Sentences with phrase «as health care technologies»

Pharma and biotech firms make wide use of synchrotron X-rays for drug discovery, drug development and drug delivery systems, as well as health care technologies such as implants and radiotherapy.

But as a health care technology innovator intent on revolutionizing a multibillion - dollar industry, I've come to realize that it's far more important to be a visionary than a dreamer.

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Not many CEOs have engineered the kind of transformation that van Houten has executed at Philips, steering the 126 - year - old Dutch firm through a «radical pivot,» as he calls it — transforming an Old World maker of electronics and lighting into a leader in health care technology.

As Philips CEO Frans van Houten has transformed the one - time electronics and lighting maker into a health care technology company, he's also put the 126 - year - old Dutch firm on track toward a more sustainable future.

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore aims to enhance the use of technology and data to improve the provision of services such as health care and transportation in a city, where infrastructure has come under pressure in recent years as a rise in immigration boosts the country's population.

Increasingly, says Greven, health care providers such as private hospitals are weaving Prompt Alert's technology into larger electronic medical record (EMR) databases, thereby providing these organizations with a means of communicating with patients in highly practical ways that improve the bottom line at the same time.

He says a few technologies are poised to seriously upend «business as usual» in health care in the near future, and they are not necessarily what you'd expect.

It could also see technology companies start to become as important a player in the health - care world as pharmaceutical companies.

The number one industry set be transformed by A.I. appears to be healthcare, with $ 400 million invested by health care companies in the technology as of last year, a figure that's projected to grow to $ 3 billion or more by 2020, according to data from the Beacon Center for the Study of Evolution in Action.

Boosting patient engagement through technology is seen as a critical task for health care, says Patricia Griffiths, a researcher at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center's Rehabilitation Research and Development Center for Visual and Neural Rehabilitation in Atlanta.

A look at how incubators are affected by the new health - care law, often referred to as Obamacare, which provides financial incentives to providers that embrace technology.

It comes at a time when health insurers and hospitals are increasingly looking to technology to help boost patient satisfaction, as consumers and employers are pressing the industry to cut costs and make it easier to access care.

The rapid growth in these markets will likely continue, as financial institutions and health - care - related businesses embrace change through their technologies.

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As China looks to reform its health care sector, technology will play a key role in driving development and the goal of universal health care for all citizens.

Waukesha is home to Generac, a leader in power generation equipment, as well as GE Healthcare, which focuses on cutting - edge technologies in health care.

The gains also have been broad - based, with sectors such as financials, consumer goods, technology and health care all advancing.

As you can see below, information technology is up close to 22 percent year - to - date, followed by health care at 15.5 percent.

As the financial markets opened this morning in New York, speculation that President Trump will pursue more business - friendly policies has offset the fear of the unknown with the S&P 500 Index rising as a surge in health - care shares offset losses in consumer and technology companieAs the financial markets opened this morning in New York, speculation that President Trump will pursue more business - friendly policies has offset the fear of the unknown with the S&P 500 Index rising as a surge in health - care shares offset losses in consumer and technology companieas a surge in health - care shares offset losses in consumer and technology companies.

From manufacturing and health care to mobility and finance, we'll explore global competitive advantage in the age of technology as well as the critical role corporate leadership plays in building more inclusive economies.

Made In China: Innovation Showcase Location: Tian Lu From starting new trends in mobility and health care to integrating new technologies into appliances and entertainment, products are not just «made in China» anymore but are designed and incubated in China as well.

Some see the underlying blockchain technology as Bitcoin's true value, envisioning it as a way to disrupt how international trade deals are financed and negotiated and the way health care providers share information.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

The S&P 500 is commonly divided into 11 sectors, such as information technology, health care and energy companies.

Technology, consumer discretionary and health care stocks were the three most - favored sectors as of February, according to figures from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

MaRS works closely with entrepreneurs to grow and scale their ventures into global market leaders in life sciences and health care, information, communications and entertainment technologies, clean tech, advanced materials and engineering, as well as innovative social purpose businesses.

MaRS works closely with entrepreneurs to grow and scale their ventures into global market leaders in life sciences and health care, information, communications and entertainment technologies, cleantech, advanced materials and engineering, as well as innovative social purpose businesses.

Commonwealth Care Alliance, Libertana Home Health and Northwell Health are pioneering the use of ambient listening voice assistants in healthcare, and they all have so far achieved success with the technology as measured by patient satisfaction.

And as advancements in technology ensue, so will the average age in life expectancy, thus furthering the need for health care.

Sectors as diverse as health care, insurance, energy, commodities and real estate are all primed to benefit from these disruptive technologies.

Prior to joining the firm, he worked in London for Deutsche Bank AG (formerly Bankers Trust Company and Alex. Brown & Sons), first as a financial analyst in the technology and media group and then as an associate in the health care group of the Global Investment Banking department.

Anthony: I think it's important to note that this whole thing started about a decade ago with a white paper about a peer - to - peer, digital cash payment system, but over the past decade, people have realized that this underlying technology has a ton of applications, not just in financial services and payments, but in other industries such as health care, supply chain and so on.

«In an age when the technology economy is increasingly divided from the rest of the world,» the filing says, «we have hired our own real estate agents, not as a disposable labor force, but as partners in this business, with a salary, health - care benefits and the opportunity to earn stock options.»

MaRS works closely with entrepreneurs to grow and scale their ventures into global market leaders in life sciences and health care, information, communications and digital media technologies, cleantech, advanced materials and engineering, as well as innovative social purpose business.

MaRS works closely with entrepreneurs to grow and scale their ventures into global market leaders in life sciences and health care, information, communications and digital media technologies, cleantech, advanced materials and energy, as well as innovative social purpose business.

A model for each sector is built, as defined by the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS); Energy (10), Materials (15), Industrials (20), Consumer Discretionary (25), Consumer Staples (30), Health Care (35), Financials (40), Information Technology (45), Telecommunication Services (50), and Utilities (55).

But hopefully, Dr. Mielnik concluded, as NaPro Technology become more widely available at clinics like Gianna «women will «vote with their feet» about the kind of health care they want to receive» and send the message to the medical community that treatments that do not treat the underlying problem and which suppress, destroy, or bypass their naturally - occurring cycle are no longer acceptable to them.»

«Science and technology are on our side,» Denise Harle, who defends pro-life health care workers and activists as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, said at the Evangelicals for Life event.

He has a particular interest in improving preventive and chronic illness care for underserved and vulnerable populations, and the application of Health Information Technology as a means of achieving such improvement.

He also pointed to growth in industries such as film and television, health care, tourism, bio-science, media, fashion, modern manufacturing, and technology.

Bry «has developed a highly innovative and nationally recognized system to use the biological samples obtained routinely in the course of clinical care as the basis of population - based discovery research,» Isaac «Zak» Kohane, director of the Children's Hospital Informatics Program and professor of pediatrics and health sciences and technology at Harvard Medical School, writes in an e-mail.

The technology, to appear as the cover article in the March 20 print issue of Science, allows ready - to - use products to be made 25 to 100 times faster than other methods and creates previously unachievable geometries that open opportunities for innovation not only in health care and medicine, but also in other major industries such as automotive and aviation.

Although jobs in the service and manufacturing sector have become a scarcity, there are apparently still thousands of unfilled positions in other fields, such as health care, technology, and R&D.

The Senate Commerce Committee has focused on national investment in nanotechnology and its potential to transform such fields as health care, homeland security, and information technology.

Although academic researchers from fields such as computer science and engineering have led innovative Google projects (such as the Internet - connected eyewear known as Glass), Google and other technology companies are increasingly recruiting life scientists as Silicon Valley broadens its reach into health care.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence estimates that one in seven couples in the United Kingdom are affected by infertility, with so - called «assisted reproductive technologies» (ARTs) such as IVF and ICSI being widely employed.

Not surprisingly, as this technology becomes part of our everyday lives, it offers the opportunity for patients and other consumers to manage their own health and wellness, for health care professionals to monitor patients wherever they are, and for physiological functions to be altered via wireless communications.

Image courtesy of iStockphoto / LeventKonuk Four years ago the Obama administration offered up $ 19 billion in stimulus funds to help get health care IT (including electronic health records, or EHRs) in the pink — or at least in the black.Better information technology throughout the health care system would save money, improve care and bring the health care industry into the 21st century, proponents argued.But, as is obvious by the continuance of paper records, isolated institutional networks and clunky interfaces, health care IT is still in critical condition.A new report, assembled by the RAND Corporation, a non-profit, non-partisan research group, suggests that health care IT is not a hopeless case, however.

The exhibit however, is curiously light on advertising for «Big Blue» — as the company was previously nicknamed — and focuses more on what the company's technology is doing behind the scenes to address health care, resource conservation, food production and other 21st - century concerns.

The new technology can also be applied in transportation, military and avionics systems, industrial motor control and robotics, industrial power and energy management as well as health care electronics.