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Top Global Digital Health/Health IT VC Funding Categories in Q3 2019

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Top Global Digital Health/Health IT VC Funding Categories in Q3 2019

Global venture capital (VC) funding in digital health/health IT, including private equity and corporate venture capital, reached $2B in funding across 156 deals in Q3 2019, according to market research firm Mercom Capital Group. The 9M & Q3 2019 Digital Health (Healthcare IT) Funding and M&A Report reveals global venture capital reached $7.2B over 474 deals in the first nine months of 2019 compared to $8B in 556 deals in 9M 2018. In Q3 2019, Digital Health companies raised $2B in 156
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Study: VR Mirroring Can Improve Range of Motion in Chronic Pain Patients

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VR for Chronic Pain Startup Karuna Labs Raises $3M to Retrain The Brain

- Mirroring techniques in virtual reality have the potential to improve range of motion in chronic pain patients, a new Karuna Labs study finds. - The study provides evidence that MVF, originally developed to help with neuropathic pain, in VR can influence the perception of pain in the affected limb.- These results may lead to greater knowledge of the mechanisms by which MVF can relieve chronic pain in additional areas. Karuna Labs, the creator of chronic pain management programs using virtual
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Philips Launches AI-Powered Patient Risk Prediction Algorithm for ICU

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Philips Launches AI-Powered Patient Risk Prediction Algorithm for ICU

- Philips launches Sentry Score, a predictive algorithm for the intensive care unit (ICU) that shows a patient’s probability of receiving an intervention within 60 minutes. - The proprietary predictive algorithm enhances Centralized Virtual Clinical Operations to provide decision support and intervention for ICU patients. - Sentry Score provides clinicians in the tele-ICU with a more comprehensive view of the patient, allowing them to coordinate assessments and recommended actions with
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Microsoft, Nuance Partner to Develop Ambient Clinical Intelligence to Combat Clinician Burnout

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Microsoft, Nuance Partner to Develop Ambient Clinical Intelligence to Combat Clinician Burnout

- Nuance and Microsoft have joined forces to accelerate the delivery of ambient clinical intelligence (ACI) technologies that will power the exam room of the future where clinical documentation writes itself. - Strategic partnership's focus is to reduce clinician burnout by enabling doctors to focus on patients, while AI focuses on administrative tasks. Today, Microsoft and Nuance Communications announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the
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Valley Children’s Healthcare Launches Healthcare Innovation Lab

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Valley Children’s Healthcare Launches Healthcare Innovation Lab

- Valley Children’s launches healthcare innovation lab named George’s Idea Lab to accelerate new digital health solutions that will transform pediatric healthcare. - Innovation program builds off Valley Children’s recent partnership with The Innovation Institute and will operate as part of The Innovation Lab.Valley Children’s Healthcare, one of the largest pediatric healthcare networks in the nation has announced today the launch of a new healthcare innovation program. The innovation program
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BCBS Kansas City to Offer Livongo for Diabetes Program to All Fully Insured Clients

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UCSF Launches SUGAR Clinical Trial Study to Compare Livongo’s Diabetes Management Program to Standard Diabetes Care

- Livongo announced an expanded partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City to provide Livongo for Diabetes program to all Blue KC fully insured clients. - Blue KC was an early Livongo adopter and this expansion provides momentum as we continue to expand from working primarily with self-insured employers to broader markets including fully insured populations of our health plan clients.Livongo Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: LVGO), an Applied Health Signals company empowering people with
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Northwell Health Extends Contract with Allscripts Sunrise Platform Through 2027

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Northwell Health Extends Contract with Allscripts Sunrise Platform Through 2027

- Northwell Health extends its contract with Allscripts Sunrise inpatient platform through December 2027. - Running on one instance of the Allscripts Sunrise EHR platform enables Northwell to ensure thousands of clinicians can easily access consistent patient clinical information.Northwell Health, the largest health system in New York state has extended its engagement with Allscripts to stay on Allscripts Sunrise inpatient electronic health record (EHR) platform through December 2027. Northwell
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CVS Health to Invest $2.5M to Build Healthier Communities in Ohio

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CVS Health to Invest $2.5M to Build Healthier Communities in Ohio

- CVS Health announced it will invest $2.5M over the next three years to build healthier communities across the state of Ohio. - Investments will support key initiatives across Ohio including increasing access to healthcare, preventing prescription opioid misuse and supporting tobacco-free living for at-risk populations. CVS Health, today announced it and its private charity will be donating more than $2.5 million in Ohio over the next three years to improve the health and wellness of
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Human API Joins Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program to Accelerate Innovation

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Human API Joins Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program to Accelerate Innovation

- Human API today announced it has joined the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program.- Human API’s collaboration with Google Cloud will focus on accelerating healthcare innovation in digital health and life sciences. - Human API's platform is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace which ensures that customers running applications in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) can integrate consumer data from across the healthcare ecosystem.Human API - a real-time consumer health data platform - today
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Sony Unveils Wearable for Secure Mobile Health & Remote Monitoring

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Sony Unveils Wearable for Secure Mobile Health & Remote Monitoring

- Sony unveils mSafety mobile health platform in the U.S. for the first time at Connected Health Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.- mSafety platform combines a programmable wearable with a backend solution so any organization can easily build unique, scalable, and secure mobile health and remote monitoring applications.Sony, today announced it will preview its mSafety mobile health platform in the U.S. for the first time today at Connected Health Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. Sony’s
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