Jody Ranck
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Washington, DC, United States
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Does Blockchain hold the key to the distributed patient data dilemma?
By now most readers have probably heard of blockchain through tech blogs and major cover stories from the likes of The Economist over the past year. The financial sector has rapidly accelerated engagement with blockchain through a growing number of consortia and fintech startup initiatives. As the foundation for bitcoin, blockchain’s distributed, cryptographic ledger provides a novel data… → Read More
The next opportunity for wearable technologies: aesthetics
Many of us have seen both the hype around wearables as well as the growing number of critiques of the hype. But one thing is clear: what we see in the market now is just the beginning, a warm up band for the main act to follow. In my previous post I discussed the problem of sustainable use of tracking devices and how consumers abandon them within months typically. But is the battle for the wrist… → Read More
The Untapped Market for Wearables and Aging
Aging societies worldwide pose serious challenges to both healthcare delivery and how it is financed. The financial challenges are not only for the healthcare system, but also for families and caregivers who spend a significant amount of time and money caring for elderly. Carers UK, a non-profit organization, has estimated that over 2 million people have given up jobs and over 3 million have cut… → Read More
Verticals Internet of Things
Smart grid data analytics are a key sector of the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT), with the potential to help utilities address key operational, financial, and customer challenges. More > → Read More
Perceptive Intelligence: The Future of Cognizant Machines and Devices
In 1950, pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing proposed the question “can machines think?” He felt that if a machine could imitate humans closely enough to fool them into thinking it was a human, it passed the “Turing test.” As today’s devices pack more powerful processors and […] → Read More
Tracking health, wellness, and productivity in the quantified workplace
The growth of wearable computing, tracking, social-network analysis, and data analytics can help build both healthier and more productive companies. → Read More
Building the next generation of smart cities
Open data standards, low-cost sensors, and internet of things connectivity are helping cities create new technology platforms to manage social interactions, the environment, health, transportation, water management, and utilities. → Read More
Mobile Data Security and Compliance: Lessons from Healthcare — Gigaom Research
Mobility has shattered traditional perimeter security. To enable mobile workers, businesses have moved their data to the cloud and exposed it. To keep that data safe, IT must create an entirely new security paradigm—one that looks beyond simply securing devices and applications to securing the data […] → Read More