This week in #Health #Tech #Design - Issue #37

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Calamine Design

This Week in #Health #Tech #Design by @CalamineDesign - Daylighting the most intriguing news, tools and resources for startups and product designers in healthcare.

This week, Apple has a skunkworks project in bioelectronics, patients are now part of the “gig” economy and everyone in healthcare is interested in blockchain, but just so happens one of our clients is leading the way.

Healthcare tech is changing by leaps and bounds and while hospital systems may be slow to adapt, I have complete confidence that consumers will be adapting far faster. If you’ve ever sat down with me for more than 2 minutes, you know how I look at healthcare companies. You’re either innovating outside hospital walls or you’re not. That may sound harsh to my health system friends, but please, convince me otherwise.

So here’s to the innovators, changing healthcare from the outside in.

#OutsideTheWalls

Apple Hires Secret Team for Treating Diabetes

www.reuters.com – Share

A team of biomedical engineers + sensors to treat diabetes = Apple, doubling down in healthcare to tackle one of the largest health epidemics we face in this country.

Healthcare’s Untapped Workforce

tincture.io – Share

Ever heard of Patient Leaders or Patient Experts? WEGO Health is aiming to make freelancers out of these professional patients.

Old Ways of Thinking Won’t Work for Blockchain, Experts Say

www.healthcareitnews.com – Share

Among those experts, Healthcoin (a client we are proud to be working with) is incentivizing patients to build up their health data equity. Signaling true innovation around blockchain technology in healthcare.

Adapting To Consumerism In Healthcare

rockhealth.com – Share

So if healthcare is adapting to consumer needs, who better to discuss what that future looks like than Helix’s Robin Thurston and Validic’s Drew Schiller.

#BeforeWeGo