Medtronic and Philips, today announced a new partnership to develop and commercialize the LungGPS Patient Management Platform. The comprehensive patient and data management platform is designed to make it easier for clinicians to identify and manage potentially cancerous lung nodules.Lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancer, and while early detection is key, there are few symptoms in the earlier stages. When found early, lung nodules can be continuously monitored for growth, which is a sign
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Israeli Telehealth Startup TytoCare Lands $25M to Penetrate International Markets
TytoCare, an Israeli-based telehealth company has raised $25 million led by Ping An Global Voyager Fund with participation from new and existing investors. The growth round also includes new participants like Qure, Israel’s first exclusively-focused digital health fund, established with Johns Hopkins University. As part of the oversubscribed round, Tyto Care has the option to expand funding to $28 million in the next few months. The company plans to use the funds to help TytoCare fulfill the
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LRVHealth Unveils $100M Fund for “Inside Healthcare” Investing Platform
LRVHealth formerly known as Long River Ventures has announced the launch of an early-stage venture platform for digital health, medical devices and diagnostics. In addition, LRVHealth has partnered with eight national healthcare systems and the Innovation Institute to raise a $100 million venture fund for its “Inside Healthcare” venture capital platform.LRVHealth’s “Inside Healthcare” VC platform unites experienced healthcare operators and investors with leading providers, payers, vendors and
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Pre-Hospital Blood Transfusion on Medical Helicopters Could Transform Trauma Care
South Texas Blood & Tissue Center, a subsidiary of BioBridge Global has launched a program to aid accident and trauma patients served by area air medical services and hospital helicopters. The program called “Brothers in Arms,” will enable air medical crews to administer special pre-hospital transfusions of whole blood, proven to counter blood loss and dramatically improve survival rates when tested in battlefield situations.The program is based on a battlefield transfusion program developed
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Mediware Acquires Revenue Cycle Management Solution MEDTranDirect
Mediware Information Systems, Inc.announced it has acquired MEDTranDirect, a revenue cycle management solution and an approved network service vendor for Medicare. For Mediware, the acquisition complements the revenue cycle management and Medicare claims capabilities in Mediware’s home care market solution, Kinnser Software, while simultaneously leveraging Mediware’s heritage of supporting data-driven clinical excellence and improving efficiencies in administrative workflow.MEDTranDirect’s
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Livongo Rolls Out Hypertension Program to Eligible Members
Livongo Health, a Mountain View, CA-based consumer digital health company focused on empowering all people with chronic conditions to live better and healthier lives has announced that eligible members of the Livongo for Diabetes program will have access to the new Livongo for Hypertension program. In addition, Livongo will offer a stand-alone hypertension solution to new members.By addressing multiple chronic conditions on one platform, Livongo can better understand the personal health
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Intermountain, R1 RCM Expands Enterprise Revenue Cycle Management Partnership
Today, R1 RCM announced an expanded partnership with Intermountain Healthcare to be the exclusive RCM provider across all Intermountain patient care sites, including inpatient and preventative care settings. The expanded relationship enables the transformation of Intermountain’s revenue cycle process for RCM performance improvement, cost savings and other positive impacts to efficiencies, but more importantly to the patient experience. Intermountain will rely on R1 to provide and manage the full
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St Vincent’s Health Australia Deploys Vocera for Clinical Alerts & Communication
St Vincent’s Health Australia has officially deployed Vocera solutions for communication and clinical alerts across all its aged care facilities. St Vincent’s Health Australia is one of many organizations in the country using Vocera technology to improve care team communication, patient and resident experience, and operational efficiency. In 2017, Vocera added 35 aged care facilities in Australia to its client roster.Additionally, Vocera is steadily increasing deployments in public and private
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Florida Hospital New Smyrna Launches Tele-ICU with Advanced ICU Care
Florida Hospital New Smyrna has announced its partnership with Advanced ICU Care to provide tele-ICU clinical services to its critically ill patient population. The partnership extends Advanced ICU Care’s growing, multi-state relationship with Adventist Health System hospitals for collaborative ICU patient care via telemedicine.Working collaboratively, Advanced ICU Care will help support New Smyrna’s bedside clinicians to deliver 24/7 care by U.S. board-certified intensivists and standardized
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Protenus Lands $11M to Expand AI-Driven Compliance Analytics Platform
Baltimore, MD-based Protenus, a provider healthcare compliance anlaytics has raised $11 million in Series B funding co-led by F-Prime Capital Partners and Kaiser Permanente Ventures, with participation from Arthur Ventures, Lionbird Venture Capital, and Cognosante Ventures. The company plans to use the funding to accelerate sales and customer support hiring, as well as R&D to expand platform capabilities.Founded in 2014, the Protenus platform makes an analytical assessment of every digital
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