Will M2M & Mobility Become Health Care Game Changers?

| Health Care, Technology

International Data Group forecasts that there will be 20 billion wirelessly connected devices by 2020. Today, there are 7 billion people on our planet and 5 billion cell phones. How will this be possible? Answer: M2M M2M is machine-to-machine technology. In the 1990’s it enabled high-frequency trading, and some hedge fund managers became billionaires. Things …

Telehealth Trends Put Consumers in Control

| Health Care, Technology

The US is the unquestioned technology leader in complex medical devices, advanced patient care, and pharmaceuticals research. It is ironic that the more we innovate with medicine, the more expensive our healthcare system becomes. Increasingly, the sickest 10% of our population consumes the lion’s share of our total healthcare expenditures – estimated by some at …

Misfit Wearables Sparks a New Revolution

| Health Care, Technology

Thirty years ago, I was recruited to Silicon Valley in the early days of the PC revolution – a heady experience. Now I am getting the chance to be in on the ground floor of what many expect will be an even bigger revolution: How technology innovation can help save the $2.6 billion healthcare industry …