Careport Health, a technology company that helps health systems better manage their post-acute care networks has raised $3.8M in funding to accelerate growth. The round was led by Baseline Ventures, with participation from CommonAngels Ventures, Excelerate Health Ventures, Generator Ventures, Launch Capital, 500 Startups and Andy Palmer.
Eliminating the Information Gap
After witnessing the challenges of finding post-hospital care, Dr. Lissy Hu, a Harvard Medical School and Harvard Business
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Archives for 2015
CMS Releases April ICD-10 End to End Testing Results
CMS has announced the results of its second ICD-10 end to end testing week conducted from April 27 through May 1, 2015 for Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) health care providers, clearinghouses, and billing agencies. CMS was able to accommodate most volunteers, representing a broad cross-section of provider, claim, and submitter types. Approximately 875 providers and billing companies participated, and testers submitted over 23,000 test claims.
Key results include:
• The acceptance rate
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Cohero Health’s Mobile Spirometer Receives FDA Clearance
Cohero Health, an NYC-based digital health company focused on developing connected health tools and technologies to improve respiratory care, has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its mobile spirometer. The handheld, wireless spirometer measures critical lung function metrics with the same precision as clinical-grade spirometers. The mobile spirometer pairs with a smartphone or tablet, enabling real-time measurement and reporting.
The device integrates with Cohero Health’s mobile
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New CMS Policy To Provide Entrepreneurs Access Medicare Data
Today at sixth annual Health Datapalooza, the acting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, Andy Slavitt, announced a new policy that for the first time will allow innovators and entrepreneurs to access CMS data, such as Medicare claims. As part of the Administration’s commitment to use of data and information to drive transformation of the healthcare delivery system, CMS will allow innovators and entrepreneurs to conduct approved research that will ultimately improve
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CVS Health, HHS Collaborate to Provide Personalized Preventive Care Recommendations
CVS Health announced it is partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promote an online tool, which provides recommendations from government-recognized clinical experts for the personalized preventive services patients should receive based on their age and gender. Many of these preventive services are available to patients at MinuteClinic and CVS/pharmacy locations, as well as at their physician's office, and many are now covered by most insurance without
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Apervita, Mayo Clinic To Create First Self-Service Health Measures Marketplace
Apervita and Mayo Clinic, today announced a partnership to create the first self-service marketplace for health measures that will serve as a one-stop-shop to author, publish, and apply measures, allowing users to connect their data to open standard measure definitions. The new capability automatically transforms measure definitions into computable analytics and is being developed with Mayo Clinic contributing its expertise in medical care, know how, and technology.
Today, there are already
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BaseHealth Launches World’s Most Comprehensive Genomic API
5 new API services enhance health and well-being applications and incite the development of new genomic-driven innovations
BaseHealth, the precision health and medicine company, has announced the launch of the BaseHealth API, a set of five calls that gives developers the ability to integrate genomic data and comprehensive health assessments into their health and wellbeing applications. The API adds genomic precision to any modern health and wellbeing offering.
BaseHealth API Overview
The
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20 UK Digital Health Startups to Watch
It began as the epicenter of innovation in health technology, but now the United States and its model of incubation and open investment is catalyzing the emergence of tech hubs globally, some of the largest are now in the European Union.
The United Kingdom is just starting to capture its share of the limelight on digital health tech and is now the fourth most entrepreneurial country in the world according to the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Index.
The U.K., in particular England, has
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StartUp Health Adds 12 Digital Health Startups to its Portfolio
StartUp Health, a global entrepreneurship development company for Healthcare Transformers has announced the addition of 12 new digital health startups to its global portfolio, bringing the total to 102 companies.
The newest addition of 6 companies represent a diverse range of subsectors (from telemedicine and patient engagement to wellness, nutrition and diagnostics) and locations including Dubai, UAE, Tel Aviv, Israel, Austin, TX, Boston, MA and New York, NY.
The newest portfolio
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Will Interstate Telemedicine Further Accelerate the Exodus of Physicians?
Did you know that you are a “telemedicine provider”? No? I can’t blame you for not knowing, but you are, and always have been. Well, maybe not always, but certainly since Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Better yet, you provide free telemedicine services. Here is an idea: on the home page of your practice website, you should add a big huge flashing banner saying “Free Telemedicine Services!” Still hesitating because you are not using fancy monitors when you take calls from
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