Lexigram, a Redwood City, CA-based clinical data intelligence company has raised $2 million in seed funding led by Storm Ventures and including RTA Ventures and the Stanford-StartX Fund. The digital health startup plans to utilize the seed funding to further mature the company's self-service and on-demand natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning analytics platform. As patients, we imagine that our medical data is readily available to all of our doctors, but that couldn't be farther
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Orb Health Lands $3.2M for Intelligent Collaborative Care Platform
Orb Health, a Dallas, TX-based provider of collaborative care technology has raised $3.2 million in Series A funding led by Mt Vernon Investments with participation from Green Park & Golf and a number of returning seed investors. The company plans to utilize the funding to expand its intelligent collaborative care platform for physician-owned practices and large health systems. Founded in 2011, Orb Health provides a turnkey solution and service that empowers providers to engage more deeply
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nThrive Acquires Clinically Integrated Revenue Cycle Provider Adreima
nThrive, an Alpharetta, GA-based provider of revenue cycle solutions has acquired Adreima, a Downers Grove, Ill.-based provider of patient-centered, clinically-integrated revenue cycle services that help patients find coverage and meet their financial obligations, while partnering with health care providers to optimize revenue cycle functions. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. For nThrive, the acquisition strengthens it's patient-to-payment roadmap that are essential to
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Main Line Health Taps Bernoulli for Medical Device Integration into Epic EHR
Pennsylvania-based Main Line Health has chosen Bernoulli, a provider of real-time connected healthcare, as its medical device integration solutions provider for the health system’s transition to Epic. By March 2018, the platform is expected to go live at Main Line’s four acute-care hospitals and outpatient centers. Main Line Health is a not-for-profit health system that serves Philadelphia and its westerns suburbs, with 10,000 employees and more than 2,000 physicians on staff.“This is one of the
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Ascensia Diabetes Care Receives FDA Clearance for App-Enabled Blood Glucose Smart Meter
Ascensia Diabetes Care has received FDA clearance for the app-enabled CONTOUR® NEXT ONE Blood Glucose Monitoring System (BGMS). The blood glucose smart meter links to a mobile device via Bluetooth collects, stores and analyzes patient blood glucose measurements delivered to it by the meter. The blood glucose measurements can be used to identify patterns and trends that may help patients understand how certain aspects of their daily activities affect their blood glucose.The system also features
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Study: Pharma Companies Lose $637B Due to Medication Nonadherence
Pharmaceutical companies forfeit an estimated $637 billion a year to medication nonadherence, according to new research paper released by HealthPrize Technologies. The findings builds upon a research paper originally co-authored by HealthPrize and Capgemini Consulting in 2012. At that time, global revenue losses were being estimated at $564 billion annually. HealthPrize Technologies today announced the publication of an update to a research paper co-authored with Capgemini estimating annual
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Cerner Integrates American Well’s Telehealth Platform with EHR
Cerner has announced a telehealth agreement with American Well to integrate American Well's telehealth platform with Cerner’s EHR. As part of the integration, the integrated EHR-telehealth solution will be available to current and future Cerner and American Well clients to manage the health and care of patients beyond the walls of the health system.Patients will now have the ability to interact with the solution through Cerner’s HealtheLifeSM patient engagement portal, which is designed to
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NexHealth Raises $1.5M for App-Based Patient Appointment Scheduling
NexHealth, a New York based developer of an app-based patient communication and appointment booking platform, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding led by iSeed Ventures. The digital health startup plans to utilize the funding to invest in growing its network of doctors and patients as well as product offerings. Founded in 2015 by Alamin Uddin, NexHeatlh's secure patient booking platform integrates with a physician practices' existing calendar to provide its patients access their office
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Zipline Lands $25M to Expand Automated Medical Drone Delivery
Zipline, a San Francisco-based drone delivery startup has raised $25 million in Series B funding led by Visionnaire Ventures, with participation from Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. The latest round will allow it to expand its operations to new countries/territories across the world and brings Zipline’s total funding to $43 million. According to Zipline, more than two billion people lack adequate access to essential medical products, often due to challenging terrain and gaps in
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Propeller Health Lands FDA 510(k) Clearance to Market Sensor for the Ellipta Inhaler
Propeller Health, a Madison, Wisconsin-based provider of digital solutions for respiratory medicine has received FDA 510(k) clearance to market its digital sensor for use with GSK’s Ellipta® patented, dry powder inhaler. The custom sensor designed exclusively for the Ellipta inhaler was cleared as part of a R&D collaboration between Propeller and GSK announced in late 2015.For the R&D collaboration, the Propeller sensor automatically collected and recorded data on the Ellipta inhaler's
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