Insurify, a startup out of MIT, today announced the launch of Evia (Expert Virtual Insurance Agent), an artificially intelligent virtual insurance agent that aims to find you better car insurance using a photo of your license plate....
The new software aims to help researchers, molecular pathologists and clinicians work together more easily to improve care. Oracle has debuted its Healthcare Precision Medicine software, doubling its efforts in an area that may be the next revolution in drug development and healthcare. Healthcare Precision Medicine is...
With all the startups using the internet to transform traditional industries, it’s a bit of a wonder why no one has taken on the internet itself. Broadband service is an expensive business to run, with steadily increasing rates thanks to our growing need for binge-worthy...
When I asked Alexa earlier this week who was playing in the Super Bowl, she responded, somewhat monotonously, “Super Bowl 49’s winner is New England Patriots.” “Come on, that’s last year’s Super Bowl,” I said. “Even I can do better than that.” At the time, I was...
The role of a prognosticator is to accurately predict the future. Although many have tried to predict the trend of the stock market, an imminent earthquake, or even the end of the world, soothsayers rarely get their predictions correct. That said, they are very grateful that...
It’s not possible to resolve political debates such as “Should we raise taxes to revitalize our aging transportation infrastructure?” without first achieving consensus on the role of government. The role debate, at least in my mind, is far less divisive than “how.” So, as we...
While vendors need to fix some issues, liability expert Trish Lugtu says healthcare organizations are responsible, too. While electronic health records have been shown to improve patient health, safety and care coordination in many ways, what is less documented is how EHRs can also cause...
Autonomous weapons experts sounded the alarm last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, cautioning that unless governments act to limit these weapons’ risks, it may be too late. Autonomous weapons haven’t surfaced in the mainstream but loom on the horizon as the technology...
The last thing Alphabet needs, as it tries to pivot investor focus from the EU’s impending ruling that its core search business is an abusive monopoly to Alphabet’s PR-candy, “moon shot” businesses, was public disclosure of Android summary financials that undercut Google’s spin that...
Bringing HIE to underserved communities proved that rural areas can benefit from telemedicine and other innovations, director says. The path of destruction in the Gulf Coast states wrought more than a decade ago by Hurricane Katrina also resulted in unforeseen benefits for healthcare providers in the...