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Precision health and wellness: the next step for population health management
Population Health Management (PHM) will become an almost universally accepted method for healthcare delivery and management in the United States by the end of this decade, according to a new IBM...
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How the Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the face of Healthcare?
Healthcare is one industry where the Internet of Things (or sometimes referred to as the “Internet of Medical Things”) has potential for great value and impact. Integrating IoT features into medical...
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Healthcare rallies for blockchain : Continuing the discussion
Revisiting my notebook and e-mails from the start of 2016 one thing that struck me was the virtual absence of the word blockchain. This cartoon neatly sums up my knowledge of the topic at that time –...
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Today’s Healthcare Challenges and How Blockchain Can Help Solve Them – Join...
In Aug 2016, team from IBM Healthcare won the blockchain health IT ideation challenge: “Use of Blockchain in Health IT and Health-related Research Challenge” sponsored by the Department of Health and...
View ArticleHealthcare Rallies for Blockchain: Q&A with Dr. Nicky Hekster
In this new Q&A series we discuss the findings reported in the IBMs Executive Report on Blockchain in Healthcare. The IBM Institute for Business Value’s (IBV) latest study on how blockchain is...
View ArticleJoin IBM Watson Health at HIMSS17
Each day, leaders, advocates and influencers in health make powerful progress toward a healthier future. In an industry riddled with complexity and uncertainty, these professionals still face...
View ArticlePopulation Health-The imperfect conversation
To be such a prevalent subject, population health is such a diverse reality. When confronted with the subject you should ask qualifying questions to be sure which population is being referenced. Most...
View ArticleHealthcare Rallies for Blockchain: Q&A with Srinivas Attili
This is the second article in the Q&A series where we discuss the findings reported in the IBMs Executive Report on Blockchain in Healthcare. Here we hear from Srinivas Attili (Vice President &...
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Building a common language: why we need a periodic table for...
No matter where we live, most of us, as individuals, believe in quality of life. We believe in dignity and care. We believe in independence that can be enabled in a variety of ways. Especially when it...
View ArticleA C-Suite Perspective: Q&A with Greg Griesemer, VP of Human Resources at G&W...
Preface: Will healthcare firms ever reclaim the talent recruitment success that they once had nearly 30 years ago? Consider Merck in 1990. Merck’s reputation has helped it to secure an application to...
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Part 2: Building a common language for technology-supported ageing: why we...
The Periodic Table for Ageing Technologies is designed to remind us what is elemental and fundamental to the humans at the center of any work that aims to solve for the needs of ageing individuals....
View ArticleBuilding a Security Immune System for Healthcare
With the increasing complexity of cyberattacks, a focus on intrusion prevention and detection is not enough to stay ahead of “the bad guys”. Regardless of the total number of attempted attacks or...
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Bio-IT World 2017: IBM Aspera Speeds Life Sciences Collaboration and Innovation
“Aspera is the industry standard for the transport and management of large data files produced by life sciences,” according to Sifei He, cloud product director at Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), one...
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Helping Cancer’s Forgotten Victims
Cancer in developing nations has largely gone unnoticed and unaddressed. The World Health Organization estimates that more than 500,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa died of cancer last year – which...
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A 21st century challenge: Loneliness in the aging population
A recent study by the IBM Institute for Business Value and the IBM Accessibility team found that for the aging population, loneliness is more than a state of mind – it is an emerging risk factor that...
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Part 3: Building a common language for technology-supported ageing: The Tenets
The Periodic Table dictates that Self, the user, is the one and only starting point for technology-supported aging solutions. Tenets then, act as guide rails to remind and assure relevance and intent...
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How life sciences industry is using advanced technologies to transform drug...
Protecting the patient’s well-being is a key responsibility for the life sciences industries. Companies must act quickly to evaluate, assess and report adverse events, and identify new and serious...
View ArticleUpcoming Webinar: Security Hygiene for Health Care: Avoid being the Next...
More so than in any other industry, the recent WannaCry attack has caused healthcare organizations to re-think current processes for keeping systems current and secure. The fact remains that Microsoft...
View ArticleIdentifying API Use Cases in Healthcare and Life Sciences
APIs enable organizations to share data and applications using easily accessible standards and platforms. They are more than basic tools for application developers and data scientists. They represent a...
View ArticleTransforming Canadian Healthcare with Cognitive
Earlier this year, British Columbia, Canada’s westernmost province, launched Innovation Boulevard, the region’s first of its kind health technology accelerator, focused exclusively on the...
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