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Making biomedical data computable

Vik Nagjee is the vice president of product at nference [Photo courtesy of nference]

Cloud computing can power quantum leaps in human health.

Vik Nagjee, nference

A state-of-the art platform that supports real world evidence (RWE) and health economics and outcomes research can enable breakthroughs at an unprecedented scale.

This is achieved by making the de-identified, transformed information contained within the electronic medical record (EMR) available for data science and analysis at the aggregate and patient level. Add multi-modal data sources such as imaging and electrocardiograms as well as novel data assets like digital pathology and omics data to enrich the EMR data to provide a truly longitudinal view of the patient, and you have the beginnings of a world-class platform.

The keys are privacy preservation, harnessing longitudinal data, data enrichment and a data science platform.

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Google unveils AI-powered Care Studio Conditions to make sense of patient records

Google Health’s new Care Studio feature, Conditions [Screenshot courtesy of Google]Google Health previewed a new Care Studio feature called Conditions to make electronic health records more accessible and useful for clinicians treating patients.

Powered by artificial intelligence, Conditions can interpret and organize clinical notes stored across different systems for different purposes by different health care professionals.

‘When it comes to writing notes, clinicians use different abbreviations or acronyms depending on their personal preference, what health system they’re a part of, their region and other factors.” Paul Muret VP and GM of Google Health’s Care Studio, wrote yesterday in a blog post. “All of this has made it difficult to synthesize clinical data — until now.”

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Three GE Healthcare leaders outline their vision for AI and the cloud in medtech

GE Healthcare Life Care Solutions Chief Technology Officer Roshy Francis [Photo courtesy of GE Healthcare]Set to spin off from parent company GE (NYSE:GE) next year, GE Healthcare leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to help providers improve efficiency, patient outcomes and access to care.

The medtech giant’s offerings include AI-based imaging applications and its Edison Health Services platform.

As part of the Medical Design & Outsourcing cloud conversation series with medtech innovators and leaders, three leaders from GE Healthcare — Life Care Solutions Chief Technology Officer Roshy Francis, SVP and Imaging Solutions GM Rekha Ranganathan and VP and Edison AI and Platform GM Vignesh Shetty — offered their vision for the cloud-enabled future of healthcare.

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Three GE Healthcare leaders outline their vision for AI and the cloud in medtech

GE Healthcare Life Care Solutions Chief Technology Officer Roshy Francis [Photo courtesy of GE Healthcare]

Set to spin off from parent company GE (NYSE:GE) next year, GE Healthcare leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to help providers improve efficiency, patient outcomes and access to care with its AI-based imaging applications and Edison Health Services platform.

As part of the Medical Design & Outsourcing cloud conversation series with medtech innovators and leaders, three leaders from GE Healthcare — Life Care Solutions Chief Technology Officer Roshy Francis, SVP and Imaging Solutions GM Rekha Ranganathan and VP and Edison AI and Platform GM Vignesh Shetty — offered their vision for the cloud-enabled future of healthcare.

This conversation has been edited for space and clarity.

MDO: What are some surprising and inspirational examples of what cloud computing enables with regard to medical…

Designing a life-saving device on the cloud

Delta Development’s Autonomous Portable Refrigeration Unit, or APRU [Photo courtesy of Delta Development]

In its quest to build a better blood and vaccine cooler, Delta Development designed its Autonomous Portable Refrigeration Unit (APRU) over the cloud.

Instead of ice-packed coolers like the kind you might take on a camping trip, Tucson, Arizona-based Delta Development’s APRU refrigerates fresh whole blood and vaccines with a built-in battery that lasts for days on a single charge. The APRU also constantly monitors the temperature and can withstand outdoor elements such as water and ice, dust, UV rays and extreme temperatures.

Delta Development Chief Technology Officer Robert Futch [Photo courtesy of Delta Development]

As part of the Medical Design & Outsourcing cloud conversation series with medtech innovators and leaders, Delta…

How the cloud tools behind Google Maps and Photos can advance medtech

Alissa Hsu Lynch is Google Cloud’s global lead for medtech strategy and solutions. [Photo courtesy of Google]Alissa Hsu Lynch leads medtech strategy and solutions at Google Cloud, previously serving in executive roles at Johnson & Johnson and Bausch Health.

As part of Medical Design & Outsourcing‘s ongoing series of conversations about the cloud’s contributions to the medical device industry and its future, Lynch offered her perspective from the Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) subsidiary’s cloud-computing business. The following exchange has been edited for clarity and length.

Get the full story at Medical Design & Outsourcing.

How the cloud tools behind Google Maps and Photos can advance medtech

Alissa Hsu Lynch is Google Cloud’s global lead for medtech strategy and solutions. [Photo courtesy of Google]

Alissa Hsu Lynch leads medtech strategy and solutions at Google Cloud, previously serving in executive roles at Johnson & Johnson and Bausch Health.

As part of Medical Design & Outsourcing‘s ongoing series of conversations about the cloud’s contributions to the medical device industry and its future, Lynch offered her perspective from the Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) subsidiary’s cloud-computing business. The following exchange has been edited for clarity and length.

MDO: What are some surprising and inspirational examples of what cloud computing enables with regard to medical device/drug development, manufacturing and capabilities/performance?

LYNCH: First is using data and artificial intelligence (AI) to quickly respond to emerging crises. COVID-19 accelerated …

Microsoft CMO: Using the cloud to improve medtech design, manufacturing and care

Dr. David Rhew is Microsoft’s global chief medical officer and VP of healthcare. [Photo courtesy of Microsoft]Dr. David Rhew, Microsoft’s global chief medical officer and VP of healthcare, has been studying how technology can improve health outcomes for nearly three decades.

His focus has long been on access to care, quality of care, patient safety, improving experiences for patients and providers, and finding ways to improve the overall efficiency of care.

He was previously CMO at Samsung and Zynx Health before that. But his role at Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) — one of the world’s cloud-computing leaders — offers his best opportunity yet to shape the future of medtech.

Rhew spoke with Medical Design & Outsourcing as part of an ongoing series of conversations about cloud computing’s contributions to medtech and the potential ahead.

Get the full story at Medical Design & Outsourcing.

Microsoft CMO: Using the cloud to improve medtech design, manufacturing and care

David Rhew is Microsoft’s global chief medical officer and VP of healthcare. [Photo courtesy of Microsoft]

Dr. David Rhew, Microsoft’s global chief medical officer and VP of healthcare, has been studying how technology can improve health outcomes for nearly three decades.

His focus has long been on access to care, quality of care, patient safety, improving experiences for patients and providers, and finding ways to improve the overall efficiency of care.

He was previously CMO at Samsung and Zynx Health before that. But his role at Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) — one of the world’s cloud-computing leaders — offers his best opportunity yet to shape the future of medtech.

Rhew spoke with Medical Design & Outsourcing as part of an ongoing series of conversations about cloud computing’s contributions to medtech and the potential ahead. The discussion that f…

Philips is betting big on the cloud; two leaders discuss the connected future

Christine Storm, Virtual Care Solutions business category leader at Philips [Photo courtesy of Philips]Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHIA) bet big on the cloud in 2021, buying Capsule Technologies for $635 million to integrate Capsule’s medical device integration and data technologies with Philips’ cloud-based digital health platform.

The Philips Capsule Medical Device Information Platform (MDIP) can now integrate with more than 1,000 unique types of medical devices, the Dutch medtech giant said in October.

To help understand what’s possible in medtech with the cloud, Medical Design & Outsourcing asked two leaders at Philips — Virtual Care Solutions Business Category Leader Christine Storm and Informatics Transformational Programs Leader Bas Kuppens — to offer their perspectives.

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Imagining the future of cloud-connected medical devices with Johnson & Johnson leaders

Johnson & Johnson Office of Digital Innovation Leader Peter Schulam [Photo courtesy of Johnson & Johnson]Cloud-connected medical devices already collect and analyze data, talk to each other and use artificial intelligence to improve patient care, but how much more might be possible in the not-so-distant future? Surgery simulations? Smart ambulances? Full-body scanners? One-click healthcare?

I’ve been exploring that question for an upcoming edition of Medical Design & Outsourcing magazine — and asked two leaders in the Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) medical device business to put their imagination to work as they embark on a cloud partnership with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). This second part of the conversation (read the first part here) also discusses the regulatory aspect of cloud-connected medical devices and how the medtech industry can keep advancing the technology.

Johnson & Johnson Group CIO and Global Vice President of Medical Devices Larry Jone…

Imagining the future of cloud-connected medical devices with Johnson & Johnson leaders

Johnson & Johnson Office of Digital Innovation Leader Peter Schulam [Photo courtesy of Johnson & Johnson ]

Cloud-connected medical devices already collect and analyze data, talk to each other and use artificial intelligence to improve patient care, but how much more might be possible in the not-so-distant future? Surgery simulations? Smart ambulances? Full-body scanners? One-click healthcare?

I’ve been exploring that question for an upcoming edition of Medical Design & Outsourcing magazine, and asked two leaders in the Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) medical device business to put their imagination to work as they embark on a cloud partnership with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). This second part of the conversation (read the first part here) also discusses the regulatory aspect of cloud-connected medical devices and how the medtech industry can keep advancing the technology.

This conversatio…