WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation
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R U ready to share purchase & fitness data to have #MachineLearning Predict Heart Disease & Diabetes?

R U ready to share purchase & fitness data to have #MachineLearning Predict Heart Disease & Diabetes? | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

In an ongoing effort with Boston-area hospitals, including the Boston Medical Center and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we found that we could predict hospitalizations due to these two chronic diseases about a year in advance with an accuracy rate of as much as 82%. This will give care providers the chance to intervene much earlier and head off hospitalizations.

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WHY IT MATTERS: would you allow an invasion of your privacy to improve your life expectancy? I assume most of us would say YES if assured that the information would remain secure and private. What technologies need to be put in place? Do we need government regulations to protect everyone equally? These are the real questions behind advances such as this one. Moreover are there solutions using blockchain technology to allow for this to become possible?

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First Mixed-Reality Surgical Holographic Navigation with Microsoft HoloLens for Spine Surgery

First Mixed-Reality Surgical Holographic Navigation with Microsoft HoloLens for Spine Surgery | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

Scopis Introduces the First Mixed-Reality Surgical Holographic Navigation Platform Integrating Microsoft HoloLens for Open and Minimally-Invasive Spine Surgery

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Looks like AR will be most powerful and useful in professional settings. This is a great example where surgeons get additional information to guide them during surgery without having to look up and away from their patient. Bravo!

Diane Dromgold's curator insight, May 8, 2017 6:47 PM

This looks like it will be really useful. I just love really clever people and what they can do.

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Only 7% of medical doctors allow patients to schedule their appointments online via @lapresse+

Only 7% of medical doctors allow patients to schedule their appointments online via @lapresse+ | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
À l’heure où de plus en plus de citoyens réservent leurs vacances en ligne et effectuent une foule de tâches par l'internet, il est temps que plus de médecins adoptent des systèmes de prise de rendez-vous électroniques dans leur clinique, estime Inforoute Santé du Canada. - « Actuellem
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In french, this study shows how far behind the medical profession is in Canada - from a digital standpoint. The study mentions benefits of online appointments. Then ask yourself if your doctor, your dentist, your garage, and all the other professionals that you visit on a regular basis provide online appointments.


So much to do....

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Real-life Solutions that can be developed with @Grok

Real-life Solutions that can be developed with @Grok | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
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This page presents some solutions that can be built on top of Grok, a new service that will be demonstrated in 2 days at the Amazon re:invent conference


I believe there are many more applications that those listed here. In Retail, for eCommerce prediction and fraud prevention. In Finance, for anomaly detection in the price of stocks or fasat changing data. Medical applications, weather applications, etc. etc.


For those like me that were impressed with the book "On Intelligence" and are fans of the theory behind "Singularity is near", then this feels like another small but major step in the direction of intelligent machines.

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