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FDA Grants Eko Emergency Use Authorization for Low Ejection Fraction AI

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FDA Grants Eko Emergency Use Authorization for Low Ejection Fraction AI

What You Should Know: - The FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization to Eko for an ECG-based algorithm that screens for low ejection fraction, as part of an assessment of cardiac complications and co-morbidities associated with COVID-19. - This ECG-based deep learning algorithm, developed on a large clinical dataset in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic, can help efficiently identify signs of possible heart failure in patients. Eko, a digital health company building
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Change Healthcare Launches COVID-19 Research Database Using De-Identified Data to Track Disease Progression

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What You Should Know: Change Healthcare announced a new online COVID-19 research database to track disease progression, treatment efficacy, for qualified public and private healthcare organizations using de-identified data to understand disease progression and improve intervention. Actionable insight “beyond the diagnosis” enables health researchers to better understand COVID-19 progression, intervention effectiveness, and impacts on healthcare system. Health Gorilla Launches EMR-Integrated Electronic Ordering for COVID-19 Testing for LabCorp and Quest

What You Should Know: - Change Healthcare announced a new online COVID-19 research database to track disease progression, treatment efficacy, for qualified public and private healthcare organizations using de-identified data to understand disease progression and improve intervention. - Actionable insight “beyond the diagnosis” enables health researchers to better understand COVID-19 progression, intervention effectiveness, and impacts on the healthcare system. Today
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The DNA Company Acquires AI Digital Therapeutics App for $30M to Form My Next Health

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The DNA Company Acquires AI Digital Therapeutics App for $30M to Form My Next Health

What You Should Know: - DNA Company acquires AI-based digital therapeutics app My Pain Sensei (MPS) to form My Next Health and is building a COVID-19 risk assessment platform to help people understand their risks of developing serious COVID-19 complications.  - The acquisition combines functional genomics with conversational AI for patient self-management apps and disease tracking tools designed to inform clinician-patient interactions. Leading functional genomics provider The
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KLAS: COVID-19 Guide to Telehealth Virtual Care & Remote Care Platforms

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AmericanWell Telehealth

What You Should Know: - New KLAS telehealth reports aims to aims to provide high-level COVID-19 guidance helpful to healthcare organizations on the virtual care and remote care platform vendor landscape. - Includes high-level overviews of validated vendors’ current customer satisfaction, key questions to consider in building a strategy, and a consolidated view of KLAS’ previously published telehealth reports. Telehealth adoption in healthcare until recently had been increasing at a
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FDA Expedites Clearance for AI Ultrasound Solution to Fight COVID-19

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FDA Expedites Clearance for AI Ultrasound Solution to Fight COVID-19

What You Should Know: - FDA expedites clearance of Caption Health’s AI-powered ultrasound solution to aid frontline healthcare workers in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. - Caption Health’s AI-guided imaging supports the assessment of cardiac function and decreases personnel exposure to novel coronavirus. In response to the growing body of evidence demonstrating the impact of COVID-19 on the heart, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expedited clearance of an update
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Netherlands Hospital Deploys Contact-Free Continuous Monitoring for COVID-19 Patients

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What You Should Know: - MedTech developer EarlySense announced that Netherlands hospital Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland has implemented contact-free continuous monitoring in its expanded pulmonary department to remotely monitor isolated COVID-19 patients and limit exposure of health staff.  - EarlySense continues to offer its solution to additional hospitals and skilled nursing facilities to assist in the global battle against coronavirus.  EarlySense, a provider of
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Intel, UPenn Form AI Initiative to Identify Brain Tumors via Secure Data

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Intel & UPenn Announce AI Initiative to Identify Brain Tumors Through Secure Data

What You Should Know: - To coincide with brain tumor awareness month in May, today Intel and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) announced an NIH-funded program that uses AI to identify brain tumors while protecting patient data. - Funded by the National Institutes of Health, UPenn and these health care institutions will use Intel’s federated learning technology to produce a new AI model that is trained on the largest brain tumor dataset to
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Mount Sinai Deploys Google Nest Cameras for Nurses to Communicate & Monitor COVID-19 Patients

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Mount Sinai Deploys Google Nest Cameras for Nurses to Communicate & Monitor COVID-19 Patients

What You Should Know: - Mount Sinai deploys Google Nest cameras across the system to help patients with COVID-19 that will enhance the safety of patients and staff, as well as reducing PPE demands. - Google Nest partnered with Mount Sinai in April to pilot the console in a hospital setting as the virus reached peak levels in New York City.  The Mount Sinai Health System has teamed up with Google Nest to use the latest in video and audio technologies to monitor some of the
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New Coin-Size Disposable Wearable Medical Device Enables COVID-19 Symptom Monitoring

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New Coin-Size Disposable Wearable Medical Device Enables COVID-19 Symptom Monitoring

What You Should Know: - As the government guides state re-openings, digital health startup BioIntelliSense announced the newest advancements of its medical-grade biosensor solution portfolio and Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) platform. - The company’s new COVID-19 Return to Work and School solution generates a more reliable clinical assessment of an individual’s infectious risk status through home-based screening tools and data-driven clearance
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COVID-19 Crisis: Only 27% of Nurses Have Enough PPE for May

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COVID-19 Survey Reveals Only 27% of Nurses Have Enough PPE for May

What You Should Know: - New survey data From NurseFly reveals more than 50% Of nurses are dissatisfied with the level of resources and training from hospitals battling the COVID-19 crisis. - Only 27% of nurses noted that their hospital has an adequate amount of PPE for them to conduct their job for the next month. NurseFly, a temporary healthcare staffing technology platform, released a new round of findings from a national survey of 1,380+ nurses
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