What You Should Know:
- Oncologists state social determinants of health (SDOH) significantly impact outcomes for cancer patients, according to new research from Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions.
- The findings illustrate certain disconnects between physician perceptions and the increasing body of evidence on the significance of SDOH.
- Appropriately, 91 percent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that SDOH directly impact cancer treatment outcomes.
More than 90% of
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Benchling Raises $50M to Scale Life Sciences R&D Platform & Fuel Biotech Innovations
What You Should Know:
- Today, life sciences R&D cloud platform Benchling announced a $50M Series D raise led by Alkeon and joined by new investors Spark Capital, Lux Capital and ICONIQ Partners, as well as existing investors Thrive Capital and Benchmark.
- This funding will help Benchling expand its product suite, providing vital collaboration tools for life science researchers to help embrace the complexity of biology and find breakthroughs faster.
Benchling, the leading
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Care Automation Platform Bright.md Closes $16.7M Series C Round
What You Should Know:
Bright.md closes oversubscribed $16.7 million Series C
funding, co-led by B Capital, Seven Peaks Ventures and Concord Health Partners bringing
in strategic investors including Philips Health Technology Ventures, UnityPoint
Health Ventures and Concord Health Partners.
Bright.md will use the funds to accelerate market and
technology expansion of its suite of care-automation solutions, including
SmartExam.
Bright.md,
the leading healthcare automation company,
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ONC, The Sequoia Project Continue RCE Efforts to Support Nationwide HIE
The Sequoia Project, selected by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) to support the implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), today celebrated program achievements and ONC’s announcement of the availability of approximately $1.1M of funding to continue the public-private engagement for a second year.Progress to DateIn 2019, ONC chose non-profit The Sequoia Project, to be the RCE following a
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Propeller to Connect AstraZeneca’s Inhaler Symbicort Users to Propeller Platform
What You Should Know:
Propeller Health has been awarded FDA 510(k) clearance to
connect patients using AstraZeneca’s Symbicort Inhaler to Propeller, enhancing medication
coverage and respiratory digital health.
The sensor for Symbicort, a controller medication for
asthma and COPD, was developed in partnership with AstraZeneca. With this new
medication on our roster, Propeller now connects to 90 percent of the inhaled
medications for asthma and COPD on the U.S. market.
Propeller
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Solve.Care Launches Blockchain-Powered Global Telehealth Exchange
What You Should Know:
- Healthcare platform Solve.Care has announced the launch of the Global Telehealth Exchange (GTHE), a first-of-its-kind landmark deployment of blockchain and digital currency aimed at tackling the challenges facing the global healthcare system today.
- The GTHE, a decentralized care network, removes the physical and geographical barriers associated with accessing healthcare services while also providing administrative, payment, and care coordination for
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RADLogics Brings AI-Powered COVID-19 Apps for CT & X-rays to U.S. Market
What You Should Know:
RADLogics has signed an agreement with Nuance to
officially bring its novel COVID-19 solutions for CT and X-ray to the U.S.
market.
The new agreement that will expand access to RADLogics’
medical imaging applications designed to assist in the detection and
quantification of findings associated of COVID-19 patients in the U.S. through
Nuance’s AI Marketplace for Diagnostic Imaging – a cloud-based platform that
has broad reach to U.S. radiologists across more than
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Inovalon Launches FHIR-Based Solution for Health Plan Compliance
What You Should Know:
- Inovalon announced the availability of its Cloud-Based “Consumer Health Gateway” Module, alleviating the need for health plans to build their own Patient Access API to comply with the new requirement of the 21st Century Cures Act.
- The Consumer Health Gateway is a consumer portal allowing the FHIR®-based exchange of a patient’s claims and clinical data securely with authorized third-party applications. It consists of a robust patient consent and authentication
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Cerner Releases COVID-19 Reopening & Social Distancing Projections Dashboard
Today, Cerner announced the release of the publicly available Reopening and Social Distancing Projections dashboard tool that helps organizations plan for reopening of elective care services and potential re-surges. Organizations can use the tool to view the trend of COVID-19 cases within their community, state, and country in the last 14 days and evaluate the potential consequences of reducing social distancing.
Understanding the Cerner Reopening Risk Index
Cerner has compiled a
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Fitbit Launches Study for Early Detection of COVID-19 and Flu
Wearable fitness leader Fitbit announced a new research study that will determine if it can build an algorithm to detect COVID-19, before symptoms even start. Now available in the Fitbit app, any Fitbit user in the U.S. and Canada who is over 21, especially those who currently have, or have had, symptoms consistent with COVID-19 or the flu, can participate - contributing to incredibly impactful research that will help Fitbit’s efforts to develop this algorithm. How to ParticipateIt is easy to
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