Cureatr, a mobile care coordination solution for health care, today announced it has raised $13 million in Series B funding led by Deerfield Investments, a healthcare technology private-equity firm in New York. Deerfield is joined by Cerner Capital, Inc., Windham Ventures, a strategic health IT investor, and previous investors Cardinal Partners, Milestone Venture Partners, Partnership Fund for New York City, and JMI Services, LLC. The company will utilize the capital to launch new regions for
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Archives for 2015
Philips Launches App-Based Ultrasound Solution Lumify
Royal Philips has launched Lumify, its first app-based ultrasound solution that will extend the reach of ultrasound applications across the health continuum using mobile technology. Philips’ Lumify is an entirely new way of delivering ultrasound technology to healthcare providers and their patients.
Lumify Overview
Lumify offers high-quality imaging on a compatible smart device through a subscription model. Philips’ new ultrasound approach brings together mobile applications, advanced
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Importance of Expanding Health IT Incentives to Mental Healthcare
Editor’s Note: Irv Lichtenwald is president and CEO of Medsphere Systems Corporation, the solution provider for the OpenVista electronic health record. Prior to joining Medsphere, he served as CFO of Advent Software, a leading provider of investment management solutions. Between 1995 and 2003, Irv led Advent through three public stock offerings.
Chances are good someone close to you is suffering from a mental health disorder right now.
You may not know it. While paranoid schizophrenia
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MindMeld, Sense.ly Partner to Build Artificial Intelligence Health Apps
MindMeld, the first platform for building AI-powered voice-driven apps is partnering with Sense.ly, a virtual nurse platform for patient engagement and chronic disease monitoring to build customized artificial intelligence health apps. MindMeld and Sense.ly are leveraging the latest advances in artificial intelligence to build customized virtual assistant applications for the healthcare industry. MindMeld’s platform leverages innovative AI technology and helps healthcare providers deliver
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Arcadia Healthcare Solutions Acquires Sage Technologies
EHR data aggregation/analytics and consulting firm Arcadia Healthcare Solutions today announced the acquisition of managed services and ACO implementation provider Sage Technologies. The acquisition will help strengthen Arcadia’s position as a market leader in full-service managed care – the end-to-end blended technology and services capability to help healthcare leaders efficiently manage their business in a value-based setting. Financial terms of the acquisition is being led by Peloton
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Google Developing Wearable for Clinical Trial Research
Google Inc.’s life sciences group has developed a health-tracking wristband that can be used for clinical trial research and drug tests. Developed by Google's X research division, the wristband can measure pulse, heart rhythm, skin temperature, light exposure and noise levels to giving researchers minute-by-minute patient data. The device is designed to become a medical device instead of a consumer device.
“Our intended use is for this to become a medical device that’s prescribed to
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Aurora Health Care Invests in StartUp Health for Streamlined Access to Innovations
Not-for-profit health care system Aurora Health Care has announced a strategic investment in StartUp Health, a global entrepreneurship development company for Healthcare Transformers to help accelerate the review and adoption of innovations aimed at transforming the delivery of care.
The strategic investment will provide Aurora early access to proposed innovations and will be able to work side-by-side with entrepreneurs to implement solutions in Aurora’s provider and patient communities. The
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New Social Media App Offers Real-Time View of Patient Pulse
Treato, a source for consumer healthcare insights has launched a new social media app that offers an expanded view of the patient pulse. The new app named Treato IQ applies Treato's advanced big data infrastructure to broad social sentiment for a top line view into today's health consumer, expanding Treato's offering of patient intelligence tools to provide healthcare companies with an end-to-end solution.
Treato IQ will allow business customers to understand the social media landscape
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Heal Nabs $5M for On-Demand Doctor House Calls
On-demand doctor house call service provider Heal has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Slow Ventures, March Capital, Pritzker Capital. The round also included numerous renowned angels, including: Dr. Paul Jacobs, Qualcomm Executive Chairman; James Lassiter, founder of Overbrook Entertainment; Stephen Rader, founder of Clarity Partners; Jamie McCourt; Lionel Richie; and Mike Wortsman, former President of Univision. The funding round brings the company’s total funding to $8.7
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McKesson Launches Paragon Clinician Hub
McKesson has launched Paragon Clinician Hub, a new web-based information presentation and workflow management solution designed to help physicians and other care providers better manage the avalanche of patient information and clinical tasks they face every day.
Paragon Clinician Hub is a major new feature in Paragon Release 13.0, an upgrade release focused on physician-associated applications to help improve physician satisfaction and adoption. The solutions features a clean, modern,
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