All posts by Gloria Cho
Salesforce: Philanthropy for the Common Goo...
Salesforce’s philanthropic model is a 1-1-1, where they donate 1% of their time, 1% of their equity, and 1% of their product to organizations that
Tonic Health: Making Patient Data Collectio...
Your doctor’s office still handing you a paper form on a clipboard? No way! Tell ’em to check out Tonic Health. CEO of Tonic Health,
Elsevier: Customizing Medical Content for D...
Elsevier uses the approach to customize evidence-based medicine targeted towards docs, nurse practitioners, nurses, and patients. Clinical Decision Support (CDS) is all about the right
Extending Emergency Care Beyond the ER
The hope is that they take their meds, follow the discharge instructions, get follow-ups, and, most important, get better along the trajectory expected by the
Harnessing the Wisdom of Crowds to Solve To...
On average CrowdMed patients have been ill for 8 years, have seen 8 doctors and have cost $60,000 Jared Heyman is the Founder and CEO
Genia Technologies: Democratizing Gene Sequ...
Smaller, lower cost units will allow DNA sequencing to be decentralized and democratized, making it affordable for patients everywhere Allison Ballmer, Director of International Business
Qualcomm Life & Chronic Illness Manage...
Qualcomm Life is building the underlying digital health infrastructure that enables healthcare companies to focus on delivering care instead of developing technology. Rick Valencia, SVP and General Manager
Managing Mental Health with the Big White W...
“Having a tough time? Feeling down or stressed? Start feeling better now.” According to their website, over 90% of members feel better after using Big White
mHealth in Croatia: An Interview with the ...
mHealth in Croatia is being used to improve health care access in rural areas and on isolated islands. Sin Varga, the Croatian Minister of Health, joins
Docs, You Can Solve “Daily RoundsR...
Daily Rounds collects clinical cases from medical schools & individual docs so physicians can learn from case studies via their mobile phone Deepu Sebin, MD,
Prompt Outreach: Solving for Simple Between...
Prompt Outreach will offer clinicians a simple way to outreach to patients via a variety of means (emails, SMS texts, telephony, web services and PDF
Exponential Medicine: Exploring the Cutting...
When Daniel Kraft talks as fast as he thinks, the rest of us have to hold on tight to just to keep up! Daniel Kraft joined
SingFit: Leveraging Technology to Scale Mus...
Getting a Whole Brain Workout with Music Andy Tubman, music therapist, joined Pat Salber () at HealthTech Conference 2014 in San Francisco to discuss how he wants
AccelDx pScreen: A New Way to Monitor Heart...
AccelDx’s new microfluidic platform, the pScreen allows home testing of biomarker BNP for monitoring of heart failure Alberto Gandini, PhD, MBA, Co-founder and CEO of
Doctella: Patient Centered, Patient Safety ...
Safety checklists – airline pilots use them, doctors and care teams use them, and now Doctella is making sure that patients and their families can use
i-Human Patients Hones Diagnostic Skills Vi...
Medical diagnosis is a “learn by doing” skill. In medical school, we are taught how to acquire the data we need from patient’s history, physical
Danny Sands, MD Shares Some Great Ideas In ...
The unifying theme of the Society for Participatory Medicine’s founding member, Danny Sands, is meaningful patient and family engagement. Pat Salber () caught up with Danny Sands, MD,
Gain Fitness: Digital Personal Training
GAIN Fitness merges the worlds of fitness apps, wearables, and personal training to make it easy for everyone to access a personal trainer Gain Fitness’
Manage your Vitals Beautifully with iHealth...
As more and more aggregators of health tracking devices vie to gain traction in the marketplace, it will be interesting to see which digital health apps
HealthXL – Matchmaking Young Companie...
HealthXL is beyond an accelerator. Their sweet spot is linking young companies – particularly those with fully developed products and revenue with large, multi-national Strategics
Myontec: Intelligent Shorts to Improve Your...
Finnish company, Myontec, makes workout shorts that are embedded with sensors that can pick up muscle activity in the hams and quads. By training with
Tough Conversation Coming Up? Kognito Can ...
Kognito uses its virtual human technologies and its science-driven approach to create simulations of real conversations. I had the chance to speak with Ron Goldman
Sensoria: Weaving Sensors into the Fabric o...
Sensoria’s first products are for runners. Their smart sock “are infused” with proprietary 100% textile sensors. When combined with an electronic anklet and their mobile
Better than Google Glass? Atheer Air is 2-E...
The Atheer AiR Smart Glasses are a big WOW! Like Google Glass, these devices put the virtual stuff you want to see right in front
This Glucometer is Yofi & That’s...
Yofi is Hebrew for fantastic, beautiful, wonderful, great. And, according to Gad Shaanan, the CEO of YofiMeters, their new glucometer is just that. Not only
Do Docs & Patients See Eye-to-Eye? An ...
Eric Topol, MD, Chief Academic Officer of Scripps Health, Editor-in-Chief of Medscape, and author of the “bible” of digital health, “The Creative Destruction of Medicine”
Zephyr Health: Combining Disparate Data for...
Pat Salber, MD, interviews Sven Junkergård, the CTO for Zephyr Health, an innovative big data company. Watch the video to learn how Zephyr Health is
Giving GeriJoy to Loved Ones with Dementia
“Harnessing the global supply of human compassion, intelligence and care to enable families to provide loved ones with very cost effective company and supervision when
Cyrcadia Health: A Wearable, Social Breast ...
In this interview with Rob Royea, the CEO of Cyrcadia Health (formerly known as First Warning Systems) we are introduced to the company’s novel approach