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9th Annual USC Body Computing Conference Gathers Diverse Thought Leaders to Discuss the Future of Healthcare; Event Includes Demonstration of First-Ever Virtual Care Clinic And Latest Innovations in Wearable and Injectable TechnologiesLOS ANGELES, Oct. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognized as one of the leading academically-based digital health think tanks nationwide, the University of Southern California (USC) Center for Body Computing (CBC), part of Keck Medicine of USC, tomorrow hosts its 9th Annual USC CBC Conference. The one-day summit convenes a diverse group influencing the future of health and medicine with speakers in industrial design, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, app development, social media engagement, wearable technology, athletic sports performance, patient advocacy, robotic surgery and venture capitalists. They are joined by Academy Award-winning producers and Big Data experts to discuss and showcase the latest innovations in digital health solutions that are transforming health and medicine by better engaging consumers in the mission to advance medicine. "Digital health solutions are fueling patient health education, engagement and empowerment, and USC Center for Body Computing is at the forefront of this technology revolution in medicine and research," said Michael Quick, provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs for USC. "Every year this conference draws national and international experts who share solutions that drive medical science innovation and define health care transformation." The USC CBC, founded in 2006, is a digital health innovation incubation center that collaborates with various partners to research concepts in consumer-empowered health as well as commercialize wireless health products. Funding for digital health solutions is expected to nearly double in the next few years -- from $3.5 billion in start-ups in 2014 to $6.5 billion in 2017. The demand is met with equal force on the patient side, with 75 percent of patients expecting digital solutions in the near future according to a recent report from McKinsey & Company. "Technology has introduced a new era in medicine and especially in the role patients can and should playin their own health stories," said Leslie A. Saxon, MD, a cardiologist and founder/executive director of USC CBC. "Being able to scale medical research to include potentially hundreds of thousands of participants via mobile smartphone and app technology or see 100 patients daily instead of just 20 via a virtual care clinic concept not only gives physicians more insights and therefore more efficiency in treating and diagnosing, but also gives patients more personalized information about their specific health needs." Key themes and speakers at this year's conference include:
Other highlights include presentations and panel discussions with speakers from AliveCor, Proteus Digital Health, Tastemade, USC Cinematic Arts, Academy Award-winning producer Ed Saxon (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia), Karten Design, Goldman Sachs, Qualcomm Life Fund, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Beyers, Keck Medicine of USC robotic surgeons, Harvard Medical School, and other digital health leaders. Learn more: uscbodycomputing.org and keckmedicine.org
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