Data Revolution in Healthcare and Lifesciences Industry

If you have been following my posts, you know that in 2016 IFC launched a unique health innovations acceleration program called " TechEmerge ". It is a World Bank initiative to Accelerate the Adoption of Health Technology Innovations in Emerging Markets. The first program took place in India, Brazil and will be launched later this year in East Africa.  I worked as a consultant and Advisor to the program to shortlist innovations, review pilot proposals, bring hospitals onboard and launch pilot projects. I also held webinars and mentoring sessions with startups to help them understand business models, market opportunities and challenges. You can see some info sessions on this link: https://www.slideshare.net/health2dev/techemerge-webinar-understanding-the-basics-healthtech-in-india More on http://www.techemerge.org/ An Open Call for #TechEmergeHealth was announced today at #CES2020 as part of @The World Bank and @CES #GlobalTechChallenge. Take your company to an eme...

Join me in #Dhaka, Bangladesh on 5th and 6th November at the #International Conference on #Big #Data for #Public #Health, a two-day event that will advance and identify promising Big Data applications that could significantly advance health outcomes for the people of Bangladesh. Partner @Bloomberg Philanthropies @D4H - Data for Health Access to Information #Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), #Bangladesh #dhaka #digitalhealth #innovation #bigdata Effective #decision-making about #public #health policies and programs require robust data and rigorous analysis. However, the nature of both “data” and “analysis” are being fundamentally transformed. The explosive growth of smart devices, remote sensing/imaging technologies, and social media are generating streams of electronic data that are voluminous, varied, and high velocity. Deriving #insights from these #emerging sources (generally referred to as “Big Data”) often require #data #mining techniques that are significant...