Boston Children’s Hospital and Klick Health, today unveiled a virtual reality (VR) platform to bring patients’ individual medical findings to life in an immersive, 3D environment. The proof of concept VR platform named HealthVoyager is a medical education and patient experience platform. The first iteration of the tool, HealthVoyager™ GI, has been designed for pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) patients and is being used at Boston Children’s as part of a clinical study to validate its effect on
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Mindstrong Health, Takeda Partner to Develop Digital Biomarkers for Mental Health Conditions
Mindstrong Health, a digital health startup transforming the diagnosis and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders, has entered into a partnership with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited to explore the development of digital biomarkers for selected mental health conditions, in particular schizophrenia and treatment-resistant depression.In this decade, neuropsychiatric disorders represent the largest source of medical disability for people under age 50. The costs are among the highest of all
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Nomad Health Lands $12M to Expand Freelance Platform for Clinicians
Nomad Health, a NYC-based freelance platform for doctors and nurses has raised $12 million in Series B funding led by Polaris Partners. The Series B round include participation from existing investors First Round Capital, RRE Ventures, and .406 Ventures.Founded in 2015 by a team of entrepreneurial doctors and Kevin Ryan (the founder of Business Insider and Gilt Group), Nomad is a marketplace for short-term clinical work where medical facilities post shifts they need filled. Nomad hopes
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R1 Acquires Intermedix Corporation for $460M to Expand End-to-End RCM
R1 RCM Inc., a provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle management (RCM) services to healthcare providers, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Intermedix Corp (Intermedix), including its healthcare division comprised of its physician and EMS RCM, practice management and analytics businesses, in a transaction valued at approximately $460 million.Intermedix provides revenue cycle management, practice management and data analytics services to more than 15,000 individual
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Healthcare Blockchain Startup BurstIQ Secures $5M Investment
BurstIQ, Inc., a healthcare blockchain data company, announced it has secure a $5 million investment from Millennium Blockchain marking it the first of BurstIQ’s $20M private placement offering. The company initiated its private placement offering at the 2018 World Economic Forum (DAVOS 2018) in Davos, Switzerland, and expects to complete the offering by March 31, 2018.Millennium Blockchain is a specialty diversified holding company focused on next-generation blockchain use-cases and
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Accenture Wins $138M Contract to Help Virginia Modernize Medicaid Enterprise
Virginia's Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) has selected Accenture to modernize its Medicaid operation services and plan management. As part of the six-year $138 million contract, Accenture will help the department improve system flexibility and responsiveness, improve claims processing, accelerate technology deployments and control costs - benefitting providers, enrollees and program administrators.Virginia will be the first state to develop and implement a new Medicaid
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Cedars-Sinai, Emulate Partner on ‘Patient-on-a-Chip’ Program to Predict Disease Treatments
Scientists at Cedars-Sinai and Boston-based digital health startup Emulate are pioneering a Patient-on-a-Chip program to help predict which disease treatments would be most effective based on a patient's genetic makeup and disease variant—a new approach to advance precision medicine.Researchers know that people respond differently to foods, drugs, and chemicals. For example, a medication may be effective in one individual, while it makes another even more ill. Until now, we’ve had no way to test
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DarioHealth Launches Blood Glucose Monitoring System on Amazon Prime
DarioHealth, a digital health company with mobile health and big data solutions has announced the launch and first sales of its Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System on Amazon. The distribution on Amazon will strengthen DarioHealth's online retail presence, as it provides its users and potential clients with additional purchasing and shipping options, including shipping via Amazon Prime, as all fulfillment is being managed by Amazon. With over 300 million users, Amazon is one of the largest
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Nokia Rethinks Its Digital Health Unit
Nokia today announces that it has initiated a re-evaluation of strategic options for its Digital Health business, which is part of Nokia Technologies. Digital Health's business portfolio includes consumer and enterprise products, and it manufactures and sells an ecosystem of hybrid smart watches, scales and digital health devices to consumers and enterprise partners.The strategic review of the Digital Health business may or may not result in any transaction or other changes. Any further
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MetaLogics Joins StartUp Health’s Moonshot Academy for Digital Health Innovators
MetaLogics Corporation, a Minneapolis-based provider of products for health improvement and weight management, has been selected to join StartUp Health and its exclusive Moonshot Academy for digital health innovators. StartUp Health is organized around 10 Health Moonshots with the long-term goal to accelerate the pace of healthcare innovation and to achieve 100 years of progress in 25 years.MetaLogics provides scientifically validated solutions to improve health and to reduce the risks
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