artificial intelligence

AiCure raises $12M for smartphone camera-powered medication adherence tracking
By Jonah Comstock | 04:39 pm | January 12, 2016
There are many approaches to using digital technology to promote medication adherence, from tiny sensors embedded in pills to Bluetooth-connected pill boxes, to simple reminder apps.
Survey: 43 percent of smartphone users interested in AI-powered medical advisor
By Aditi Pai | 02:44 pm | December 09, 2015
Some 43 percent of consumers said using artificial intelligence to create a personal medical advisor would be a good idea, according to Ericsson's annual Hot Consumer Trends Survey of  6,649 iOS and Android urban smartphone users in cities around the world.
Joi Ito: Doctor plus super computer will be winning combination for patients
By Aditi Pai | 06:57 am | November 02, 2015
The human-computer combination will be a winning combination in digital health, according to Joi Ito, director for the MIT Lab, who spoke at the Partners HealthCare Connected Health Symposium in Boston this week.
Moov raises $3M to build more coaching apps for device that senses form, not just steps
By Aditi Pai | 09:00 am | October 22, 2014
Mountain View, California-based activity tracker maker Moov raised $3 million in a round led by Banyan Capital.
IBM's Watson to help Mayo Clinic tackle clinical trials
By Jonah Comstock | 11:10 am | September 08, 2014
Watson at Memorial Sloan-Kettering IBM's Watson, a cognitive computing system that has already been deployed in a number of healthcare use cases, is teaming up with Mayo Clinic to bring its computing power to bear on the  age-old problem of matching active clinical trials with eligible participants.