What You Should Know:
- Medable launches Teleconsent, part of its Telehealth
family of cloud-based software for decentralized clinical trials.
- The application represents the next big step in
enabling fully virtual trials and is key to patient-centric trial design
because it allows patients to handle the lengthy process of consenting – and
re-consenting – to trial participation conveniently from anywhere.
Medable Inc.,
a software provider for decentralized clinical trials,
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Backed by Kaiser, Osso VR Raises $14M for VR Surgical Training Platform
What You Should Know:
- Osso VR raises $14M in Series A funding led by Kaiser
Permanente Ventures (KPV) to expand its virtual reality (VR) surgical training
platform.
- Using immersive VR technology, Osso VR’s scalable platform offers a realistic, hands-on training environment that leads to real-world performance gains and ultimately improved patient outcomes.
Osso VR, a Palo Alto, CA-based validated Virtual Reality (VR) surgical training platform, today announced it has raised $14M
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Hannover Re Taps Neurotrack to Offer Digital Brain Health Assessments
What You Should Know:
- Neurotrack today shows how life insurers are now taking
brain health seriously, as Hannover Re, one of the world's largest reinsurers,
becomes one of the first life insurance companies to offer digital brain health
assessments.
- The partnership between Neurotrack and Hannover Re US
is the first of its kind in the United States, following Neurotrack’s
successful rollout with Japanese life insurers SOMPO Himawari Life and Dai-ichi
Life, which offer Neurotrack’s
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Designating Ownership of Provider Data Will Improve Care Coordination, Study Finds
What You Should Know:
- New LexisNexis Risk Solutions Health Care survey reveals
that 63% of respondents believe designating ownership of provider data will
improve care coordination, yet only 18% of organizations report having a
dedicated data governance department
- The survey results are based on over 100 qualified
responses from organizations across the industry, including independent
hospitals, teaching hospitals, independent physician groups, and federally
qualified health
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Anthem, Apple Launches 2-Year Digital Asthma Study with Apple Watch
What You Should Know:
- Anthem, Inc. announced a new study that examines how
the use of everyday devices, like Apple Watch and iPhone, may help individuals
with asthma, led by the University of California, Irvine.
- Launching in the fall, the two-year, randomized controlled
study will enroll participants from Anthem-affiliated health plans who have
been clinically diagnosed with asthma.
-Anthem, Inc. today a new study that examines how the use of everyday devices, like Apple Watch
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ApolloMD Partners with Cedar to Implement Optimized Online Patient Billing Experience
What You Should Know:
- ApolloMD, a multispecialty clinical services provider for hospitals and health systems partners with patient engagement and financial technology platform Cedar to enabled an improved online billing experience for patients.
- With Cedar, ApolloMD can now provide a digital billing
experience built for patients, leading to better engagement.
ApolloMD, a
multispecialty clinical services provider for hospitals and health systems, and
Cedar, a leading
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Ready Raises $54M to Become The Uber of On-Demand Healthcare Services
What You Should Know:
- Ready, a company described as the “Uber” of on-demand health
service, just raised $54 million in its Series C funding round.
- Ready’s on-demand care model is evolving the healthcare
industry with customer service and mobility, just like Uber did for ride
sharing and Postmates for food delivery.
Ready, an New Orleans,
LA-based on-demand healthcare service, today announced that it closed $54
million of new funding to finance the expansion of its operations and
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Collaborative Health Systems’ ACOs Delivers $335M in Medicare Savings
Collaborative
Health Systems (CHS) announced today that its Medicare Shared Savings
Program (MSSP) Accountable
Care Organizations (ACOs) delivered $335 million in total savings to
Medicare and $183 million in shared savings since 2012, according to figures
released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Defining Medicare ACOs
Medicare ACOs are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other
healthcare providers who come together voluntarily to provide coordinated,
high-quality
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Canadian Telehealth Startup OnCall Health Lands $6M for Virtual Care Platform
What You Should Know:
- OnCall Health Raises $6M Series A to Enable Virtual
Care Programs for Healthcare Brands
- Funding will be used by OnCall Health to expand its
reach and build out its software that enables healthcare brands, systems, and
startups to launch and scale their telehealth operations.
- OnCall enables healthcare enterprises to rapidly launch
their own virtual care platform that is highly configurable to their brand and
workflow.
OnCall Health, a
Toronto, CA-based
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FUJIFILM Sonosite & the CHEST Foundation Partner for COVID-19 Research
What You Should Know:
- FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc. today announced their
partnership with the CHEST Foundation, the charitable foundation of the
American College of Chest Physicians, on the CHEST Foundation COVID-19 Research
Grant program.
- To support this program, FUJIFILM Sonosite is contributing $70,000 to the foundation and will donate newly launched Sonosite PX ultrasound systems to the selected research award sites.
FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc.,
the world leader in
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