ProTransport-1 partners with CrowdOptic to deploy Google Glass in ambulances and mobile medicine units for real-time video evaluation of patients during transport. ProTransport-1, a Northern California based medical transport provider has announced a software partnership with CrowdOptic, maker of mobile and wearable broadcasting solutions to deploy the CrowdOptic Google Glass broadcasting solution in its ambulances and mobile medicine units.
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Blueprint Health Reveals 7 New Startups for its Sixth Class
Blueprint Health, a NYC based mentor-focused health technology accelerator, today anounced its sixth class of seven startups. Blueprint is a member of TechStars’ Global Accelerator Network. Below are brief descriptions of each of the 11 companies that just joined the accelerator. Each startup will receive $20k in funding, mentorship from some of the leading players in the provider, payor, and pharma space, office, and more in exchange for 6 percent equity. The program started this week on July
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DreamIt Health Philadelphia Announces Third Cycle of Health Tech Startups
Independence Blue Cross (Independence), Penn Medicine, and DreamIt Ventures today announce the third cycle of nine health-tech startups selected to participate in DreamIt Health Philadelphia 2014. The selected startup teams will participate in a 16-week boot camp from July 21 through November 7 to rapidly achieve key business milestones in building high-growth potential companies. Each team will receive: - $50,000 in seed capital - coaching/mentorship from successful tech entrepreneurs -
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Behavioral Health EHR Vālant Medical Solutions Nabs $11M Private Equity Investment
Vālant Medical Solutions, Inc., provider of cloud-based, electronic health records (EHR) and e-billing software for behavioral health practices, today announced that it has received an additional $11 Million in private equity investment which will enable Vālant to fund future growth in the behavioral health market segment and to broaden its EHR and e-Billing suite capabilities for Public Behavioral Health practices.
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Global Mobile Health Solutions Market to Grow at 34.88% CAGR by 2018
The global mobile health solutions market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 34.88 percent through 2018, according to a new report from Sandler Research. The growth is mainly driven by the increased usage of 3G and 4G telecom networks. Both 3G and 4G networks help in enhanced communication and network access to healthcare applications. They are used in smartphones and tablets as they provide fast connectivity to health tips, health-based games, doctors' advice on diseases, and online medical
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M*Modal Will Receive Approval to Emerge From Chapter 11
M*Modal, a provider of clinical documentation and Speech Understanding™ solutions, announced that it expects to emerge from Chapter 11 within three weeks following today's confirmation of the Company's Plan of Reorganization by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The Plan provides for restructuring of the Company's debt, and has the support of substantial majorities of its lenders and bondholders.
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IDC Health Insights: Imprivata Cortext: Secure Communications Platform for Healthcare
White paper sponsored by Imprivata, presents key findings of interviews with three healthcare IT executives regarding the deployment of Imprivata Cortext, a secure communications platform. Executive Summary At the heart of excellent patient care is good communication between care team members. However, a highly mobile workforce and multiple communications channels voice, landlines, mobile devices, email, and paging make it challenging for clinicians to communicate
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Symplur Unveils Social Healthcare Intelligence Platform, Symplur Signals
Today, Symplur, LLC unveiled their new social healthcare intelligence platform called Symplur Signals in Paris at the Doctors 2.0 & You conference last month and is targeting July 14th as the official launch date. Known was the highly popular Healthcare Hashtag Project, Symplur maintains the largest database of healthcare related Twitter conversations in existence. Large healthcare organizations, academic institutions, and medical associations wishing to gain business intelligence or to
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Secure vs. HIPAA Compliant: What’s the Difference for Text Messaging?
White paper from DocHalo explores the differences between secure vs. hipaa compliant text messaging and what features make a secure texting solution truly HIPAA-compliant. The need for physicians and other healthcare team members to be in constant communication with each other has never been higher. Secure texting applications seek to provide healthcare professionals a quick and convenient way to connect while complying with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
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Infirmary Health Achieves Rapid Physician Adoption of its EHR using Nuance Cloud-Based Speech Recognition
Nuance Communications, Inc., announced today that Infirmary Health has achieved rapid success deploying Nuance clinical speech recognition technology embedded within Epic’s apps, which simplifies how physicians enter clinical information on mobile devices. Infirmary Health provides care for more than 100,000 patients annually across multiple hospitals and clinics in Alabama and has found Nuance’s voice-enabled clinical documentation speeds physician workflows on smartphones and tablets, expands
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