Intelligent Machines AI could alleviate China’s doctor shortage Chinese doctors and tech companies are developing tools to automate routine medical tasks. by Yiting Sun 2018-03-21T00:00:00-04:00
Tech Policy The high-tech medicine of the future may be biased in favor of well-off white men Tailor-made health care could have unintended ill effects on groups such as minorities, women, and the poor. by Emily Mullin 2018-02-26T10:00:00-05:00
Blockchain Who Will Build the Health-Care Blockchain? Decentralized databases promise to revolutionize medical records, but not until the health-care industry buys in to the idea and gets to work. by Mike Orcutt 2017-09-15T00:00:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence A Reality Check for IBM’s AI Ambitions IBM, number 39 on our list of the 50 Smartest Companies, overhyped its Watson machine-learning system, but the company still could have the best access to the kind of data needed to make medicine much smarter. by David H. Freedman 2017-06-27T07:00:00-04:00
Business Impact Why I Left the Hospital System and Started Working in Telemedicine Behind one woman’s decision to pursue a medical career at a San Francisco Internet startup. by Julia Sklar 2017-05-15T00:00:00-04:00
77 Mass Ave Health-Care Spending, Explained MIT study sheds light on drivers of health-care expenditures. by Peter Dizikes 2016-12-20T00:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Apple Hopes You’ll Talk to Your iPhone and Call Your Doctor in the Morning Apple wants doctors to tell patients to use their iPhone to track their conditions at home. by Antonio Regalado 2016-03-21T14:05:00-04:00
Rewriting Life What Else Could Smart Contact Lenses Do? Besides health tracking, contact lens technology under development could enable drug delivery, night vision, and augmented reality. by Suzanne Jacobs 2014-07-22T17:10:00-04:00
Business Impact More Phones, Fewer Doctors VC legend Vinod Khosla believes that medicine will go mobile and most doctors will be out of a job. by Nanette Byrnes 2014-07-21T12:00:00-04:00
Connectivity This Fitness Wristband Wants to Play Doctor Startup Quanttus is developing a device that monitors heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure from your wrist. by Rachel Metz 2014-02-19T14:15:28-05:00
