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The Fourth Wave: Digital Health Update ⋅ Paul Sonnier ⋅ May 30, 2018 ⋅ #328
Announcement to 63,131 Digital Health Group Members
Dear Group,
The latest issue of my newsletter features the following:
– WHO gets digital health in a very big way (That’s ‘WHO’ as in the World Health Organization)
– The TODAY Show’s new series ‘Your Health’ looks into the future of medicine being trialed at the Mount Sinai Institute for Next Generation Healthcare’s Lab100 clinic
– The FDA has cleared an AI tool that makes orthopedic hand surgeons perform better at spotting fractures
– A jury awarded Apple $539M in damages… Samsung must pay for infringing iPhone design patents
– Researchers crammed millions of genetically engineered glowing bacteria inside a swallowable capsule containing a microchip and wireless radio that they hope can be used to diagnose stomach bleeds
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The Fourth Wave: Digital Health Newsletter for May 28
WHO gets Digital Health…
Add the World Health Organization (WHO) to the list of organizations using the term digital health. Delegates at the WHO’s 71st World Health Assembly agreed on a Digital Health resolution (pdf) and issued a press release stating: “Recognizing the potential of digital technologies to play a major role in improving public health, delegates agreed on a resolution on digital health. The resolution urges Member States to prioritize the development and greater use of digital technologies in health as a means of promoting Universal Health Coverage and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals. It requests that WHO develop a global strategy on digital health and supports the scale-up of these technologies in countries by providing technical assistance and normative guidance, monitoring trends and promoting best practices to improve access to health services. The resolution also asks Member States to identify priority areas in which they would benefit from WHO assistance, such as implementation, evaluation and scale up of digital health services and applications, data security, ethical and legal issues. Examples of existing digital health technologies include systems that track disease outbreaks by using “crowdsourcing” or community reporting; and mobile phone text messages for positive behaviour change for prevention and management of diseases like diabetes.””
As Clayton Hamilton, eHealth Regional Focal Point for the European Region at WHO writes: “The resolution has the potential to improve millions of lives. In the pursuit of achieving universal health coverage, digital health can extend the scope, transparency and accessibility of health services, widen the population base capable of accessing these services, facilitate training of the health workforce and offer massive efficiency gains in the performance of health systems. This equates to millions more receiving affordable timely, quality healthcare. The challenge in the immediate future will focus on how we can work together to accelerate progress — and to do so in a way that draws upon existing efforts and is meaningful to all countries, irrespective of where they currently lie on the digital health adoption curve. ”
In the inaugural episode of the TODAY Show’s new series ‘Your Health’, host Savannah Guthrieexperiences New York-based Mount Sinai Institute for Next Generation Healthcare‘s new Lab100, which TODAY describes as “a place that promises to revolutionize medical diagnostics.” In the relatively short video segment (just over 4 minutes long), Savannah is guided through the patient intake process by medical director Dr. David Stark. The Clinic’s website provides additional insights into their mission and efforts.
AI
The FDA has cleared Imagen Tech‘s OsteoDetect AI tool, which is used to help identify bone fractures in x-rays. Two studies have shown that the system helped make orthopedic hand surgeons perform better at spotting fractures.
In Christopher Mims’ WSJ piece The AI Doctor Will See You Now, he takes a look at AI being used in the doctor’s office to help identify disease, monitor heart activity, and stave off seizures. One of the devices featured is an implantable neurostimulation device made by NeuroPace.
Bloomberg’s Ashlee Vance writes that Apple and Its Rivals Bet Their Futures on These Men’s Dreams. People interviewed/quoted include the godfathers and gadflies of AI (going back to WWII). Plus, of course, Justin Trudeau.
Forbes’ Matthew Herper did a write-up on Freenome which, unlike other cancer blood diagnostic efforts (that mostly look for circulating DNA from tumors), uses AI to identify chemicals present in blood that may indicate the presence of a tumor, in this case colon cancer.
Freenome also tweeted: “We’re conducting the first #AIgenomics clinical study in a screening population for #colorectalcancer and ramping up for commercialization #cancerscreening #AI #genomics”.
Here is the press release: Freenome is Conducting the First Clinical Validation Study of an AI-Genomics Blood Test – and Ramps Up Commercial Hiring
LIVING AND SOCIETY
Cat Ferguson writes in The Verge that many popular Facebook groups focused on addiction support are filled with marketers, who prey on vulnerable people looking for help. A primary driver of this behavior is that many people have insurance coverage for themselves and family members, which is the revenue opportunity service providers rely upon to run their businesses.
A story that began in 2015, when a cargo ship caught fire and resulted in damage to automobiles totalling $45M and an ongoing legal battle between BMW, Ford, and the U.S. Department of Justice, highlights the property and human safety benefits of using digital notifications to reach owners of recalled vehicles.
In a new study of 6,000 smokers published in the New England Journal of Medicine, electronic cigarettes were shown to work no better than traditional smoking cessation tools. However, it turns out that paying people to quit did work better at helping them to kick the habit.
According to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Amazon is selling police departments a real-time facial recognition system that taps into police body cameras and municipal surveillance systems, thereby allowing police to compare mug shot photos against real-time footage. The ACLU reportedly has concerns about the impact this type of automated mass surveillance will have on civil liberties and civil rights, stating: “People should be free to walk down the street without being watched by the government.”
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is investigatingGoogle as a reslut of Oracle accusing the company of secretly tracking users of Android smartphones. Google’s mobile software system allegedly tells Google where users are located, even if they turn off location services. Moreover, it also tracks user locations even if a SIM card is not installed in the device. Oracle also claims that Android devices send Google information on people’s Internet searches and web surfing.
As with many consumer technologies, the porn industry can drive a laggard innovation to scale much faster…
Pornhub (one of the top 50 sites by traffic in the world) has launched its own VPN called VPNHub. It’s free to use on iPhone or Android, but requires a monthly subscription fee to use it on a desktop OS. A VPN is a virtual private network which masks your computer’s IP address, allowing you to browse the Internet without entities like your ISP (internet service provider) knowing what sites you are visiting.
While Facebook doesn’t allow pornographic videos in the store for its $200 Oculus Go VR headset, the adult industry has high hopes for using the device to boost revenue. According to Xavi Clos, head of production at adult entertainment company BaDoinkVR: “We expect it to serve as a major gateway to our content. Facebook has emerged as an unexpected ally in the VR porn business. The Oculus Go is the perfect porn device.”
LITIGATION
In a unanimous decision, a jury has decided on the amount of financial damages Samsung must pay Apple for infringing iPhone design patents. The company must pay $539M to Apple, which published a statement saying: “Apple ignited the smartphone revolution with iPhone and it is a fact that Samsung blatantly copied our design. It is important that we continue to protect the hard work and innovation of so many people at Apple.”
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
While Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and others work on implantable brain-computer interfaces (BCI), a startup called Nuro has developed non-invasive software that can control your computer with just your brain. The system works by translating brainwaves into commands that can be used to control an app or device.
MIT researchers crammed millions ofgenetically engineered glowing bacteria inside a swallowable AAA-battery-sized capsule that they hope can be used to diagnose stomach bleeds. Phototransistors send the results to a microprocessor, which then wirelessly transmits the data to an Android app.
FUNDING AND M&A
Owkin, an AI startup that uses machine learning to augment medical and biology research has received around $7M in funding from GV. Its proprietary platform, OWKIN Socrates, uses machine learning technology to integrate biomedical images, genomics, and clinical data in an effort to discover biomarkers and the mechanisms of diseases as well as therapy outcomes.
GRAIL has announces a new $300M round of funding. The company, which hopes to detect cancer early enough to be easily cured, has raised over $1.5B since 2016, prompting a twitter conversation between Antonio Regalado, Matthew Herper, and others speculating on the valuation of what is still a research stage company.
Honor has raised $50M to expand its service providing support to caregivers in clients’ homes. According to company president Nita Sommers: “We’re taking our technology and operational capabilities and making it available to select partners. We are going to companies and providing our technology to them for workforce management and recruiting.”
Luma Health, which provides an automated doctor/patient messaging and appointment reminder service, has raised $6.3M. The startup’s Care Pathway Messaging platform uses automated bots to guide patients to take actions based on information gathered from millions of other patient interactions.
GENOMICS
Writing in The Conversation, Martin Schiller, Executive Director of the Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas asks: A clinical trial wants your DNA – what should you do? Schiller is referring to the All of Usstudy, which started enrolling participants on May 6, which he states “will be one of the largest ever examining the connection between genetics, behavior and medical outcomes, with a goal of 1 million or more participants. Anyone over the age of 18 in the U.S. can join.”
I found the above via Eric Dishman, Director of the All of Us Research Program, who tweeted: “Since privacy concerns about genetic data is in the news, I wanted to share Dr. Schiller’s thoughtful blog on @AllofUsResearch & your privacy. Will add: we’re doing genotyping+whole genome sequencing & participants will have access to their genetic data.”
Writing in The Atlantic, Sarah Elizabeth Richards asks: Can Genetic Counselors Keep Up With 23andMe? As Richards states: “The rise of spit kits is leaving consumers with lots of data and few answers. Genetic counselors could help people understand these results, but there aren’t enough of them to go around. The way genetic counseling has worked for decades is that doctors refer patients to genetic counselors after testing—and often before to go over expectations—and insurance typically covers the visits. With the arrival of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing like 23andMe, however, people can order so-called spit kits online, return their saliva sample in the mail, and read their results at home several weeks later. Because DTC patients are out of the referral pipeline, they may be on the hook financially for genetic-counseling visits to translate those often confusing and scary results, or left trying to decipher them on their own.”
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