced LIfe Sciences as the first new company created under the Alphabet umbrella. This does not come as a surprise since Alphabet CEO Larry Page had already announced that life sciences and biotechnology will be a core area of focus for the newly restructured...Read more
Google-ai-precision-medicine-tool-open-source
2017 12 Dec
Google has made available to the open source community its new deep-learning based technology that will be useful in broadening our knowledge of genomics. DeepVariant, developed by the Google Brain team, is designed to reconstruct the true genome sequence from high-throughput sequencing (HTS) sequencer data with significantly greater accuracy than...Read more
Google-new-cloud-api-to-address-healthcare-data-interop-challenges
2018 20 Mar
Interoperability remains a major problem when it comes to managing healthcare data. In some large hospitals, even the sharing of information between care teams is sometimes difficult because the EHR system used in one department may be different from the EHRs used in other departments. To address these interoperability concerns, Google has launched...Read more
Google-and-fitbit-collaborate-on-tech-and-wearables
2018 09 May
Fitness wearables and apps help patients to take a more active role in their wellness and chronic disease management. While data from wearables benefit the users (patients), these are often not readily accessible to care providers who could use such data to inform treatment decisions. To address this problem, Google and Fitbit have announced a new...Read more
Google-exec-on-cloud-potential-in-2019
2019 08 Jan
While the New Year is upon us, there are certain things that will continue to play an increasing role in healthcare such as artificial intelligence (AI), telemedicine, and cloud computing. Healthcare is witnessing an explosion in the amount of data generated from patient records (EHRs), mHealth devices, and research studies, among...Read more
Google-northwestern-ai-finds-cancer-before-radiologists
2019 21 May
Google and Northwestern scientists show precision of new deep learning system to predict lung cancer An artificial intelligence system, using deep learning, successfully detected malignant lung nodules on low-dose chest computed tomography (LDCT) scans, performing equal to, or better than expert radiologists, according to a new study from...Read more
Google-acquires-fitbit
2019 11 Nov
Tech giant Google's formal purchase of Fitbit, the world's second largest wearable maker, in a deal worth $2.1 billion, finally put an end to a month of rumours. In a blog post announcing the acquisition, Google's SVP of devices and services, Rick Osterloh, wrote the company sees "an opportunity to invest even more in Wear OS as well...Read more
Ai-breast-cancer-diagnosis-matches-two-doctors
2020 02 Jan
A newly-published study in the journal Nature suggests that AI diagnoses breast cancer from mammograms more accurately than radiologists. A computer, specially designed and trained by a team of researchers from international bodies such as Google Health and Imperial College London, performed as well as two doctors working together....Read more
How-will-famga-shakeup-healthcare
2020 29 Jan
Summary: The big tech players are all making inroads into healthcare, bringing their industry know-how into a sector that is traditionally slow to adapt to change. Whether their impact will ultimately result in better resource management and cost savings remains to be seen, but they are definitely a force to be reckoned with. There is no doubt...Read more
Covid-19-contact-tracing-apps-vs-manual-work
2020 22 May
A milestone contact tracing software has been released by Apple-Google, but the future of its adoption is yet unclear, with some countries instead relying on manual collection of COVID-19 data. You may also like : Will Contact Tracing Work? This week Apple and Google have released the ‘Exposure Notification’ software, which...Read more
Ai-experts-issue-statement-warning-on-ai-risks
2023 01 Jun
This week AI industry leaders, including high-level executives at Microsoft and Google, academics and even several celebrities issued a new warning regarding the dangers and impacts that AI could potentially pose. The statement said “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such...Read more
The-internet-rise-of-ai-in-ccm-opportunities-threats-and-the-practitioner-patient-relationship
2023 30 Nov
This article explores how pervasive and persuasive the internet is in current critical care practice, offers insights into how healthcare professionals, patients and families can critically appraise where information comes from and its content producers and discusses the opportunities and threats posed by AI on the physicians/team-patient/family...Read more