What You Should Know:
- AliveCor announced they received FDA clearance of new
algorithms for use with their personal EKG devices, KardiaMobile and
KardiaMobile 6L. These additional determinations will be available via a
software upgrade for the Kardia devices in 2021.
- The additional FDA-cleared algorithms double the number
of heart rhythm disturbances that AliveCor’s Kardia devices can detect,
broadening the number of patients who are able to use their remote
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VA Taps Appriss for Drug Monitoring to Curb Substance Abuse
What You Should Know:
- The Department of Veteran Affairs is working with
Appriss Health to tackle the veteran opioid epidemic via drug monitoring.
- The tool will give VHA prescribers more complete clinical information, including controlled substance prescription histories, for patients, helping clinicians identify and prevent prescription drug misuse, resulting in better-informed care decision-making and improving patient safety.
Appriss
Health, a provider delivering
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M&A: Medsphere Systems Corporation Acquires Micro-Office Systems
What You Should Know:
- Medsphere acquires Micro-Office Systems (MOS),
developer of systems integration and communication tools. MOS will retain its
name and will serve as a division of Medsphere moving forward.
Medsphere Systems
Corporation today announced the acquisition
of Micro-Office Systems (MOS)
in a move that will even further enhance the value and usability of Medsphere’s
affordable healthcare IT solutions and services. With over 30 years of healthcare
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K Health Collabs with Mayo Clinic, Raises $42M from JayZ + SpaceX/Tesla, Valor Equity Partners
What You Should Know:
- Today, K Health,
the data-driven digital primary care system with 4 million users (+ Anthem
partner), announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Mayo Clinic’s Clinic
Data Analytics Platform.
- In addition, K Health raised $42M Series D funding from investors like Valor Equity Partners who bring a wealth of artificial intelligence expertise (investors in Dataminr, SpaceX, Tesla), and Jay-Z’s fund Marcy Venture Partners.
K Health,
the data-driven
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Unite Us, CVS Health, Humana & Ochsner Health Partner to Expand Social Care Throughout Louisiana
What You Should Know:
- Unite Us today announced its Unite Louisiana
network has partnered with CVS Health, Humana, and Ochsner Health in an effort
to expand and improve community health and social care throughout the state.
- New partners will enable Unite Louisiana, the statewide
social care network, to further expand into more parishes and broaden access to
care in response to COVID-19 challenges.
Unite Us, the technology company
building coordinated care networks
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Volaris Group Acquires Clinical Workforce & Workflow Platform medaptus
What You Should Know:
- Volaris Group acquires medaptus, a clinical workforce, and workflow solutions that empower healthcare delivery entities to achieve their desired patient, clinical and financial outcomes.
Today, Volaris Group has acquired medaptus, a healthcare technology company that removes the administrative burden from hospital and group practice operations to enable higher efficiency throughput.
Removing common and costly workflow barriers from
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Future of Femtech and Technology: An Emerging Innovative Crossroads
In recent years the technological field has taken revolutionary steps to balance out gender disparities. This has led to the advent of a female-centric health technology market that utilizes tech as a proponent for women's health and overall wellness.
You must have seen (or at least heard of) an app that focuses explicitly on women's issues. These tools are part of a growing collaboration between health and technology known as femtech. Areas that are currently represented include sex and
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AstraZeneca, CCT Partner to Conduct COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials in Arizona
What You Should Know:
- AstraZeneca and CCT announce a partnership to conduct
COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials in Arizona with 1,500 participants.
CCT Research (CCT), a leader in community-based, embedded clinical research, today announced its partnership with AstraZeneca to advance COVID-19 research. Together with local healthcare providers, CCT will facilitate clinical trials for the AZD1222 COVID-19 VACCINE,
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Providence Taps Nuance to Develop AI-Powered Integrated Clinical Intelligence
What You Should Know:
- Nuance Communications, Inc. and one of the country’s
largest health systems, Providence, announced a strategic collaboration,
supported by Microsoft, dedicated to creating better patient experiences and ease
clinician burden.
- The collaboration centers around Providence harnessing
Nuance’s AI-powered solutions to securely and automatically capture
patient-clinician conversations.
- As part of the expanded partnership, Nuance and
Providence will jointly
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NeuroFlow Joins Epic App Orchard for Behavioral Health Integration
What You Should Know:
- NeuroFlow,
the leader in technology-enabled behavioral health integration, is now
available to healthcare providers through Epic’s App
Orchard marketplace. NeuroFlow combines provider workflow augmentation
solutions, clinical care dashboards, and a patient-facing application to create
a clinical feedback loop centered around behavioral health.
- Patient generated data including validated assessment
scores, mood and sleep ratings, and journal
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