5 Trends for a Thriving Internet of Healthy Things

Joseph Kvedar, MD

Automating Healthcare

Trend 1: sensors that give insight

Muse and Spire Interact

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Trend 2: easier capture of patient-generated data

What’s needed: frictionless data capture

Trend 3: Pharma moving towards digital therapeutics

What’s needed: break the business model

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Trend 4: Big Data to Artificial Intelligence

But…Doctors are afraid of AI

Amazon Echo IBM Watson Health Lumiata

1300 MDs surveyedTop concern, make it better for me!

80% worried about liability

Privacy/securityEMR integrationReimbursement

45% are enthusiastic

12% have adopted