Emerging Technologies

The company aims to expand on third-party thermometers that can be used with its FDA cleared birth control app.

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.

Liz Ashall-Payne, founder and CEO of ORCHA, says COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of telehealth, but digital therapeutics, diagnostics and remote patient monitoring will play a more significant role moving forward.

Natalia Polushkina, vice president and CEO at Biomedical Technologies Cluster of the Skolkovo Foundation, says the experience of the pandemic is strengthening the Skolkovo region as regulation changes are accelerating innovation.

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.

During the pandemic, digital tools have been widely adopted across the globe, with remote monitoring for chronic care being popular in the Nordics, says Marianne Larsson, director of new industries and innovation at Innovation Skåne.

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

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

IBM Watson Health VP Mark O'Herlihy discusses how using new, fast and frequently changing technology such as a COVID-19 chatbot can help in the pandemic response.