Mount Sinai has appointed Andrew Kasarskis, Ph.D., an internationally recognized expert in biomedical data as the health system’s first-ever Executive Vice President and Chief Data Officer (CDO). In this new role, Dr. Kasarskis will facilitate the accessibility and sharing of clinical, financial, and administrative data, and open application development, all in support of better patient care, decision-making, and healthcare innovation.
Accelerating Data-Driven Discovery and Patient
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EarlySign Unveils Commercial Availability of AI Diabetes Risk Predictors Algorithm
Medial EarlySign – an Israeli health AI company
has just announced the commercial availability of its first suite of machine
learning-based predictive diabetes risk solutions. Expanding the company’s
portfolio of clinical risk predictors, these new diabetes-focused AlgoMarkers
are designed to help healthcare systems identify and engage patients at high
risk for diabetes and downstream
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Updox Integrates Collaboration Platform with DrChrono EHR to Help Practices Eliminate Staff Fatigue
Mobile EHR provider DrChrono Inc. and Updox, an all-in-one healthcare collaboration platform is expanding its partnership that gives practices usingDrChrono’s EHR access to Updox’s full collaboration suite. The Updox platform allows DrChrono providers to consolidate administrative tasks, patient engagement initiatives, and provider communications.Integration Benefits for PracticesNow, by accessing the Updox app through DrChrono’s Healthcare App Directory, practices can eliminate staff fatigue
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Pillo Health Raises $11M to Expand Personal Home Health Robot
Pillo Health, a Boston-based digital health company improving longevity and quality of life for patients managing their health at home has raised $11M in Series A funding, led by Stanley Black & Decker’s corporate venture capital arm with significant participation from Samsung Ventures. Existing investors, including BioAdvance, Hikma Ventures – the corporate venture capital arm of Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC – Hackensack Meridien Health System’s Innovation Center Fund and
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Innovaccer Launches ACO Comparison & Performance Enablement Tool
Innovaccer Inc., a San Francisco-based data activation company, today announced the launch of the brand new version of its ACO comparison and performance enablement tool, ACO Compare. With Innovaccer’s latest offering, ACOs can figure out concrete strategies and build comprehensive roadmaps to achieve their goals based on in-depth analysis and regression on critical data points.Growing Importance of Understanding The Value-based Care LandscapeWhile ACOs have traditionally been considered to be
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Imprivata Extends EPCS Support to Google Chrome for MEDITECH EHR Customers
Health IT company Imprivata, today announced that Imprivata Confirm ID, a comprehensive solution for electronic prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS), now supports EPCS within the Google Chrome Web browser. This makes Imprivata Confirm ID more accessible to MEDITECH customers as the best option for ensuring a fast, seamless, and fully compliant EPCS workflow for their prescribers.Growing Importance of EPCS for MEDITECH HospitalsIn response to America’s national opioid abuse epidemic, the
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Canadian Government Awards $49M Grant to Establish Canada-wide AI Health Data Platform
The government of Canada has announced an investment grant of up to $49 million in the Digital Health and Discovery Platform (DHDP), a network of partners that seeks to establish a cutting-edge Canada-wide health data platform. Through this new platform, researchers and doctors will work to accelerate the development of new and personalized treatments to help to find cures for diseases that affect Canadians. While the platform will initially focus on cancer, the plan is to expand to other areas
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American Well Telehealth App Joins Epic App Orchard Marketplace
Telehealth provider American Well announced today that its telehealth app has joined the Epic App Orchard Marketplace, enabling providers to embed video visits into their existing clinical workflows and launch an American Well-powered video consultation from the patient chart with one click. The announcement is a critical milestone for American Well as it expands acute care telehealth opportunity for Epic EHR clients that offers a streamlined and collaborative platform for virtual careGrowing
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NightWare Awarded FDA “Breakthrough Status” for PTSD Apple Watch App
NightWare, Inc., digital therapeutics for mental health company has received Breakthrough Status designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its NightWare Apple Watch app that measures and treats nightmares in people with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).Impact of Nightmare DisordersNightmares and Nightmare Disorder have been linked to increased suicidality, heightened risk of heart disease, diabetes, and contributes to cognitive difficulties such as memory loss,
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Stanford Spinout Cardinal Analytx Lands $22M for AI-Enabled Health Insights
Cardinal Analytx Solutions, an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled health insights company has raised $22 million in Series B funding round led by John Doerr including participation from GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation, Blue Shield California and Premera Blue Cross.Getting Ahead of High Cost EventsHealth insurers, accountable healthcare providers and other health industry stakeholders recognize that U.S. health care spending growth and shortfalls in treatment outcomes are not sustainable.
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