Health Tech
Watson Analytics to Research Heart Rhythm Data
Heart-SIGN will act as a data resource for arrhythmia research and clinical practice to help researchers identify specific needs, track patients, and measure outcomes.
October 21, 2016Watson Takes on Parkinson’s Disease
IBM Watson, long touted for its potential in healthcare, is being put to work finding a drug to treat Parkinson’s disease.
October 14, 2016Cognitive Capabilities Will Be Critical for Healthcare Space
Collecting 2.3 trillion GB of healthcare data is one thing, but analyzing it is the priority.
October 6, 2016Hello, This is Your Toothbrush Speaking
Grush makes a children’s toothbrush that connects to both a mobile game for kids and a dashboard for parents, in a bid to ensure youngsters learn the proper way to clean their teeth.
September 14, 2016Cognitive Computing Helps Vision Impaired
Data analytics, a force for change in nearly every business, is now being leveraged to make lives easier for the vision impaired by increasing the graduation rate for guide dogs.
August 9, 2016Pizza Menus, Rebounds, and Blood Sugar: 3 Watson Use Cases
What you get out of a computer is only as good as what you put in. But what happens if you’re feeding a computer that learns and reasons?
June 14, 2016Analytics4Life Takes The Stress Out Of Coronary Artery Disease Tests
Startup based in Kingston, Ontario, is attempting to develop a straightforward method for diagnosing coronary artery disease, using machine learning through with physiological information conventionally considered valueless.
June 8, 2016How QoC Health Simplifies Patient Empowerment
Working as a business-to-business service provider, the company has built a powerful API platform that can scale digital health ideas, including patient monitoring, analytics, and turnkey integration with existing medical records.
May 26, 2016Frequently Asked Questions
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