Welcome to the 222 new techies who have joined us since last Friday. If you haven’t already, subscribe and join our community in receiving weekly tech insights, updates, and interviews with industry experts straight to your inbox. This week we’re quoting Dr. Istvan Petak, MD, PhD (Founder and
AI is changing the way physicians treat patients, speeding up pathology detection and treatment times, and offering more choices for patients, doctors, and healthcare operators. In 2021, a study by health insurer Optum found that 85% of the healthcare executives they surveyed already had an AI strategy. The global AI
The beating heart of future health tech Genomics, wearables, assistive tech and digitised patient services: healthcare is transforming at pace, and key industry players are looking at an optimistic future. At #LEAP22 Asad Khan (Managing Director – Technology, Health and Public Service Lead at Accenture) sat down with Pranav Vempati (CEO
Telehealth has grown a lot since early 2020. While early pandemic uptake of digital solutions could have dropped off, a 2021 report by McKinsey found that telehealth digital healthcare adoption has remained strong, as a result of improved consumer perception and robust investments into the space. So much so that
Richard Vincent (CEO and Co-Founder at Fundamental VR) wanted to explore useful ways to integrate technology into the medical sector. At #LEAP22, he pointed out that the process of learning a surgical procedure hasn’t really changed in over a hundred years: “it still involves practising on humans. And there’
“There are still untapped opportunities that we can leverage using today’s technology, to take us to the total level to generate a digitised era.” These words from Mohammed Al Barrak (CTO at Jahez) at #LEAP22 have instigated an ongoing game here at LEAP. We’re analysing every task we
For many years now, companies have been migrating to the cloud intending to harvest its many advantages. That led to the fast growth of cloud computing ballooning up from $90bn in 2015 to upwards of $312bn in 2020, according to Statista. But in the meanwhile, edge computing has been steadily
The era of data-driven healthcare is upon us. The convergence of advanced medical knowledge, technology and data science is revolutionizing patient care leading to the next evolution in healthcare, precision medicine. Most existing medical treatments have been designed for the “average patient.” As a result of this “one-size-fits-all” model, treatments
Even though technology transformed every aspect of our lives, the path of tech in healthcare was not easy. The whole healthcare industry is heavily regulated and has a lot of red tape, lengthening the journey from innovation to reality. Current healthcare systems heavily rely on technology. According to Global Market
