- Walmart launches 2020 annual enrollment with new pilot projects focused on transparency, virtual primary care, and helping associates fine quality physicians locally. - The new services include a Personal Healthcare Assistant, a Personal Online Doctor, and a National Quality Provider Resource to help patients find the most qualified physicians. - Walmart will begin offering copays next year to its most popular plan as a direct result of associate feedback to make healthcare simpler,
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Northwell, Allscripts to Co-Create Voice-Enabled, AI-Driven EHR Platform
- Allscripts and Northwell inks agreement to jointly develop and pilot a new cloud-based, voice-enabled, AI-driven EHR platform. - The next-gen EHR platform will optimize the user experience and enhance the delivery of care to improve the experience for both clinicians and patients alike.Northwell, the largest health system in the New York state, today announced an agreement with Allscripts to create a cloud-based, voice-enabled, and artificial intelligence (AI) driven electronic health record
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Mon Ami Lands $3.4M to Tackle Social Isolation in Aging with Companions
- Mon Ami raises $3.4M in seed funding led by Freestyle Ventures and Cowboy Ventures to tackle social isolation in aging.
- By pairing older adults with college students for social visits, Mon Ami's marketplace focuses on life enrichment, not just life extension and fills a much-needed gap in the home care service industry.
Mon Ami, a Palo Alto, CA-based digital health company tackling social isolation in aging, today announced the closing of its $3.4M seed financing led by Freestyle
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AI-Powered ED Platform Vital Inks Pilot with Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub
- Vital launches pilot program with Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub for its AI-powered emergency department platform.
- Vital will deploy it’s ED platform in the emergency departments of Emory University Hospital, Emory Johns Creek Hospital, Emory University Hospital Midtown, and Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital.
- The pilot program marks the first partnership out of the Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub.
Vital, an Atlanta, GA-based AI-powered software increasing productivity and
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CB Insights Unveils ‘Digital Health 150’ List of Startups Transforming Healthcare
- CB Insights unveils first-ever annual ‘Digital Health 150’ list of digital health startups working to transform the healthcare industry.
- The Digital Health 150 companies span a wide spectrum of categories that involve all three key stakeholder groups for the healthcare industry — providers, payers, and patients.
- A total of 17 companies on the list are unicorns (private companies valued at $1B+). Of these, 12 companies are US-based, 3 are based in China, 1 is based in France, and 1
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Q3 2019 Digital Health Funding Levels Off At $1.3B, Rock Health Reports
- New Rock Health report finds digital health funding reaches $1.3B in Q3 2019 for a total of $5.5B year to date. - Large digital health funding round are driving the overall funding trend in digital health with the average deal size at $20.9M, in line with 2018’s $21.7M average deal size. - Rock Health projects the number of digital health deals in 2019 will be 5-10% lower than in 2018.Digital health funding reached a total of $1.3B in Q3 2019 for a total of $5.5B year to date, leveling off
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MEDITECH to Offer Expanse EHR Through Google Cloud Platform
- MEDITECH Expanse platform will be one of the first EHRs available through Google Cloud Platform (GCP), delivering a new level of digital transformation. - Collaboration with Google Cloud will securely deliver greater access to patient data, facilitating interoperability, and enhancing scalability.As healthcare organizations look for new ways to enhance health IT interoperability while reducing infrastructure costs, many are turning to the cloud. Today, MEDITECH announced it is expanding the
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Appriss Health Acquires Behavioral Health Platform OpenBeds
- Appriss Health acquires cloud-based behavioral health platform OpenBeds to remove gaps in behavioral health treatment referrals. - OpenBeds ensures that providers don't spend hours of their day manually trying to find treatment facilities for patients, because the data is available to them within minutes.- The acquisition of OpenBeds helps Appriss Health to build on its efforts to address the complex and changing opioid crisis plaguing communities through proven solutions for patient
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Ambry Genetics Launches Paired RNA and DNA Testing for Hereditary Cancer
- Ambry launches a new genetic test, +RNAinsight that changes the standard for “clinical grade” testing, with higher accuracy.- +RNAinsight enables clinicians – for the first time ever – to conduct both DNA and RNA genetic testing at the same time.- Ambry is the first and only lab to offer paired RNA and DNA genetic testing for hereditary cancer.Ambry Genetics (Ambry), a clinical genetic testing company, announced today the launch of +RNAinsight, a major advancement in genetic testing.
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Research: Microneedle Biosensors Accurately Detect Patient’s Antibiotic Levels in Real-Time
- Researchers find microneedle biosensors can be used to monitor the changing concentration of antibiotics in a patient’s system.
- Findings published in The Lancet Digital Health, show the sensors enable real-time monitoring of changes in antibiotic concentration in the body, with similar results to those obtained from blood tests.
Small, non-invasive patches worn on the skin can accurately detect the levels of medication in a patient's system, matching the accuracy of current
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