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<\/a><\/p>\nJohnson & Johnson (J&J) is an American\u00a0multinational\u00a0medical device, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturing company founded in 1886. The company operates over 250 companies. In recent years, the company has remade itself into a health-technology innovator in many ways[i]<\/a>.<\/p>\n Digitalizing products to improve healthcare outcomes for patients<\/strong><\/p>\n One-touch Reveal is another mobile app that helps diabetic patients easily monitor and manage their blood glucose levels. Connecting with J&J\u2019s One-touch glucometer, the app can track glucose levels of patients, help visualize trends in their numbers and share data with doctors. Another great example was a digital ecosystem that helps accelerate surgical consults for people with knee pain. The app starts with asking several questions about pain levels, and will then use the results and predictive analytics to provide personalized treatment advice. Surgical candidates will be able to download another app to help prepare them for surgery and recovery with targeted tips.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Robotizing Surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n Another exciting initiative of J&J is the surgical robotics. Verb Surgical is a joint venture created by J&J and Google Verily in 2015, aiming at developing a better and cheaper surgical robot to facilitate medical surgeries. Verb\u2019s robot is still in prototype form and will not be ready until 2020[iii]<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to the CEO of Verb Surgical, \u201cThere are 10-20 million surgeries a year, and only 5% are done robotically. We believe the number should be 75-90%.\u201d[iv]<\/a> Currently, most of the robotically surgeries are performed by Da Vinci, a machine with large precise arms controlled by surgeons. But Verb\u2019s goal extends beyond hardware – it aims to be a platform for digital surgery. To achieve this goal, the platform will leverage five technology pillars \u2013 robotics, visualization, advanced instrumentation, data analytics, and connectivity \u2013 and use a large amount of data to help surgeon make highly informed, fast and accurate decisions. Verb calls this innovation Surgery 4.0, the next evolution of surgery[v]<\/a>.<\/p>\n Surgical Robotics create value in many ways:<\/p>\n<\/a>J&J has created several digital tools[ii]<\/a> that help guide people on their health care journeys by leveraging their clinical knowledge and technology. RA-RA (Remote Assessment in Rheumatoid Arthritis) is a mobile app that can work with wearable trackers like Fitbit to collect behavioral and health information such as heart rate, sleep duration and daily levels of joint pains, and help indicate how well the medication is working and whether the patient\u2019s condition is improving or worsening.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n