What You Should Know:
- Imprivata, a digital identity company for healthcare and beyond, today announced the availability of two of its flagship digital identity solutions on Microsoft Azure.
- The expansion of Imprivata OneSign and Imprivata Confirm ID to the cloud fortifies the company’s focus on advancing digital transformation efforts for healthcare organizations looking to enhance security and clinical efficiency with cloud scalability. Additionally, it builds on
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Archives for 2021
Foundation Medicine Integrates with Epic EMR for Genomic Insights for Precision Cancer Care
What You Should Know:
- Foundation Medicine (FMI) announced today a partnership to integrate its comprehensive genomic testing services into Epic’s electronic medical record (EMR) platform, making it easier for oncologists to order comprehensive genomic tests (CGP), review results, continually access clinical and genomic information and share among their care teams in order to develop personalized treatment plans quickly and efficiently for their patients. See the full release
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Olive Launches In-House Venture Studio for Digital Health Startups
Olive Launches In-House Venture Studio for Digital Health Startups
What You Should Know:
- Olive, the $4B healthcare automation company, today announced Olive Ventures, a new in-house venture studio that works hand-in-hand with early-stage entrepreneurs to create digital health companies through Olive’s platform.
- Olive Ventures offers visionaries a secure, compliant tech environment (i.e. Olive’s tech stack) that’s designed to rapidly validate, deploy, distribute and
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Why Healthcare Orgs Need to Take a Practice-Centered Approach to IT
Over the past year, we’ve all witnessed the dramatic impact that healthcare IT had on both the selfless clinicians who power our health systems and their patients. The Covid-19 crisis accelerated innovation and led to increased adoption of the cloud and telehealth technologies that helped organizations continue to provide care no matter where they or their patients were.
However, several shortfalls were just as apparent. The 2020 HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Survey found that 70 percent of
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AccessDX Acquires 2bPrecise from Allscripts for Actionable Precision Medicine Insights
What You Should Know:
- AccessDX, a leading diagnostic laboratory, and diagnostic technology company has acquired 2bPrecise, a genomic and healthcare informatics innovator, from Allscripts Healthcare Solutions. This merger comes as advances in genetic research and medicine have driven skyrocketing demand for genetic testing, data, and insights by healthcare providers, laboratories, and consumers around the world. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- Hospitals, health
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Ginger and Headspace Merge to Form Headspace Health to Support Mental Health
What You Should Know:
-Headspace, a global leader in mindfulness and meditation, and Ginger, a leader in on-demand mental healthcare, today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to merge.
- The combined entity, Headspace Health, will provide the full spectrum of proven, effective virtual support - from mindfulness and meditation to text-based behavioral health coaching, to video-based therapy and psychiatry - for all types of patient populations (consumers, employees,
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Rezilient Health Raises $2.5M to Open Virtual Primary Care CloudClinics
What You Should Know:
- Rezilient Health, a St. Louis-based, concierge primary care practice that uses connected digital devices and an advanced video platform to bring doctors remotely to its CloudClinics today announced it has closed its oversubscribed $2.5M seed funding. The seed funding was led by Unseen Capital, with participation from Techstars, Headwater VC, The Council, and The Living Fund.
- Founded in 2016 by Danish Nagada, MD and Jeff Gamble, Ph.D., Rezilient Health bridges
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UPS Launches First COVID-19 Vaccine Drone Deliveries at Atrium Health Wake Forest
What You Should Know:
- UPS, together with its UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF) subsidiary, announced it is now making COVID-19 vaccine deliveries via drone for Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, using new cold chain packaging developed specifically for drones.
- The announcement marks the first COVID-19 vaccine drone delivery in the U.S. and is an extension of current work for Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. UPS’s drone airline received first-of-kind approval
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Antidote Health Raises $12M to Build First Virtual HMO in the U.S.
What You Should Know:
- AntidoteHealth, a New York City-based telehealth provider making quality healthcare accessible to all Americans, today announced it has raised $12 million in seed funding to build an AI-based virtual Health maintenance organization (HMO). The seed round was led by iAngels, Well-Tech Ventures, and Flint Capital, along with other angel investors.
- Antidote is an HMO, which means it cuts out the middleman, connecting simply patients to doctors. By offering a more
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Accenture Invests in Virtual Diagnostic Testing Platform ixlayer
What You Should Know:
- Accenture Ventures announced a strategic investment in ixlayer, a leader in healthcare IT-focused on providing technology-based solutions for diagnostic testing. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.
- Aimed at making lab testing more efficient, the company’s platform lies at the nexus of doctors, researchers, patients and medical facilities, providing healthcare providers, payors and governments with the cloud-based IT infrastructure to scale products and
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