What You Should Know:
- CareSimple and MetroHealth System announced that they have entered into a strategic remote patient monitoring integration partnership.
- Under the terms of
the agreement, CareSimple will empower the Cleveland, Ohio public health system
with simple, patient-friendly RPM solutions to improve health outcomes for
their high-risk senior and chronically ill populations.
The MetroHealth System, a nationally recognized public health care system located in
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Archives for 2021
Concentra Transitions Telemed Offering from Amwell to eVisit Virtual Care Platform
What You Should Know:
- Concentra recently transitioned their
three-year-old Concentra Telemed® offering from Amwell to the eVisit Virtual
Care platform.
- The eVisit Virtual Care platform is
supporting all of Concentra’s telemedicine requirements, including its
industry-leading 24/7/365 Concentra Telemed offering and Concentra Telerehab®,
conducting more than 8,000 virtual visits a month.
- eVisit
was founded six years ago and is already in use at more than 100
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AstraZeneca and Care Access Research Collaborate on Decentralized COVID-19 Clinical Trial
What You Should Know:
- AstraZeneca and Care Access Research are teaming up to
provide decentralized, mobile research site operations for AstraZeneca’s
AZD7442 phase III clinical trial in the US.
- The Phase III clinical trial called STORM CHASER will
assess the safety and efficacy of AZD7442 for post-exposure prophylaxis and
pre-emptive treatment in approximately 1,125 participants in the US and UK.
Care Access Research, a decentralized research organization
(DRO) that operates as
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Cedars Sinai Launches COVID-19 Recovery Program
What You Should Know:
- Patients in the Cedars-Sinai COVID-19 Recovery Program
receive a comprehensive in-person evaluation with an expert in infectious
diseases or pulmonary medicine who can refer them to a network of specialists.
Cedars-Sinai,
today announce the launch of the COVID-19 Recovery Program to meet the needs of a
growing number of COVID-19 patients who experience lingering symptoms weeks and
even months after physicians say they are virus-free.
COVID-19
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From Analog to Digital Neurology: 3 Steps to Better Inform Patient Care
The field of neurology is at an inflection point. With a growing aging population, neurologists are facing an increasing number of patients needing care, and the pent-up demand for services due to COVID-19 only exacerbates this issue. The pressure on neurologists is enormous, with surveys indicating excessive stress caused by inefficient workflow and mounting paperwork 1,2. It is becoming increasingly clear that the traditional analog neurological exam and referral system is overwhelmed, and
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Hurdle Secures $5M for Digital Mental Health Platform for People of Color
What You Should Know:
- Washington, D.C.-based Hurdle raises $5M in seed funding to accelerate its digital mental health platform for people of color.
- Hurdle aims to provide an innovative teletherapy solution for employers and insurers; aims to remove barriers to mental health care for People of Color by rooting its services in evidence-based methods of cultural humility.
Hurdle (formerly Henry Health), a Washington, D.C.-based innovative digital mental health platform company,
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West Virginia Launches Nation’s First Statewide COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
What You Should Know:
- West Virginians will now have access to a COVID-19
vaccination pre-registration tool available statewide.
- West Virginia is the first state in the nation to deploy this new system through Everbridge, a global provider of critical event management technologies. The tool enables West Virginians to pre-register for COVID-19 vaccination and receive updates through text, phone, and/or email.
President Joe Biden has made it his priority to tackle COVID-19
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Onyx, AMA Innovations Form Collaboration to Build FHIR-Based Messaging
What You Should Know:
- Onyx and AMA Innovations partner to rethink ways FHIR-based messaging technology can improve links between healthcare and community-based organizations.
- As part of the collaboration, both organizations will jointly
target grant opportunities through HHS’ Administration for Community Living’s
Social Care Referrals Challenge Program.
Onyx Technology LLC and AMA Innovations Inc., a technology development subsidiary of the American Medical Association, today
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Cognizant and XPRIZE Announce Finalists For $500k COVID-19 Pandemic Response Competition
What You Should Know:
- Cognizant, a Fortune 200 leader in technology and
professional services, recently partnered with XPRIZE on the Pandemic Response
Challenge, a global competition aimed at fighting the pandemic and mapping a
course for safely reopening societies using artificial intelligence. The
challenge began in November 2020 and recently entered its final phase.
- The 48 finalist teams from 17 countries were selected
from 104 semifinalist teams from 28 countries following an
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Top 5 Business Opportunities for Digital Health Companies in 2021. Where Is The Money?
For many companies, 2020 has been a devastating year due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the same can be said for the digital health sector, the pandemic has also paved a way for unexpected and extraordinary business opportunities in 2021. Good ideas with a business loan from online lenders such as Biz2Credit are the ingredients for a successful business venture in this pandemic. In 2020, Digital health start-ups and more established companies have suffered, as have other
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