Connected Health

The event is slated to take place at HIMSS17 in Orlando on Feb. 19-20, 2017. Speaker proposals are now being accepted. 

Executives said the center will house several institutes dedicated to improving healthcare across the country and around the world as well as research and leadership initiatives.

After a security researcher found that the unencrypted devices could be forced to deliver unauthorized insulin doses, J&J sent patients a letter but also said the probability of such an attack is low. 

IBM announced October 3 that it would put Watson to work on IoT, and would devote up $200 million of a $3 billion total investment – the most IBM has ever spent in Europe – to open a new global headquarters in Munich for Watson's IoT business.

Startup founders said they will use the funding to build out a nervous system for healthcare that connects providers, patients, pharmacies, labs and specialists. 

The goal of the program is to reduce the number of missed care visits for low-income, disabled or elderly patients.

The cognitive computing software can inform users about how specific foods will influence their glucose levels, track diets over time and spot otherwise hidden patterns in that data. 

Whereas the quantified-self movement attracted significant capital in fitness and wellness, the authors spotted a gradual shift toward increased investment activity in clinically focused categories, notably disease management, remote monitoring and communications.

Wearable devices, often associated with health and fitness, may not be useful tools for weight loss, according to a new study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association.

The survey of 1,300 physicians found that 85 percent believe digital health tools hold at least some capacity to improve care while other appealing aspects include medication adherence and reducing burnout among doctors.