What You Should Know:
- 23andMe has launched 23andMe+ Total Health, a comprehensive prevention-based health membership.
- Total Health provides clinical-grade exome sequencing, biannual blood testing, genetics-based clinical care, and access to clinicians trained in genetics.
Comprehensive, Prevention-Based Health Membership
The offering aims to provide a comprehensive approach to prevention, enhancing patient understanding of disease risks and leading to healthier lives. Key
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Withings Health, Vida Health Partner to Enhance Virtual Cardiometabolic Care
What You Should Know:
- Vida Health, a virtual cardiometabolic care provider and wearables provider Withings Health Solutions has partnered to provide Vida members with state-of-the-art remote monitoring devices, including the Withings Body Pro cellular scale and the BPM Connect Pro cellular blood pressure monitor.
- Eligible Vida members will receive Withings Body Pro cellular scales, BPM Connect Pro cellular blood pressure monitors, or both. Vida's care teams will gain access to
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Telemedicine Increases EHR Documentation Burden for Physicians, Study Reveals
What You Should Know:
- A recent study reveals that telemedicine is related to increased EHR time for physicians in the ambulatory setting, primarily due to documentation of visits, and may require adjustments in productivity expectations and strategies to address EHR documentation burden for physicians in healthcare systems.
- The longitudinal cohort study of 1052 ambulatory physicians conducted at UCSF Health analyzes the time physicians spent working in the EHR during patient scheduled
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Emory Healthcare to Pilot AI-Powered Virtual Inpatient Monitoring
What You Should Know:
- Emory Healthcare partners with Andor Health to implement virtual patient observer technology to enhance safety interventions and reduce fall risks in hospitalized patients.
- Emory Healthcare plans to pilot the virtual sitter technology at two of its hospitals, allowing for remote monitoring of at-risk patients in medical and surgical floors as well as the emergency department.
AI-Powered Virtual Inpatient Monitoring
Andor Health's ThinkAndor® leverages
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IoMT: Why Healthcare Organizations Should Pay Attention to the New U.S. Cyber Trust Mark
The recently proposed U.S. Cyber Trust Mark is a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program operated by the FCC. It will initially provide IoT manufacturers with a certification label that signifies their compliance with cybersecurity guidelines and best practices—while providing consumers with more confidence when purchasing internet-connected devices. While the program won’t be implemented until the end of 2024 at the earliest and, as currently proposed, will cover only consumer-grade IoT
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M&A: Surescripts Acquires Clinical Intelligence Company ActiveRADAR
What You Should Know:
- Surescripts, the leading health information network in the United States, has acquired ActiveRADAR, a clinical intelligence company focused on identifying therapeutic alternatives for prescriptions. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The acquisition is expected to have a positive impact on medication adherence, patient-provider engagement, and the overall patient experience by providing better alternatives and reducing waste and
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Prescribing Trends Surge: Wegovy & Ozempic Gain Popularity, Survey Shows
What You Should Know:
- Prescriptions for the popular weight loss drug Wegovy showed a six-fold increase between December 2022 and June 2023, according to a recent analysis of prescribing trends by DrFirst.
- Prescriptions for Ozempic, the lower-dose version for treating diabetes, increased by 65% during the same period among doctors on the DrFirst prescribing network.
- DrFirst's network includes over 350,000 prescribers across the U.S., including 260,000 doctors, who use their
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Cleveland Clinic Launches Quantum Innovation Catalyzer Program
What You Should Know:
The Cleveland Clinic announced the launch of its Quantum Innovation Catalyzer Program, a competitive program designed for startup companies aiming to explore quantum computing applications in healthcare and life sciences.
- Cleveland Clinic plans to select up to four early- and growth-stage life sciences and healthcare technology companies through a competitive application process.
How The Quantum Innovation Catalyzer Program Works
Awarded startups will
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Empatica Awarded New FDA Clearance for Cardiac Digital Biomarkers
What You Should Know:
- Empatica, a digital health and AI company, has obtained FDA 510(k) clearance for two new digital biomarkers, pulse rate, and respiratory rate, on its Empatica Health Monitoring Platform.
- This clearance expands the platform to include a total of six FDA-cleared digital biomarkers, out of the 128 digital measures supported, making it one of the most comprehensive solutions available for use in clinical trials.
- The Empatica Health Monitoring Platform comprises a
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1upHealth Announces Clinical Data Integration with Leading EHRs
What You Should Know:
- 1upHealth, a FHIR platform for claims and clinical data, has announced its latest software release, which includes improvements to its 1up Population Connect offering. This enhancement enables customers to query Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) APIs from major Electronic Health Records (EHRs), making data access easier and reducing administrative burdens related to clinical data acquisition.
- 1up Population Connect streamlines the process of
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