[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":346},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-from-theranos-to-google-glass-the-biggest-flops-in-digital-health":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":213,"relatedBooks":345},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":33,"project_category":54,"contact_email_category":55,"yst_prominent_words":56,"class_list":71,"better_featured_image":100,"acf":149,"yoast_meta":157,"_links":160},24961,"2019-10-02T16:05:02","2019-10-02T14:05:02",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=24961&_wpnonce=99b7ac55c3&status=auto-draft&type=post","2023-03-24T15:11:39","2023-03-24T14:11:39","from-theranos-to-google-glass-the-biggest-flops-in-digital-health","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffrom-theranos-to-google-glass-the-biggest-flops-in-digital-health",{"rendered":17},"From Theranos To Google Glass: The Biggest Flops In Digital Health",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2019. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The tech start-up scene, investors, and news-reading\naudiences reward great stories on the edge of human capabilities – sometimes\neven on the boundary of science and science fiction – with their attention,\nmoney, or invested energy. However, sometimes marketing machines are better\nthan actual technologies, and the ‘little bubbles’ around companies burst.\nHere, we collected the most promising digital health ideas and companies over\nthe years that proved to be the greatest flops in medical innovation so far. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘\u003Cstrong>Big little bubbles’ that turned into digital health failures\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Humans love great stories, especially stories that are\npushing the edge of the capabilities and knowledge of our species. When we hear\nnews about amazing achievements we like to think that’s already out there and\nan available reality for anyone. As in the case of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhealthcare-in-europe.com\u002Fen\u002Fnews\u002Fresearchers-build-brain-machine-interface-to-control-prosthetic-hand.html\">the research at the University of Houston where a team\ncreated an algorithm\u003C\u002Fa>\nthat allowed a man to grasp a bottle and other objects with a prosthetic hand, only\npowered by his thoughts. The sensationalist nature of media only fuels that: it\ntends to over-hype outstanding medical findings, creative healthcare solutions,\nand ephemeral experiments alike. Well, for 15 minutes, usually, as tomorrow\ncomes a new day with a brand-new sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>That doesn’t help when trying to stand on the ground\nof realities, not to mention how that creates the illusion that companies must\nget out there with more and more fantastic stories within the shortest amount\nof time possible. Not to mention the fact that investors also love great\nstories and prefer a promising return on their investment – potentially within\nthe shortest amount of time. In healthcare, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhy-dont-digital-health-investors-finance-tough-medical-issues\u002F\">an industry that has an aversion to change and where\nproduct development takes much more time than with regards to technology in\ngeneral\u003C\u002Fa>, that attitude\ncan become problematic. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>As investment has been pouring steadily into healthcare, especially \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthcaredive.com\u002Fnews\u002Fdigital-health-funding-soared-to-record-81b-last-year\u002F545598\u002F\">into the digital health market in the last years\u003C\u002Fa>, and more and more companies would want to get a fair share of the pie, that attitude turns into marketing machines with overhyped messages about what innovations can do and ‘little bubbles’ emerge around disruptive solutions that sound too good to be true. Here, we collected some examples about the most talked-about promises in digital health in the last years, which turned out to be the biggest ‘little bubbles’ in our industry: their technology couldn’t live up to the expectations, their management couldn’t solve the challenges, or both issues were present – so ultimately they failed\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FBubbles-Are-Bursting-512x288.png\" alt=\"digital health failures\" class=\"wp-image-24962\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FBubbles-Are-Bursting-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FBubbles-Are-Bursting-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FBubbles-Are-Bursting-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FBubbles-Are-Bursting-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FBubbles-Are-Bursting.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.medium.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1) \u003Cstrong>Theranos that shattered the dream about one-drop blood testing\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>The dream about home laboratories and the revolution of blood testing within reach was shattered by the ill-famed enterprise, Theranos, which had the best story in Silicon Valley for years.\u003C\u002Fstrong> The world’s youngest inventor, a Stanford-dropout at 19 who framed herself as the female Steve Jobs, promised to revolutionize the dormant blood-testing market through a one-drop blood-testing procedure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In 2014, the company made headlines by raising more than 700 million dollars of capital – today its online space only signifies the start of the insolvency proceeding. Four years ago, Theranos \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.businessinsider.com\u002Fthe-history-of-silicon-valley-unicorn-theranos-and-ceo-elizabeth-holmes-2018-5\">was evaluated at 9 billion dollars\u003C\u002Fa> and its founder and CEO, Elizabeth Holmes, was on the cover of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanityfair.com\u002Fnews\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Felizabeth-holmes-is-trying-to-start-a-new-company\">The New York Times Style Magazine, Forbes, Fortune, or Inc\u003C\u002Fa>., and made to the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.businessinsider.com\u002Fthe-silicon-valley-100-2015-1-100-2015-6\">lists of top executives\u003C\u002Fa>. Today, the press mainly reports about her pathological lying tendencies and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fcommentisfree\u002F2018\u002Fjun\u002F03\u002Ftheranos-elizabeth-holmes-media-emperors-new-startup\">how the FDA pulled the plug on Theranos\u003C\u002Fa>. The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Ftechnology\u002F2018\u002Fmar\u002F14\u002Ftheranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes-fraud-charge\">charged Holmes with “massive fraud”\u003C\u002Fa>, she was fined $500,000, lost voting control of Theranos, was banned from being an officer or director of any public company for 10 years, and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.businessinsider.com\u002Ftheranos-founder-ceo-elizabeth-holmes-life-story-bio-2018-4\">according to the latest news\u003C\u002Fa>, faces up to 20 years in prison. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Ftheranos-elizabeth-holmes-512x262.jpg\" alt=\"Theranos - Digital Health in 2016\" class=\"wp-image-14666\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Ftheranos-elizabeth-holmes-512x262.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Ftheranos-elizabeth-holmes-768x393.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Ftheranos-elizabeth-holmes-458x234.jpg 458w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Ftheranos-elizabeth-holmes.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.wsj.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2) \u003Cstrong>Google Glass that didn’t have a clue what it was for\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>A couple of years ago, Google Glass seemed to be the\nmost forward-looking technology of the tech titan, but it became an\nembarrassment. So much so that not only did Google stop selling it in January\n2015, but \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnet.com\u002Fnews\u002Fgoogle-glass-goes-dark-on-social-media\u002F\">a year later the company also erased all social media\nchannels\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong> dedicated to\nthe smart specs, once sold for 1,500 dollars\u003C\u002Fstrong>. What happened with the technology once hailed as the\nobject to revolutionize information processing and amalgamate glasses with\ntechnology?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>First of all, there was no consensus among the creators on what Google Glass should be used for or what problems it aims to solve. Without much input from the users, the product developers just assumed that \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedium.com\u002Fnyc-design\u002Fthe-assumptions-that-led-to-failures-of-google-glass-8b40a07cfa1e\">the Glass’ hype would compel users to believe in the product and use it accordingly\u003C\u002Fa>. Its two main functions allowed you to quickly take pictures or scroll through the internet, but with a two to three-hour battery life, there was no way the Google Glass could compete with faster processors and superior cameras that did not seem socially unacceptable to use and wear in public. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>The tech giant did not give up entirely on the device, though. They are trying much harder to figure out in which industries the augmented reality gadget could be useful. For example, dozens of studies came out analyzing how \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpubmed\u002F?term=Google+Glass\">healthcare could leverage on the Glass\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>. We also wrote about \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fearly-study-shows-google-glass-future-promise-treating-adhd-symptoms-autism-patients\u002F\">the promise of Empowered Brain, a Google Glass-powered educational augmented reality tool\u003C\u002Fa> that significantly decreased attention-deficit\u002Fhyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in autism patients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1197\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FGoogle-Glass.jpg\" alt=\"digital health failures\" class=\"wp-image-24963\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FGoogle-Glass.jpg 1197w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FGoogle-Glass-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FGoogle-Glass-512x342.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1197px) 100vw, 1197px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.kqed.org\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3) \u003Cstrong>Organovo that dreamed too big regarding bioprinting\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We had high expectations regarding \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.organovo.com\u002F\">Organovo\u003C\u002Fa>. The San Diego-based company was founded in 2007 by\nthe founders who are also behind \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.modernmeadow.com\">Modern Meadow\u003C\u002Fa>. It became the most well-known player \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-bioprinting-companies\u002F\">in the field of bioprinting\u003C\u002Fa>, actively developing a line of human tissues for use\nin medical research and drug discovery. These include both normal tissues and\nspecially designed disease models. They are also working on the development of\nspecific tissues for use in clinical patient care. In\n2014, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalxpress.com\u002Fnews\u002F2014-11-organovo-3d-printed-liver-tissue-drug.html\">they announced the successful printing of liver tissue\u003C\u002Fa>s that functioned as a real liver for weeks. A year\nlater, fully functional human kidney tubular tissues were generated with the\ncompany’s 3D bioprinter. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In December 2016, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002F3dprintingindustry.com\u002Fnews\u002Forganovo-3d-bioprinted-liver-tissue-make-fda-2019-101775\u002F\">pre-clinical trial data showed\u003C\u002Fa> that \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002F3dprintingindustry.com\u002Fnews\u002Fbioprinted-liver-tissue-generate-organ-level-responses-87096\u002F\">3D bioprinted liver tissue\u003C\u002Fa> had been successfully planted into lab-bred mice, and expectations were high about Organovo applying for FDA clearance within 3-5 years. \u003Cstrong>Even we expected them to bring their innovation forward, but instead, a couple of weeks ago, they announced that they are ‘\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.us8.list-manage.com\u002Ftrack\u002Fclick?u=5b42ebb547c75ff669a6572d3&id=9790ce1f2b&e=d647e4d78c\" target=\"_blank\">seeking strategic alternatives\u003C\u002Fa>‘ for their business as their liver tissue requires redevelopment. It turns out that bioprinting tissues represent such a huge technological challenge that Organovo couldn’t manifest in the last couple of years. The other issue might be regulation that’s lagging behind\u003C\u002Fstrong>. At the end of last year, the FDA announced it is \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fda.gov\u002Fnewsevents\u002Fnewsroom\u002Fpressannouncements\u002Fucm587547.htm\">reviewing the regulatory issues related to the bioprinting\u003C\u002Fa> of biological, cellular and tissue-based products to determine whether additional guidance is needed, although that would clearly be vital – not least from an investor’s point of view: as a ‘last resort’ to turn to for assurance that the technology is working.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Forganovo-bioprinting-512x238.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Health 2018\" class=\"wp-image-16935\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Forganovo-bioprinting-512x238.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Forganovo-bioprinting-768x357.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Forganovo-bioprinting-458x212.jpg 458w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Forganovo-bioprinting.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.organovo.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4) \u003Cstrong>SCiO, the food scanner that bit off more than it could chew\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Food scanners such as \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Ftellspec.com\u002F\">TellSpec\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.consumerphysics.com\u002F\">SCiO\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong> promised to solve the great puzzle of our modern\nlives: we have no idea what the food on our plate comes from. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, while the Canadian company, TellSpec managed to develop a sensor that today can test for a variety of foods, including fruit quality and control (Brix, Acidity, and Waste), Vitamin C in fruits, melamine in baby formula, and as part of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Feit.europa.eu\u002F\">European Institute of Innovation and Technology\u003C\u002Fa>, they created an app to detect fish quality and fraud, the Israeli start-up, SCiO, a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnocamels.com\u002F2019\u002F03\u002Fscio-kickstarter-darling-promises-molecular-sensor\u002F\">real Kickstarter sensation back in 2014\u003C\u002Fa>, sort of disappeared from the scene. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It is said to have developed a multifaceted sensor in order to identify the molecular content of foods, medicines, and even plants. The gadget is supposed to illuminate an object; optical sensors detect the reflected light, and the device analyzes it using an algorithm and a cloud-based database that is constantly updated. The company said that in milliseconds the ingredients and molecular make–up of the foodstuff would appear on the user’s smartphone. However, \u003Cstrong>Kickstarter backers who received their product in recent years \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftechcrunch.com\u002F2016\u002F09\u002F16\u002Fscio-the-pocket-sized-molecular-analyzer-is-making-everyone-angry\u002F\">did not exactly receive what the demo had promised\u003C\u002Fa>. After that, and a dispute with SCIO Health Analytics over the name, the company \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnocamels.com\u002F2019\u002F03\u002Fscio-kickstarter-darling-promises-molecular-sensor\u002F\">decided to shift from individual consumers to big companies\u003C\u002Fa> – although their website doesn’t reflect that clearly. Could that be a nice rescue move or just a cover for complete failure? \u003C\u002Fstrong>We don’t know yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FSCiO-512x341.png\" alt=\"digital health failures\" class=\"wp-image-24964\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FSCiO-512x341.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FSCiO-768x512.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FSCiO.png 1317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.consumerphysics.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5) \u003Cstrong>Scanadu Scout, the failed medical tricorder\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We have been waiting for the arrival of the medical tricorder since Dr. McCoy scanned a patient the first time in one of our favorite shows, Star Trek. When Scanadu Scout came out of the X Prize Foundation’s Qualcomm Tricorder competition, we were thrilled – and so was everyone else. It soon broke an \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.indiegogo.com\u002Fprojects\u002Fscanadu-scout\" target=\"_blank\">Indiegogo record\u003C\u002Fa>, raising more than $1.6 million in less than a month in 2014. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.scanadu.com\u002Fproducts\u002Fvitals\">Scanadu Scout\u003C\u002Fa>, a handheld sensor held against a patient’s forehead, promised to measure heart rate, breathing rate, blood oxygenation percentage, body temperature, while taking readings of blood pressure, ECG, and stress levels. The company said it was also working on Scanadu Urine for home use, which would have given users data about liver, kidney, urinary tract, and metabolic functions. However, \u003Cstrong>the FDA didn’t approve the medical device – which led to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.medgadget.com\u002F2017\u002F05\u002Frip-scanadu-scout.html\">its ultimate demise\u003C\u002Fa>. After the company ceased production of the device, in 2017, Scanadu also announced to its customers that it \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftechcrunch.com\u002F2016\u002F12\u002F13\u002Ffda-orders-scanadu-to-shut-down-support-for-its-scout-device-and-customers-are-mad\u002F\">no longer operates support for the gadget either\u003C\u002Fa>. Although the Scanadu died a premature death, the idea of the medical tricorder lives on – for example with the Viatom Checkme Pro device.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FScanadu-Scout-512x341.jpg\" alt=\"digital health failures\" class=\"wp-image-24965\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FScanadu-Scout-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FScanadu-Scout-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FScanadu-Scout.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.digitaltrends.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6) \u003Cstrong>Contact lenses for detecting blood sugar in glucose, the unfeasible project\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Back in 2014, Google \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fpatentbolt.com\u002F2014\u002F03\u002Fgoogle-takes-their-google-glass-vision-to-smart-contact-lenses.html\">submitted a patent\u003C\u002Fa> to the US Patent & Trademark Office that\ndescribed a digital, multi-sensor contact lens for also detecting blinking,\nwith benefits like turning the page of an e-book with a “blink of an eye”.\nLater, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGoogle_Contact_Lens\">more details\u003C\u002Fa> about the idea emerged, revealing a much more\ntransformative use for the contact lens – measuring blood glucose from tears.\nIt was one of the most groundbreaking, futuristic, and promising projects in\ndigital health.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, \u003Cstrong>in November 2018, it turned out irrevocably that the project for manufacturing these contact lenses had failed. Alphabet’s company, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2018-11-16\u002Falphabet-s-verily-halts-diabetes-detecting-contact-lens-project\">Verily Life Sciences halted one of its longest-running projects with this announcement\u003C\u002Fa>. The company said that the reason for shutting down the initiative was that it couldn’t get the experimental lens, which measures glucose in tears, to deliver assessments of blood glucose with enough consistency to be used as a medical device\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Although we somewhat expected the disappointing news as there was no word about the undertaking for months, we still had a pinch of hope around the research. All-in-all, the initiative proved to be too much science fiction to be realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F01\u002Fgoogle-smart-contact-lenses.jpg\" alt=\"Diabetes management\" class=\"wp-image-15735\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F01\u002Fgoogle-smart-contact-lenses.jpg 720w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F01\u002Fgoogle-smart-contact-lenses-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F01\u002Fgoogle-smart-contact-lenses-375x250.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.fortune.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7) \u003Cstrong>IBM Watson, an A.I. system with issues\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>For years, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ibm.com\u002Fwatson\u002Fhealth\u002F\">IBM Watson Health\u003C\u002Fa> has been hailed as the future big data savior of healthcare – and doctors were waiting for the wonder to happen\u003C\u002Fstrong>. A.I.-powered solutions, such as Watson for Oncology or Watson for Genomics were aimed at enhancing personalized medicine, medical imaging, cutting back on administration or helping medical facilities better leverage on data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, while the results\nof IBM Watson seemed to be great on paper, clinical evidence hasn’t followed so\nfar to underpin it. Recently, the company even \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.extremetech.com\u002Fextreme\u002F289852-ibm-halts-sales-of-watson-ai-for-drug-discovery-and-research\">halted its sales of Watson\nA.I. for drug discovery and research\u003C\u002Fa>. Moreover, in July 2019, Watson\nmade headlines for offering \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2018\u002F7\u002F26\u002F17619382\u002Fibms-watson-cancer-ai-healthcare-science\">potentially dangerous\nmedical advice\u003C\u002Fa> based on hypothetical patient data. That doesn’t sound reassuring, at\nall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Lately, it seems that IBM is aiming for diversifying its healthcare portfolio and cutting back on its A.I. focus as a result of setbacks. In 2017, the MD Anderson Cancer Center \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.forbes.com\u002Fsites\u002Fmatthewherper\u002F2017\u002F02\u002F19\u002Fmd-anderson-benches-ibm-watson-in-setback-for-artificial-intelligence-in-medicine\u002F#5a1c7aad3774\">broke up\u003C\u002Fa> its partnership with IBM. The two had worked together since 2013, when MD Anderson stated it “is using the IBM Watson cognitive computing system for its mission to eradicate cancer.” But \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.biospace.com\u002Farticle\u002Fibm-watson-layoffs-is-healthcare-ai-ready-for-prime-time-\u002F\">in late 2016, the project was put on hold\u003C\u002Fa> and auditors at the University of Texas in a report said the project cost MD Anderson more than $62 million but didn’t meet its goals. In 2018, the company \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedcitynews.com\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fibm-layoffs\u002F\">reported\u003C\u002Fa> a round of layoffs at its Watson Health unit, and \u003Cstrong>some employees were complaining about the marketing budget being large but scientific findings not materializing in products. That doesn’t mean that the technology won’t work in the future, it just means that they must focus more on technology, less on marketing, and streamline management. We are still hopeful to see a positive change around IBM Watson\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F04\u002Falphago-in-healthcare-IBM1.jpg\" alt=\"IBM Watson in healthcare\" class=\"wp-image-13562\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F04\u002Falphago-in-healthcare-IBM1.jpg 800w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F04\u002Falphago-in-healthcare-IBM1-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F04\u002Falphago-in-healthcare-IBM1-512x375.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F04\u002Falphago-in-healthcare-IBM1-341x250.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.time.com\n\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As it is difficult to gain first-hand knowledge about digital health research and companies working usually behind ‘closed doors’, it takes time to separate the wheat from the chaff. As The Medical Futurist undertakes the role of the “voluntary policeman” or the guardian of the digital health galaxy to filter out companies with overhyped and oversold technologies and propagates the ones whose claims correlate with their actual achievements, we strive to shorten the time period needed to recognize the ‘big little bubbles’ in digital health.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp> Lately, we have been concerned about Google DeepMind Health, augmented reality company \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.magicleap.com\u002F\">Magic Leap\u003C\u002Fa>, and medical start-up, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgoforward.com\u002F\">Forward\u003C\u002Fa>, offering care programs as gyms offer their memberships. Their promises sound just too good to be true, so we’ll keep an eye on these and let you know whether their achievements match their slogans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. A community of empowered patients, future-oriented healthcare professionals, concerned health policymakers, sensible health tech developers, and enthusiastic medical students. If there were ever a time to join us, it is now. Every contribution, however big or small, powers our research and sustains our future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">\u003Cstrong style=\"background-color: #e71d3299; color: #000;\">Click here to support The Medical Futurist from as little as $3\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa> – it only takes a minute. Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",false,{"rendered":22,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>The tech start-up scene, investors, and news-reading audiences reward great stories on the edge of human capabilities – sometimes even on the boundary of science and science fiction – with their attention, money, or invested energy. However, sometimes marketing machines are better than actual technologies, and the ‘little bubbles’ around companies burst. 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THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The digital health market is extremely volatile: start-ups show up, promise to disrupt the entire health scene, but go down just as fast having not received the necessary funding. Others change their profiles, partner with big pharma companies or lose the battle with another venture providing a better technology. Not to speak about the hype, buzzwords, and overmarketing, which call for careful consideration. In spite of all the challenges, The Medical Futurist team is working tirelessly to stay ahead of the turbulent market changes and bring you the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ftop_100_digital_health_companies_2019\">Top 100 Companies In Digital Health\u003C\u002Fa> in an e-book every year. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Real-world\nneeds in our focus\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>This\nyear, we posed the question not just what the features are to gain ground on a\nturbulent digital health market, but what the key is for a company to remain a\nsignificant player for a longer time. We found that if a venture, start-up, or\nenterprise comes up with a solution that addresses a real-world need, it will\ndefinitely find its place on the digital health market for many years\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Of course, ‘real-world need’ is a fairly broad\ncategory, but it basically means touching upon a patient need or a healthcare\nissue that has not been solved before in any other way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>‘Real-world needs’ require solutions that put humans in the center of care, that are accessible, sustainable, take into account the diversity of our communities and cater to every special need.\u003C\u002Fstrong> That’s why \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffemtech-womens-health\">we appreciate the ‘femtech’ revolution\u003C\u002Fa>, which started to unfold in front of our eyes in the last couple of years, with digital health companies that aim to solve issues that were pushed to the background before. That’s why we welcome easily accessible and cheap solutions brought to low-resource regions or \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Freverse-innovations-in-healthcare\">to developed countries as reverse innovations\u003C\u002Fa>. Or that’s why we bow our heads before companies that cater to people’s special needs, no matter whether that means making the lives of people with autism or disability better. And finally, we cannot fail to mention those ventures that make healthcare more sustainable and optimize resources in order to try to ease the burden on our dearly loved planet Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Ca class=\"img\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002Ftop100_infographics-1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3200\" height=\"1800\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002Ftop100_infographics-1.png\" alt=\"digital health market\" class=\"wp-image-24235\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002Ftop100_infographics-1.png 3200w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002Ftop100_infographics-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002Ftop100_infographics-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002Ftop100_infographics-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002Ftop100_infographics-1-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002Ftop100_infographics-1-512x288.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3200px) 100vw, 3200px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Saviors for better healthcare unite\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>What kind of companies are we talking about? Let’s take a sneak peek into the women’s health arena. For example, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bonzun.com\u002F\">Bonzun\u003C\u002Fa> developed a digital midwife, which the company aims to bring to developing countries to save the lives of mothers; or \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.nextgenjane.com\u002F\">NextGen Jane,\u003C\u002Fa> which aims to detect early biomarkers for endometriosis, cervical cancer, or other conditions through blood squeezed out of the tampons that women send back to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When looking at accessible solutions, we appreciate the work \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.skinvision.com\u002F\">SkinVision\u003C\u002Fa> is doing, which lets users connect to a vast dermatology database as well as real dermatologists via one tap on the phone; or \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.babylonhealth.com\u002F\">Babylon Health\u003C\u002Fa>, which brought \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-in-rwanda\">its telemedical solution to Rwanda\u003C\u002Fa>. On that note, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.flyzipline.com\u002F\">Zipline\u003C\u002Fa> has to be mentioned, which introduced its medical drones in the above-mentioned African country before bringing it to the U.S. Reverse innovation at its best!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Regarding sustainability, there is no better example than \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.circulation.com\u002F\">Circulation\u003C\u002Fa>, which enables non-emergency medical transportation via its platform optimizing medical processes. And finally, when looking for companies who cater to special needs, we have to mention \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.rewalk.com\u002F\">ReWalk Robotics\u003C\u002Fa>, which is developing exoskeletons that enable people with disabilities to use their limbs for walking again; or \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.pilleve.com\u002F\">Pilleve\u003C\u002Fa> that wants to help people struggling with opioid abuse through an integrated pill bottle to adhere to their treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Ca class=\"img\" href=\" https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ftop_100_digital_health_companies_2019\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002F0621_top100_2019_mockup-512x288.png\" alt=\"digital health market\" class=\"wp-image-24202\"\u002F\u003C\u002Fa srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002F0621_top100_2019_mockup-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002F0621_top100_2019_mockup-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002F0621_top100_2019_mockup-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002F0621_top100_2019_mockup-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002F0621_top100_2019_mockup-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We believe that catering to ‘real-world needs’ is the\nfeature that makes digital health companies stand out and this is how digital\nhealth companies can make the world a better place. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Read the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ftop_100_digital_health_companies_2019\">Top 100 Companies In Digital Health\u003C\u002Fa>!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. 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Others change their profiles, partner with big pharma companies or lose the battle with another venture providing a better technology. Not to speak about the hype, buzzwords, and overmarketing, which calls for careful consideration. 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