Becker's Healthcare July 14, 2022
Mayo Clinic Platform, the data analytics and digital health arm of the Rochester, Minn.-based medical center, is trying to stop diseases in patients before they emerge, its leader told Becker’s.
“Do you remember the film Minority Report?” asked John Halamka, MD, president of Mayo Clinic Platform. “The notion in Minority Report was pre-crime — predicting the crime before it happens. What if we could predict disease before it happens? Then we could make sure that a patient receives appropriate interventions, treatment and monitoring so they don’t experience severe disease.”
One way the platform is doing that is through an algorithm, given FDA breakthrough status in May, that uses Apple Watch data to detect pulmonary hypertension in people who may not...
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