Why We Invested in Iterative Scopes (Computer Vision vs Cancer)
Iterative Scopes is announcing shortly a large seed round and is one of the bets we are making through Tau Ventures, an AI-first seed fund in Silicon Valley. The company was incubated at MIT...
Workplace Must Support Mental Health
Rather than a benefit, a job might be hazardous to your mental health. That’s the proposition consultant, psychiatrist and mental health advocate Chitayi Murabula, along with food blogger, nature addict and psychologist Tayyiba Sheriff,...
Alma-Ata Declaration of ’Health for all’: A generation old quest with trivial conquest
Health is the most precious asset of every human being, as we all endure the right to live in a full state of bodily, mental, social harmony without the pain and suffering. But, as...
Medico-legal Perils of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning
Technology is advancing at an alarming rate, as its footprints can be amenably noticed within the healthcare domain. The overpowering ambivalence of technology among the physician community is consequently self-explanatory. In contrast to the...
National Institute of Health Wants Your Blood, Urine and “Data”- What is Next?
In a recent publication, National Institute of Health (NIH) announced launching an initiative called “All of Us program”. This highlights the first of a kind move by the institution towards the personalization of medicine....
Doctors Prescribe Apps for Patient Connections
Mobile apps connect healthcare providers with patients in ways users increasingly use and understand. Widespread use of apps also opens the door to widespread privacy violations. Physicians must be extra cautious. Dr. Narciso Tapia is...
Life Sciences Logistics: What’s Driving the Deals?
The healthcare logistics market is booming. On July 15, healthcare logistics powerhouse Marken announced three acquisitions. Austria-based HETO, Hungary-based Der Kurier, and Italy-based HRTL all agreed to sell. Marken, in turn, was previously acquired by...
Medical Societies and their Flop of a Century-Old Quest
We are living the paradox of a concept meant to create societies, licensing authorities and associations. The forms of organizational unions which were developed to bring citizens from every professional background together into one safe-haven,...
Stark’s law, corporate safe-harbor in contradiction of impartiality to physician decree
Bribery and its formalized version; the kickback practice under the current definition is undoubtedly among the most unethical live out ever been committed by humankind. It will probably stay that way for generations to...
U.S. Endorsed Screening for Illicit Drug Use – A Hasty Move with Feeble Import
Screening for illicit drug use; endorsement of the U.S. preventive services task force: merit of staggering data security— A hasty move with probable feeble import The investigation of a medical problem with a methodical survey,...
Big Money and Cutting Edge Technology: How Investment in AI/ML Will Revolutionize The Healthcare...
Among remarkable developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) over the last couple of years is an increase in startups that have attracted massive funding and backing from some of the world’s...
Telemedicine prescribes cure for distant connections
Telemedicine embodies modern-day risk-reward for personal data. It holds the promise of greater personal contact where healthcare providers are scarce. Yet, mobile health encounters daily threats from hackers or simple mishandling of personally identifiable...
The future of healthcare is being shaped by a Big Tech invasion
Last decade has seen a massive digital disruption across all sectors of the global economy and the Health sector is now poised for major disruption. The digitization of the economy has been brought about...
