What You Should Know:
- Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Labcorp using the Medidata Sensor Cloud to introduce a new model to advance the use of medical-grade sensors in clinical trials and accelerate biomarker discovery.
- As part of the partnership, Medidata will receive and process medical-grade sensor data within drug, vaccine and device trials across Labcorp Drug Development’s clinical trial portfolio,
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Archives for 2021
Ginger Adds Spanish to On-Demand Mental Healthcare Offering
What You Should Know:
- Ginger, a provider of on-demand mental healthcare, today announced Spanish language capabilities of Ginger’s entire on-demand mental health offering. The added capabilities aligns perfectly with the company’s recent decision to commence supporting those members utilizing Medicaid (starting in certain markets). Ginger members who prefer to receive care in Spanish will be able to access the full mobile app experience, from intake, to messaging and care delivery, in
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Femtech Startup Babyscripts Secures $12M for Virtual Maternity Care Solution
What You Should Know:
- Babyscripts, a Washington D.C.-based virtual care platform for managing obstetrics, announced it has raised $12M in Series B funding led by MemorialCare Innovation Fund, a strategic healthcare investment company, and will focus on the rollout of Babyscripts Virtual Maternity Care solution to providers across the US, as well as the development of care models specifically targeted to payers. Other investors in the Series B round include Philips and the CU Healthcare
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Eleos Health Raises $6M to Expand VoiceAI-Powered Behavioral Health
What You Should Know:
- Eleos Health, a digital health startup transforming behavioral healthcare with voice-based AI insights, today announced the close of $6M in seed funding to develop and launch their new category of automated health tech solutions that accelerate clinicians’ decision making led by aMoon Fund with participation from lool ventures, who led the company’s pre-seed round, and Gandyr Group, alongside Arkin Holdings, Geingels and former c-suite and executives from Google, MIT
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4 Things Healthcare Facilities Should Know About Medical Device Recalls
More than 4 million recalled medical devices may harm patients in 2021. And that’s just what we can see has been “posted” on the FDA site through June 25, 2021. The number of medical device recalls issued halfway through 2021 is far higher than in the previous five years. Healthcare facilities are now facing both a higher number of recalls and a shortage of essential medical devices and products.
The FDA has noted that recalled medical devices caused almost 100,000 deaths between 2008
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Healthcare Deserts: 80% of U.S. Lacks Adequate Access to Healthcare
What You Should Know:
- Over 80 percent of the country lacks adequate healthcare infrastructure in some shape or form, according to recent report findings from GoodRx Research. The research finds that over a third of the U.S. population lives in a county where there is less than adequate access to pharmacies, primary care providers, hospitals, trauma centers, and/or low-cost health centers.
- The report offers an in-depth look at the uneven distribution of healthcare across the
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Chatbots in Healthcare: A More Humanized, Patient-Oriented Approach
The adoption of chatbots and virtual assistants, coupled with the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, has revolutionized the healthcare industry. In many ways, chatbots have become ubiquitous, providing a more optimized user experience through digital means.
The healthcare industry has already benefited immensely from this technology, namely through greater access to valuable services and information, more accuracy in determining what care patients require,
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Teladoc Integrates with Proximie’s Virtual Operating Room Platform
What You Should Know:
- Proximie, a health technology platform focused on digitizing operating and diagnostic rooms, announced an integration with Teladoc Health’s Solo platform for hospitals and health systems. The partnership is a global agreement, focused initially on the US market.
- As part of the integration, Proximie’s virtual operating room capabilities will become a part of the Solo ecosystem for hospitals and health systems. The combined capability allows multiple
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EHR Data Reveals COVID-19 Vaccines Effective in Preventing Hospitalizations, ER Visits
What You Should Know:
- Real world evidence from electronic medical records (EHR) data reveals the COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective at preventing hospitalizations, emergency department visits and intensive care admissions due to the virus, according to a study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
- The study, “Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing Ambulatory and Inpatient Care” analyzes actual data from hospitals around the US and shows
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Neuroglee Raises $10M to Develop Virtual Neurology Clinics with Mayo Clinic, Others
What You Should Know:
- Neuroglee, a Boston, MA-based provider of personalized evidence-based digital therapeutics (DTx) and virtual care solutions, today announced it has raised $10M in Series A funding led by OpenSpace Ventures with participation by EDBI.
- Neuroglee Therapeutics discovers, develops and commercializes personalized evidence-based digital therapeutics (DTx) and virtual care solutions to treat and manage patients with neurodegenerative diseases. Neuroglee’s adaptive
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