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By Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer
A new approach to product reliability, known as Prognostics and Health Management (PHM), has found increasing application in a wide range of technical areas. Now IEEE members are exploring its use in the medical field.
By Nitish Thakor
Welcome to the August 2012 issue of the Life Sciences Newsletter! We have some interesting and provocative information for you in this issue! Read on for an overview of this issue’s content, and an invitation.
By Olaf Such
Globally, we face a crisis as countries attempt to deal with a continually increasing need for healthcare. A change to a distributed healthcare system can address this problem.
Olaf Such, PhD, MBA, is Global Head of Clinical Science for Philips Healthcare. Interviewed at the recent 2nd Annual IEEE Technology Time Machine Symposium, he gives his predictions on how today’s technology breakthroughs will influence the practice of medicine 10 years from now.
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By Atam Dhawan
What are the emerging medical and healthcare technologies of the next decade? A new report provides a view of 10 areas to watch. We present part 1 of the report in this issue. Part 2 will follow next month.
Olaf Such is currently the Global Head of Clinical Science, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems, Philips Healthcare, based in Best, the Netherlands. Read more
Atam P. Dhawan, Ph.D., obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, and Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba, in Electrical Engineering. Read more
Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer, MD, MPA, is Medical Director of Loyola University Health System's Occupational Health Services, and Associate Professor, Department of Medicine... Read more 