Tag: Healthcare
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How self-care technology can reduce medical costs (Salon)
In recent years, healthcare has experienced an explosion in digital innovations designed to improve longevity and quality of life. These innovations include sensors, talking devices, and even virtual reality that patients can now use for physical exercise and pain treatment, a clinical outcome resulting from telemedicine interventions. Artificial intelligence — the core technology behind smartphone…
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Will robots care for you in your old age? (MarketWatch)
Eliezer Yudkowsky, a leading proponent of “friendly” artificial intelligence, offers a cautionary observation about the potential of AI — performing tasks that usually require human intelligence. “The greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence,” he writes, “is that people conclude too early that they understand it.” Any serious discussion of AI’s impact on the aging population must…
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Is medical data collection too narrow? (Philips)
Medical data has traditionally been a product of information obtained through health tests, but this form of data collection can often fail to contribute to true preventive health care. Health systems and data are designed to treat patients, but patients ultimately want to return to being just people again. But what if health systems and…
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The promise of big data for longer, healthier lives (LinkedIn)
In the near future, almost everything we touch will generate data, including our homes, our cars, and our bodies. From artificial intelligence to data science, the impact of big data continues to drive innovation and transform many industries. One area that is on the cusp of revolutionary change is healthy aging and prevention. Since big…
Sophie Okolo, MPH 