Google, IBM, 23andMe, Medisafe, PillPack, and wearable technologies like the Apple Watch are disrupting healthcare through data collection and analysis. These technologies have the potential to develop new diagnostics and treatments through aggregating medical records, genetic data, activity data, and other health information. For example, Medisafe and PillPack use digital tools to help patients better manage medication adherence, which could help address issues like half of Americans not taking their medications properly. Overall, emerging technologies are leveraging vast amounts of health data to drive innovations that may transform disease prevention and treatment.

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Technologies Disrupting Healthcare
Ashish Advani, PharmD
Clinical Associate Professor, Mercer University
Drug Information Pharmacist, Atlanta Medical Center
Founder, InpharmD
December 31, 2015

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Google
=semisecret division that uses data to drive technological advances
If they find a sweet spot of ensuring the privacy of our data but leveraging it to
further health technology, [Google X] may be able to affect major changes such as
a cancer-detecting pill, smart contact lens for diabetic patients, and even a
medical record open sharing platform.
-Huffington Post
=independent research and development biotech company established
in 2013 with a goal of combating aging and associated diseases
Partners:

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IBM
Watson= supercomputer designed to mimic how human cognition
works (hence, how we learn), born ten years ago
Watson is currently learning how to better prevent and treat cancer.

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23 and Me
2006-2013: Sold genetic tests directly to consumers
2013: Food and Drug Administration deemed they could no longer
give patients health information after they completed genetic tests,
but they still claim to sell “a lot” of kits
2015: Plans to start inventing medicines itself
Blood data is the most valuable because you can tie it to diagnosis…This,
plus medical records (Blue Button), activity data, and environmental data
(per GPS), will be extremely valuable in the future.
-Anne Wojcicki, CEO

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Medisafe
About half of all
Americans prescribed
medication take it
regularly.
And half of those don't
even take it properly.
2012: Launch
2014: Revealed that Type 2 diabetic users of its technology boasted
adherence rates of 26% higher than standard rates for long-term therapies

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PillPack
Twenty percent of Americans take five or more prescription drugs and
managing all of those medications can be a nightmare.
Robots sort pills into
personalized packets,
saving money on human
labor.
2014: Launch
2015:

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Apple + Other Wearables

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10. Demo

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