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Digital health: the future for medicine?

26-Feb-2016

Key points from article :

Summary of presentations at Recent Developments in Digital Health 2016 event at the Royal Society of Medicine, and how it has great potential to revolutionise healthcare.

AliveCor’s mobile ECG technology – allows patients to monitor their heart rate and potential palpitations.

Leman Micro Devices gamification of blood pressure measurement on a phone sensor.

Tim Ellis, NHS England, talks about privacy in his mission of a paper-free NHS at the point of care.

Professor Connolly outlined some barriers to real medical use or wearables.

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Alex Gluhak

Head of Technology IoT at the Digital Catapult.

Chris Elliott

Founder and CRO at Leman Micro Devices.

Mustafa Suleyman

Mustafa Suleyman CBE is a British entrepreneur, activist and, most notably, the co-founder and Head of Applied AI at DeepMind

NHS

UK National Health Service, publicly funded healthcare system in England

Tony Young

National Clinical Lead for Innovation at NHS England and Director of Medical Innovation

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