Hacking Medicine: The Digital Health Revolution

The past few years have seen an explosion in digital health products fitness trackers telemedicine programs and more Itamp8217s brought us more data and faster collection of it than weamp8217ve ever seen before in personal care amp8211 and a lot of opportunities for using that data to help solve healthcare issuesamp160But in order to truly reach widescale adoption for this technology this is one revolution that also needs the support of big hospitals and insurance companies Thatamp8217s where the Hacking Medicine Institute comes in Itamp8217s a new independent nonprofit spun out of MITamp8217s Hacking Medicine programHMI is bringing together global scientists and doctors as well as healthcare leaders such as policymakers payers and providers Their mission is to measure compare and prove the safety and effectiveness of these new health tech products And by doing so theyamp8217ll work to improve access to these tools and solutions and reduce costs to create a healthier population across the globeBrands and marketers should take note In a previous episode we talked about the growing trend of Outsourcing Control and the potential for biometric data In the health and fitness space that trend is moving full speed ahead amp8211 and now itamp8217s poised to get huge support from established leadersThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecom management or associated bloggers

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