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CVS Launches Community-Based Strategy to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity

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CVS Launches Community-Based Strategy to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity

What Should Know: - CVS Health unveils community-based strategy increase access to COVID-19 vaccinations for vulnerable communities and advance vaccine education while combating hesitancy. - The strategy includes a strategic partnership with Lyft to help underserved communities access vaccination appointments by providing free or discounted rides for those in need. CVS Health unveils its community-based strategy to address potential inequities related to COVID-19 vaccine access in
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Amwell Launches Smart TV Carepoint Device to Increase Telehealth Use in Patient Rooms

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Amwell Launches Smart TV Carepoint Device to Increase Telehealth Use in Patient Rooms

What You Should Know: - Amwell launches new smart tv Carepoint device that enables hospitals to use televisions for telehealth in an effort to help hospitals scale and simplify access to telehealth by using devices that already exist in patient rooms. Intermountain Healthcare has already successfully deployed more than 1,200 units across nearly 50 locations.   - Designed to further expand integrated telehealth connectivity via the Amwell platform, the new
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UK Launches World’s First COVID-19 Human Challenge Study

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UK Launches World’s First COVID-19 Human Challenge Study

What You Should Know: - This week, the United Kingdom (UK) will be the first country in the world to run a COVID-19 human challenge study, following approval from the UK’s clinical trials ethics body. - First Covid-19 human challenge study will begin within a month, after receiving ethics approval in the same week the UK hits target of offering first dose to 15 million people. - Researchers call on healthy young people to volunteer for the study, which will play a key role in developing
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Vytalize Health to Acquire Patient Financial Experience Platform MedPilot

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Patient Financial Engagement Startup MedPilot Raises $1.5M to Fuel Expansion

What You Should Know: - Vytalize Health to acquire patient financial experience platform MedPilot to accelerate data-driven engagement technology to its ACO's Medicare population. - An alumnus of the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator, MedPilot’s platform has already helped over 1 million patients to date and boasts a 97% patient satisfaction score.   Vytalize Health, a leading provider of value-based healthcare announced it is acquiring MedPilot, a Cleveland-based patient financial
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Owlet Smart Baby Monitor to Go Public in SPAC IPO Deal

by Fred Pennic 02/16/2021 Leave a Comment

Owlet Smart Baby Monitor to Go Public in SPAC IPO Deal

What You Should Know: - Owlet Baby Care Inc. (“Owlet” or the “Company”) and Sandbridge Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) co-sponsored by affiliates of Sandbridge Capital and PIMCO private funds have entered into a definitive merger agreement go public. The company plans to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “OWLT.” - The combined company to have an implied initial enterprise value of approximately $1,074 million, with the
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Canadian-Based EMR MEDFAR Raises $25M to Expand Into North America

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Canadian-Based EMR MEDFAR Raises $25M to Expand Into North America

What You Should Know: - MEDFAR Clinical Solutions, a Montreal-based Electronic Medical Record (EMR) provider in Canada, announced today a minority investment of nearly $25 million led by Walter Capital Partners. - MEDFAR’s cloud-based EMR solutions, MYLE and PLEXIA, are built with physicians in mind. MEDFAR R&D is performed in partnership with doctors and healthcare administration and is driven by our clients' needs. - The MYLE EMR, tailored to general practitioners,
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Healthcare UX- How Can We Optimize Adoption for Patients & Doctors?

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UX & Testing in Healthcare - How Can We Ensure Tech Adoption for All?

Due to the pandemic, recent FDA guidance acknowledges that companies conducting trials may require to put new processes in place regarding their current protocols considering virtual patients, data management, and usability. This raises the question: How to ensure and optimize user experience (UX) for patients and doctors with faster digital health adoption?  We recently spoke with Facundo Navarro, Engagement Manager at intive, a digital transformation firm
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AliveCor, AstraZeneca Partner to Screen for Blood Potassium Levels Via Electrocardiograms

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AliveCor, AstraZeneca Partner to Screen for Blood Potassium Levels Via ECG

What You Should Know: - AliveCor, a digital AI-based personal technology provider, and AstraZeneca, a global leader in the biopharmaceutical space, are working together to create more informed disease management solutions across cardiovascular, renal, and metabolism therapeutic areas.  - The collaboration will focus on the development of AliveCor’s potassium detection technology through their Kardia-K AI platform, to screen for elevated levels of blood potassium via electrocardiograms.
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ECRI Institute: Top 10 Health Technology Hazards to Watch in 2021

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ECRI Institute: Top 10 Health Technology Hazards to Watch in 2021

What You Should Know: - ECRI Institute identified the complexity of managing medical devices with COVID-19 emergency use authorization as the number one technology hazard in its Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2021 report. ECRI Institute’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards, now in its 14th year, identifies top health technology concerns that warrant attention from healthcare leaders. The hazards selected are based on a rigorous review of ECRI’s incident
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Holy Name to Offer Needle-Free Blood Draws for Inpatients, First Hospital in NJ

by Fred Pennic 02/15/2021 Leave a Comment

Holy Name to Offer Needle-Free Blood Draws for Inpatients, First Hospital in NJ

What You Should Know: - Holy Name Medical Center announced that it is the first hospital in New Jersey among a growing number of health systems nationwide to offer needle-free blood draws for inpatients using the PIVO™ device from Velano Vascular. - As part of this effort, Holy Name is deploying a new telepresence technology, also provided by Velano, to train staff virtually on the PIVO procedure in accordance with COVID-19 safety protocols. - By adopting this new standard of care known
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