[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":445},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-nvidia-in-healthcare":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":199,"relatedBooks":353},{"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":36,"project_category":51,"contact_email_category":57,"yst_prominent_words":58,"class_list":67,"better_featured_image":98,"acf":130,"yoast_meta":143,"_links":146},35031,"2026-03-02T09:07:33","2026-03-02T08:07:33",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=35031&_wpnonce=d9644f8253&status=auto-draft&type=post","2026-03-02T09:07:46","2026-03-02T08:07:46","nvidia-in-healthcare","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fnvidia-in-healthcare",{"rendered":17},"NVIDIA In Healthcare: From Gaming To Medicine",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>Mostly renowned for its powerful graphics processing unit (GPU) used in the video game industry, NVIDIA is no stranger to healthcare. In fact, it has a dedicated branch to offer solutions that its computing platform can deliver in medicine and was among the first players significantly investing in AI. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These initiatives might have been seen with some confusion five or seven years ago but certainly gave NVIDIA an edge in the past two years. For example when almost a year ago \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41586-023-06160-y\" target=\"_blank\">this study was published\u003C\u002Fa>. The authors trained a large language model for medical language and fine-tuned it across a wide range of clinical and operational predictive tasks, including 30-day all-cause readmission prediction, in-hospital mortality prediction, comorbidity index prediction, length of stay prediction and insurance denial prediction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F08\u002FNVIDIA-AI-model-768x799.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55773\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F08\u002FNVIDIA-AI-model-768x799.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F08\u002FNVIDIA-AI-model.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In March 2024, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnbc.com\u002F2024\u002F03\u002F24\u002Fnvidias-ai-ambitions-in-medicine-and-health-care-are-becoming-clear.html\" target=\"_blank\">the company announced\u003C\u002Fa> the launch of two dozen new, AI-powered healthcare-focused tools. NVIDIA’s recent push into the healthcare sector extends to a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.foxbusiness.com\u002Ftechnology\u002Fnvidia-announces-ai-powered-health-care-agents-outperform-nurses-cost-9-hour\" target=\"_blank\">collaboration with Hippocratic AI\u003C\u002Fa>. Together, they’re developing generative AI “agents” designed to enhance tasks such as medication guidance, patient check-ins, and identifying health risks. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>“For over a decade, we have partnered with the medical devices ecosystem to bring innovative diagnostic imaging, robotic surgery and patient monitoring devices to the market,”\u003C\u002Fem> Kimberly Powell, Vice President of Healthcare of NVIDIA, told The Medical Futurist \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fposts\u002Fchat-with-vice-i-35985895\" target=\"_blank\">in an interview\u003C\u002Fa> a while ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Prominently, the GPU manufacturer \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fcontent\u002Fnvidia-looks-ai-future-medical-imaging-technologies\" target=\"_blank\">launched its AI platform, Clara\u003C\u002Fa> in 2018 designed to augment medical imaging and genomics. It followed up a year later with a toolkit for radiologists, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fcontent\u002Fnvidia-launches-ai-toolkit-radiologists-clara-ai\" target=\"_blank\">Clara AI\u003C\u002Fa>, to help with the classification of images. In 2019, the tech giant also started to explore \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffederated-learning-can-protect-patients-data-in-hospitals\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">federated learning in healthcare\u003C\u002Fa>, the privacy-focused AI training method. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-768x432.gif\" alt=\"voice to text technologies\" class=\"wp-image-24827\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-768x432.gif 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-370x208.gif 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-1536x864.gif 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-2048x1152.gif 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-512x288.gif 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While for many years this company was the silent member of the ‘\u003Cem>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ftech-giants-in-healthcare\" target=\"_blank\">tech giants in healthcare\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fem>‘ club, in the past few months they seem to have switched gears and ramped up their healthcare projects. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Building an NVIDIA-branded supercomputer\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In 2020, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Femea\u002Fnvidia-build-uk-s-most-powerful-supercomputer-aid-ai-research-healthcare\" target=\"_blank\">NVIDIA announced its plans\u003C\u002Fa> to build a computer; but rather than use it for gaming, they designed it to aid AI research in healthcare. Named Cambridge-1, it was no regular computer either: it was designed to be the UK’s most powerful supercomputer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F219_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"cloud gaming and cloud hospitals\" class=\"wp-image-31025\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F219_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F219_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F219_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F219_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“\u003Cem>The Cambridge-1 supercomputer will serve as a hub of innovation for the UK and further the groundbreaking work being done by the nation’s researchers in critical healthcare and drug discovery\u003C\u002Fem>” – Jensen Huang, NVIDIA founder and CEO, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Femea\u002Fnvidia-build-uk-s-most-powerful-supercomputer-aid-ai-research-healthcare\" target=\"_blank\">said during his 2020 GTC keynote\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Cambridge-1 was the first step taken by the tech giant \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Femea\u002Fnvidia-build-uk-s-most-powerful-supercomputer-aid-ai-research-healthcare\" target=\"_blank\">to create an AI center of excellence\u003C\u002Fa> in Cambridge. The long-term aim was to turn the area into a hub where researchers and startups can collaborate. The latest development in the supercomputer project \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblogs.nvidia.com\u002Fblog\u002Fcambridge-1-ai-supercomputer-expands-via-dgx-cloud\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">was announced in November\u003C\u002Fa>, when NVIDIA said to make it part of its DGX Cloud to broaden access to AI supercomputing for researchers. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Powering genomics, drug development and medical imaging with AI\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“\u003Cem>We have to make AI easier to use,\u003C\u002Fem>” \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hpcwire.com\u002F2021\u002F04\u002F12\u002Fnvidia-aims-clara-healthcare-at-drug-discovery-imaging-via-dgx\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">declared the NVIDIA CEO\u003C\u002Fa> in his 2021 GTC keynote address. It seems like the company is steadily working towards that goal. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“NVIDIA invested $50 million in Recursion for its drug discovery projects. Recursion is inputting its biological and chemical data to train NVIDIA’s AI models on its cloud platform. The company has also worked with Roche’s Genentech to develop new medications and better treatment protocols. One of NVIDIA’s greatest health-care strengths to date is the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nvidia.com\u002Fen-eu\u002Fclara\u002Fbionemo\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">BioNeMo platform\u003C\u002Fa>, a generative AI cloud service specifically made for drug development.” – \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnbc.com\u002F2024\u002F03\u002F24\u002Fnvidias-ai-ambitions-in-medicine-and-health-care-are-becoming-clear.html\" target=\"_blank\">came the news report in March 2024\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>NVIDIA had an eye on applying AI in genomics ever since it launched Clara and it hasn’t lost track of this target. In March 2021, the tech giant announced \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fnvidia-harvard-team-genome-research-toolkit\" target=\"_blank\">a partnership with Harvard University\u003C\u002Fa> to develop an AI-based genome research toolkit. Named AtacWorks, it could sequence a whole genome in 30 minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>“Models trained by AtacWorks can detect peaks from cell types not seen in the training data, and are generalizable across diverse sample preparations and experimental platforms,”\u003C\u002Fem> \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41467-021-21765-5\" target=\"_blank\">explained researchers\u003C\u002Fa> working with the software.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30807\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The tech company was also one of the early players to assist drug discovery with AI. NVIDIA \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fnvidia-partners-astrazeneca-and-university-florida-ai-powered-drug-discovery\" target=\"_blank\">announced an AI project with AstraZeneca \u003C\u002Fa>and the University of Florida to boost drug discovery. The drug-discovery model, named \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcatalog.ngc.nvidia.com\u002Forgs\u002Fnvidia\u002Fteams\u002Fclara\u002Fmodels\u002Fmegamolbart\" target=\"_blank\">MegaMoIBART\u003C\u002Fa>, was aimed at \u003Cem>“reaction prediction, molecular optimization and de novo molecular generation”\u003C\u002Fem>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>NVIDIA also announced during its 2021 GTC event its \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hpcwire.com\u002F2021\u002F04\u002F12\u002Fnvidia-aims-clara-healthcare-at-drug-discovery-imaging-via-dgx\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">collaboration with Carestream Health\u003C\u002Fa>, a medical imaging specialist. The latter will incorporate NVIDIA’s Clara AI platform into imaging devices used for X-ray screening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Surgical robots and biotech\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the spring of 2024 Nvidia reported deals with Johnson & Johnson for \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnbc.com\u002F2024\u002F03\u002F18\u002Fnvidia-and-johnson-johnson-to-build-ai-applications-for-surgery-.html\">use of generative AI in surgery\u003C\u002Fa>, and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fiercehealthcare.com\u002Fai-and-machine-learning\u002Fnvidia-inks-tie-ups-abridge-ge-healthcare-and-microsoft-it-expands-its\" target=\"_blank\">with GE Healthcare\u003C\u002Fa> to improve medical imaging. These are just a few of the healthcare, biotech or pharma companies that turn to NVIDIA, as their graphic processing units (GPUs) are ideal for a broad range of computational tasks, such as simulations, deep learning, and data analysis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.therobotreport.com\u002F5-things-that-could-shape-surgical-robotics-in-the-next-decade\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">analysis from The Robot Report\u003C\u002Fa> pointed out, this is not all, as NVIDIA already had been working with \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.massdevice.com\u002Fasensus-nvidea-collab-ai-surgical-robotics\u002F\">Asensus Surgical\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnvidianews.nvidia.com\u002Fnews\u002Fmedtronic-and-nvidia-collaborate-to-build-ai-platform-for-medical-devices\">Medtronic\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NVIDIA in healthcare: a focused path\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These recent developments indicate a rather focused path for NVIDIA in healthcare. While its plans aren’t as diverse as that of \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Famazons-march-into-healthcare-a-2021-update\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon\u003C\u002Fa> or \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fgoogles-masterplan-for-healthcare\" target=\"_blank\">Google\u003C\u002Fa>, the company hasn’t faced significant hurdles recently as it is focusing on its computing strengths. For NVIDIA, that strength has mostly revolved around AI frameworks and to aid basic research with the help of AI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>NVIDIA envisions a major role for AI in the future of healthcare. Kimberly Powell, VP of NVIDIA, shared the company’s vision for that future with The Medical Futurist in \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fposts\u002Fbuilding-smart-37511442\" target=\"_blank\">a Patreon interview\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003Cem>“Hospitals will use AI cameras to automatically screen for elevated body temperature, use genomics sequencing to predict how lethal a virus or suspected condition could be for each patient, use AI in medical imaging for detection and predicting clinical outcomes, incorporate AI into everyday cameras and microphones to monitor and interact with patients,”\u003C\u002Fem> Powell said two years ago and her vision seems more accurate than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>But NVIDIA isn’t the only tech giant with a vision for healthcare. For a deeper dive into their long-term plans, we recommend our e-book, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftech-giants-in-healthcare-new-e-book\u002F#\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cem>Tech Giants In Healthcare\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa>, dedicated to the topic. 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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>NVIDIA was among the first companies to heavily bet on AI in healthcare, and their dedication now pays off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",16,35637,"closed",true,"","standard",{"_acf_changed":20,"footnotes":27},[31,32,33,34,35],6261,504,798,521,499,[37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50],1433,6943,569,7331,723,134,140,821,142,862,266,275,281,5039,[52,53,54,55,56],947,950,951,952,953,[],[59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66],1607,1683,1723,1729,1783,1833,1883,4363,[68,14,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97],"post-35031","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-forecast","category-artificial-intelligence","category-digital-health-research","category-future-medicine","category-healthcare-design","tag-privacy","tag-kimberly-powell","tag-microsoft","tag-clara","tag-telemedicine","tag-ai","tag-amazon","tag-a-i","tag-apple","tag-nvidia","tag-google-2","tag-healthcare","tag-ibm","tag-tech-giants","project_category-company","project_category-medical-professionals","project_category-patients","project_category-policy-makers","project_category-researchers",{"id":24,"alt_text":99,"caption":27,"description":27,"media_type":100,"media_details":101,"post":5,"source_url":129},"NVIDIA","image",{"width":102,"height":103,"file":104,"sizes":105,"image_meta":127},1920,1080,"2021\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_285-01.png",{"medium":106,"large":112,"thumbnail":117,"medium_large":121,"1536x1536":122},{"file":107,"width":108,"height":109,"mime-type":110,"source_url":111},"tmf_article_285-01-370x208.png","370","208","image\u002Fpng","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_285-01-370x208.png",{"file":113,"width":114,"height":115,"mime-type":110,"source_url":116},"tmf_article_285-01-768x432.png","768","432","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_285-01-768x432.png",{"file":118,"width":119,"height":119,"mime-type":110,"source_url":120},"tmf_article_285-01-150x150.png","150","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_285-01-150x150.png",{"file":113,"width":114,"height":115,"mime-type":110,"source_url":116},{"file":123,"width":124,"height":125,"mime-type":110,"source_url":126},"tmf_article_285-01-1536x864.png","1536","864","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_285-01-1536x864.png",{"aperture":128,"credit":27,"camera":27,"caption":27,"created_timestamp":128,"copyright":27,"focal_length":128,"iso":128,"shutter_speed":128,"title":27,"orientation":128},"0","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_285-01.png",{"cta_type":131,"cta_color":27,"subtitle":27,"related_books":132,"related_posts_footer":134,"related_posts":20,"key_takeaways":138},"subscribe",[133],24761,[135,136,137],35019,34907,34899,[139,141],{"title":140},"\u003Cp>Mostly renowned for its powerful graphics processing unit (GPU) used in the video game industry, NVIDIA is no stranger to healthcare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":142},"\u003Cp>For NVIDIA, that strength has mostly revolved around AI frameworks and to aid basic research with the help of AI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":144,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":145,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":15},"NVIDIA In Healthcare: From Gaming To Medicine - 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This thought was repeated several times during the past years, but Apple seems to progress slowly, avoiding risks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For its part, Apple entered the healthcare market later than its competitors but is working on acquiring a significant share of the market. Are the recent developments indicative of Tim Cook’s statement? Let’s see the steps that the company is taking to reach that vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The Apple Watch phenomenon\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.counterpointresearch.com\u002Finsights\u002Fglobal-smartwatch-shipments-market-share\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">the latest data\u003C\u002Fa>, Apple holds 22% of the global smartwatch shipment market. Although the actual figure quite heavily fluctuates from quarter to quarter, the company has held its leading position in this segment for quite some time. And of course, Apple has been heavily leveraging the popularity of its smartwatch for its healthcare plans as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>With such a massive device penetration we didn’t have to wait too long to see tangible evidence of what health benefits these devices can bring, from \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fposts\u002Freal-benefit-of-35513458\" target=\"_blank\">early instances\u003C\u002Fa> to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Feconomictimes.indiatimes.com\u002Fnews\u002Fnew-updates\u002Fapple-watch-saves-owners-life-from-fatal-internal-bleeding-after-nap-heres-what-happened\u002Farticleshow\u002F98091250.cms\" target=\"_blank\">recent stories\u003C\u002Fa> of wearables saving their owners’ lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The fact that smartwatches can be reliably used to monitor certain cardiovascular parameters may seem like old news today, but it only proves how fast we adapt to such technological advancements. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Apple first \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2018\u002F9\u002F12\u002F17850660\u002Fapple-watch-series-4-ekg-electrocardiogram-health-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">received FDA clearance\u003C\u002Fa> for the ECG function of its smartwatch in 2018 and has been working steadily on validating its efficacy in \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.beckershospitalreview.com\u002Fhealthcare-information-technology\u002F5-ways-apple-has-expanded-into-healthcare-in-the-last-month.html\" target=\"_blank\">a number of studies\u003C\u002Fa>. In February 2021, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fmount-sinai-apple-watches-spot-heart-rate-variability-changes-prior-covid-19-diagnosis\" target=\"_blank\">Mount Sinai researchers shared\u003C\u002Fa> that their app and the Apple Watch’s heart rate variability (HRV) monitor could help spot new COVID-19 cases before a molecular diagnosis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The results of another study conducted by \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fapple-backed-stanford-study-suggests-iphone-apple-watch-could-remotely-monitor-heart-patients\">Stanford University researchers \u003C\u002Fa>showed that the cardiac metrics that the Apple Watch monitors are as good as clinical tests. Their findings suggest that the Apple Watch could thus be adequate for remote monitoring of elderly patients with cardiovascular disease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Ca class=\"img\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F10\u002FApple-watch-evolution.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"903\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F10\u002FApple-watch-evolution.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53021\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F10\u002FApple-watch-evolution.jpg 1280w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F10\u002FApple-watch-evolution-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In April 2022, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnet.com\u002Ftech\u002Fmobile\u002Fwatchos-8-5-is-here-with-nifty-new-features-for-your-apple-watch\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">new Watch features were announced\u003C\u002Fa>, including improved heart rhythm detection, followed by yet another round of updates in 2023, among others the latest watch iteration can track activity, steps, heart rate, respiratory rate, blood oxygen (lung function), wrist temperature, sleep, and environmental sound levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Recent reports indicating future development areas seem slightly more sci-fi-y, as the AirPods detecting \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patentlyapple.com\u002F2023\u002F07\u002Fapple-invents-a-next-generation-airpods-sensor-system-that-could-measure-biosignals-and-electrical-activity-of-a-users-brain.html\" target=\"_blank\">electroencephalography (EEG), electromyography (EMG), electrooculography (EOG) biosignals\u003C\u002Fa> or the patent application from Apple that relates to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patentlyapple.com\u002F2023\u002F04\u002Ffor-sports-fans-and-developers-apple-has-filed-a-patent-for-posture-and-motion-monitoring-using-mobile-devices.html\" target=\"_blank\">monitoring the posture and motion\u003C\u002Fa> of a user while the user is engaged in a physical activity, such as exercise or a sport like golf- using smartphone, a smartwatch and a headset (e.g., earbuds).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>With the widespread adoption of the smartwatch, Apple uses the opportunity to turn patients into point-of-care through the device, providing access to a never-before-possible \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-technology-make-an-impact-on-primary-care\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">abundance of health data\u003C\u002Fa> – and sometimes, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-anxiety-when-wellness-tech-becomes-a-stressor\" target=\"_blank\">new sources of anxiety\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Healthcare? There’s an app for that!\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Apple’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsupport.apple.com\u002Fen-us\u002FHT203037\" target=\"_blank\">Health app\u003C\u002Fa> aims to bridge patients and doctors, and all the data in between. Over the years, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.apple.com\u002Fnewsroom\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Fapple-advances-personal-health-by-introducing-secure-sharing-and-new-insights\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">new \u003C\u002Fa>and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.forbes.com\u002Fsites\u002Fdavidchou\u002F2023\u002F06\u002F07\u002Fapple-announces-exciting-new-health-features\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">even newer\u003C\u002Fa> features were announced for the app that further hammered in this aim. It already gathers health data from a user’s iPhone, Apple Watch and other apps to make them accessible in one place. Now users in the U.S. can choose to share which types of data, such as sleep activity and heart rate, from those that they want to share with their doctor for specific insights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Fapple-health-app-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34901\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Fapple-health-app-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Fapple-health-app-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Fapple-health-app.jpg 1621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the biggest feature update of the past few years was the integration with some electronic medical record (EMR) systems in the U.S., allowing users to share their health data collected by the app directly with EMRs. The feature that was first launched in the US is now available in \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsupport.apple.com\u002Fhu-hu\u002FHT208647\" target=\"_blank\">Canada and in the UK\u003C\u002Fa> as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Seamlessly sharing patient healthcare data from an Apple device to an EMR and viewable by a doctor or caregiver represents a major step in facilitating digital health approaches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Healthcare designed by Apple\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Mid-June 2021, Apple took an interesting detour in its healthcare plans. For a short while, it seemed that the tech giant does not plan to limit itself to smartwatches and apps; but also wants to provide a full-blown primary-care medical service of its own. The news came from \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wsj.com\u002Farticles\u002Fapple-struggles-in-push-to-make-healthcare-greatest-legacy-11623832200?mod=rss_Technology\" target=\"_blank\">an exclusive report by the \u003Cem>Wall Street Journal\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa> that had access to insider contacts and documents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_256_b-01-1-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33787\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_256_b-01-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_256_b-01-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_256_b-01-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_256_b-01-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, it didn’t take long to learn that \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2021\u002F6\u002F16\u002F22536623\u002Fapple-primary-care-project-data-watch-app\" target=\"_blank\">these efforts stalled\u003C\u002Fa> as employees questioned the integrity of data collected through the services, and thus, the project hasn’t moved past the preliminary stage.  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"ebook-block-spacer\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv class=\"ebook-block-backdrop backdrop-blur\" id=\"modal-backdrop-ebook-block_68f31ba5a3495466d0b4358e655d67fa\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cinput style=\"display: none\" id=\"modal-ebook-block_68f31ba5a3495466d0b4358e655d67fa\"\n       value=\"{"featured":{"ID":24761,"post_author":"10","post_date":"2023-11-01 15:46:07","post_date_gmt":"2023-11-01 14:46:07","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\n<p>This comprehensive guide, Tech Giants in Healthcare, clarifies how and why big tech companies step into healthcare, and breaks it down from one market player to the other in what direction they are going, what tools they are using and what horizons they have in front of them.<\\\u002Fp>\\n<!-- \\\u002Fwp:paragraph -->","post_title":"Tech Giants in Healthcare - 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The integrity of health data from Apple’s clinics to support product development has reportedly been an issue raised internally by some employees. The company has to ensure data privacy if it wants to directly handle sensitive patient data in its own clinics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Another setback was when Apple released the Apple Watch 6, which \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fapple-adds-spo2-v02-max-apple-watch-series-6-launches-three-new-studies\" target=\"_blank\">included a blood oxygen saturation sensor\u003C\u002Fa>, but the company \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F7\u002F21504023\u002Fapple-watch-ekg-blood-oxygen-fda-clearance\" target=\"_blank\">did not seek FDA clearance\u003C\u002Fa> for this feature even though they did seek it for the ECG function. While a drop in the oxygen saturation (SpO2) level can indicate an underlying respiratory illness, even if no visible signs are present, in a sense, they give the impression that ECG is a serious medical tool; while measuring blood oxygen levels is just for fun. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If Apple plans to make its wearable a point-of-care device, it might as well go the extra mile to validate its health sensors. This will prevent patients \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-anxiety-when-wellness-tech-becomes-a-stressor\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from getting anxious about abnormal readings\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Not tarnishing their reputation\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Ffeatures\u002F2023-11-01\u002Fapple-health-blood-pressure-glucose-sleep-apnea-team-issues?sref=ExbtjcSG\" target=\"_blank\">massive report from Bloomberg\u003C\u002Fa> published in November 2023 analysed Apple’s healthcare plans and revealed many \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2023\u002F11\u002F1\u002F23941627\u002Fapple-watch-healthcare-clinics-health-app-iphone-airpods\" target=\"_blank\">formerly unknown details\u003C\u002Fa> about their past progress in this field – like the fact that the company wanted the Apple watch to measure blood glucose levels from the start, or that they created a secret health company called Avolonte, which Tim Cook only visited with a low-pulled baseball cap “to avoid detection”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This analysis also underpins what we see from their past moves: heavy focus on their ecosystem and the seamless user experience it can provide and cautious moves outside their comfort zone, carefully considering their image and reputation and avoiding risking it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Apple’s more ambitious medical service project might have stalled but its general healthcare plans are still ongoing. 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