Fitbit has enlisted lobbying firm Heather Podesta + Partners to address its consumer and health privacy concerns after facing increasing scrutiny from Sen. Chuck Schumer and others in Congress, according to recently released public-disclosure records, NJ reports. Last month, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) warned Fitbit and other mobile health apps of a possible "privacy nightmare" waiting to happen for collecting sensitive data from its users that could potentially be sold to third parties. He is
Read More
Florida Blue and Baptist Health Care Corporation Form ACO
On Monday, Florida Blue and Baptist Health Care Corporation announce the execution of an ACO agreement that aims to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care in northwest Florida.
Through this arrangement, the organizations plan to improve the patient experience by enhancing the coordination of care between BHC and Florida Blue. Built around the Baptist Medical Group (BMG) network of physicians, the BHC accountable care organization will provide coordinated care to patients with the
Read More
Apple to Launch HealthKit Medical Trials with Stanford & Duke
Apple is preparing to launch diabetic and chronic disease medical trials using HealthKit with Stanford University Hospital and Duke University, according to a report from Reuters. HealthKit is the companion app to Apple’s Health component (a major development of its upcoming iOS 8 release), which will serve as an integrative hub for third-party health and wellness-related apps.
HealthKit Medical trials Details
- Stanford University Hospital medical trials will be focused on diabetes that
Read More
Scripps Health Launches Pilot Study of AirStrip ONE
Scripps Health has launched a 60 day pilot study of AirStrip ONE®, a software system that securely delivers data from multiple hospital-based patient monitoring systems to mobile devices used by physicians both within and outside the hospital. The AirpStrip ONE will be used in Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla’s first-floor critical care unit on post-open heart surgery patients, trauma patients, surgical intensive care patients and others who are critically ill and require close
Read More
HHS Issues Final Rule For Additional Flexibility for EHR Certification
Health information technology (IT) developers, providers and consumers will get more flexibility through a final rule issued today by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Read More
3 Keys to Maximizing the ROI of Your EHR
A 2013 study from the University of Michigan School of Public Health finds that practices that implement an EHR without a laser focus on enhancing revenue and cutting costs are likely to lose more than $43,000 over five years. In other words, 73% of those surveyed failed to see a ROI.
Read More
Global Mobile Health and Fitness Sensor Market Expected to Grow at a CAGR of 40.29%
The Global Mobile Health and Fitness Sensor market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 40.29 percent over the period 2013-2018, according to a new report by Infiniti Research-Limited. The Global Mobile Health and Fitness Sensor market covers the present scenario and the growth prospects for the period 2014-2018. To calculate market size, the report takes into account the unit shipments of health and fitness sensors used in wearable, implantable, and mobile health and fitness devices. Sensors help
Read More
Wellframe Raises $8.5M in Series A Funding Led by DFJ
Wellframe, a Boston-based company that combines mobile technology and artificial intelligence to amplify caring clinical relationships by engaging patients in personalized care plans, announced today that the organization has closed on $8.5 million in financing, led by DFJ, with participation from Formation 8, Waterline Ventures and Queensbridge Venture Partners.
Read More
Infographic: EHR Trends in Nashville
TechnologyAdvice decided to survey the city of Nashville, one of the fastest growing healthcare markets in the country and uncover how EHR adoption was doing in a city renowned for healthcare innovation and investment. Nashville is home to 15 publicly traded healthcare companies and more than 300 private and public healthcare organizations, making the city one of the nation’s leaders in healthcare innovation, investment, and job growth. The Nashville Healthcare Council estimates that in 2008,
Read More
Revenue & Sustainability: Metrics for Health Tech Startup Success
Anne DeGheest, co-founder of HealthTech Capital explains the two most important metrics for health tech startup success.
2014 has been a great year so far for health tech startups with record breaking funding flowing into the sector. According to Rock Health, 143 digital health companies raised $2.3 billion in funding in the first half of 2014. Another notable aspect is that average deal size has risen significantly from $10 million last year to $15.6 million now.
Read More
