Emerging Technologies

Gearbox Studios CEO Randy Pitchford and videogame science company MMOS cofounder Attila Szantner discuss the design and deployment decisions that drew 1.6 million players to their gene sequencing alignment puzzle game, and how "citizen science" games can help advance data-driven research.

Also, InHealthcare and Olympus help the NHS expand diagnostic capacity.

The personal health record feature combines data from a patient's EHR with other daily health and wellness info housed in the iPhone's Health app.

The company also announced that it raised $15 million in funding. 

The new tool helps synthesize information from EHRs, payers, clinical trials and reports. 

The tech can connect to a smartphone app and give alerts and notifications. 

Seamless workflow integration, better patient engagement, artificial intelligence utilization and "multidisciplinary group chat" – the sky's the limit when it comes to potential telemedicine innovations.  

As IT professionals, we need to be ahead of the game in terms of establishing and maintaining the capabilities of our technology foundation. This means being smart about understanding the business and staying ahead of its needs.  

Formed under the banners of the Consumer Technology Association and the Connected Health Initiative, the coalition's membership includes big names like Google, Boston Children's Hospital, Microsoft, ResMed and others.

While on-demand, at-home PCR testing has been available for some time on healthcare-specific apps and portals, this is the first time a “general services” app in the UAE offers fully government-approved testing.