Avaap, an industry-focused IT advisory and management consulting firm, today announced its acquisition of Navigator Management Partners, a cross-platform management and technology consulting firm specializing in ERP systems, business intelligence (BI), and change management. The combined organization creates a depth and breadth of services for the major ERP platforms for organizations in healthcare, retail, higher education, non-profit, government, manufacturing, and other commercial
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Consumers Willing to Utilize Medical Wearables to Avoid Physician Visits
Consumers are willing to utilize medical wearables to overcome barriers to seeing a physician, including distance and cost, according to a recent survey by VivaLNK. The survey reveals that of 100 participants ages 40 and over, 64 percent said they would utilize a wearable health monitoring device if it meant it could reduce the number of times, they had to physically visit a doctor or hospital.3 Factors Driving Patient’s Desire to Reduce Physical Physician AppointmentsThe survey determined there
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Pilot Study: Lark Health’s AI-Driven Diabetes Management Program Decreased A1c by 1.1 Points
Lark Health, a chronic disease prevention and management platform has released initial results from a pilot study of its Diabetes Management Program (Lark DMP). After an average of four months, the Lark DMP users reported a significant reduction in A1c levels of 1.1 points, from 8.5 to 7.4 percent.Lark Diabetes Management Program OverviewThe Lark DMP, which uses conversational artificial intelligence (AI), rather than live telephonic nurses, was developed with the collaboration of industry and
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Year of the Patient: StartUp Health Insights 2019 Midyear Report
2019 is shaping up to be the ‘Year of the Patient’ with investors pouring significant money into the digital health space, according to a new StartUp Health Insights 2019 Midyear Report. The report finds personalized health mega-deals such as Tencent Trusted Doctor ($250M) and Thrive Earlier Detection ($100M) topping the list as the most-funded digital health startups in Q2 2019, followed by patient empowerment focused startups as a runner up with over $680M raised.The report also drills down
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Georgia Hospital Association to Launch Statewide Patient Tracking and Alerting Service
Georgia Hospital Health Services, the shared services subsidiary of the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) is teaming up with Audacious Inquiry (Ai) to launch GA Notify, a statewide patient tracking and alerting service. This new service will improve care transitions and outcomes for patients who visit an emergency room, have an inpatient hospital admission or are seen in an ambulatory clinic setting.GA Notify OverviewGA Notify will offer clinicians real-time insights regarding a patient's
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Belong.Life Raises $14M to Expand AI-Powered Social Network for Cancer Patients
Belong.Life, creators of the "Belong - Beating Cancer Together" mobile app, the world's largest social network and navigator app for cancer patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals announced it has raised $14M in Series B funding led by IQVI. The Series B round also included participation from The Group Ventures and other existing investors.Founded in 2015 by noted entrepreneurs Eliran Malki, Irad Deutsch and Ohad Rubin after each lost relatives to cancer, Belong - Beating Cancer
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Children’s Mercy Kansas City Taps Innovaccer to Advance Pediatric Value-Based Care
Children’s Mercy Integrated Care Solutions (CMICS), one of the most advanced pediatric health networks in the country and a wholly owned subsidiary of Children’s Mercy Kansas City, partnered with Innovaccer to power its pediatric population health management initiatives for Children’s Mercy’s Pediatric Care Network and Children’s Health Network. CMICS manages nearly 200,000 value-based patients, which is approximately 34% of the pediatric population in the Kansas City area and includes over 60
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EHR Documentation Named Key Driver of Cognitive Overload for Clinicians
A recent study finds 77% of clinicians overwhelmingly identified documenting and charting in the EHR as a source of cognitive overload. When you were a student cramming for a test, remember that feeling of your brain just being unable to gather more information? You probably didn’t perform at your best. Imagine that stress every day. That’s the life of today’s clinicians, who are tasked with not only caring for multiple patients but also with burdensome clerical work from EHRs and other hospital
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FDA Recalls Medtronic MiniMed Insulin Pumps for Potential Cybersecurity Risks
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recalling certain Medtronic MiniMed insulin pumps due to potential cybersecurity risks and recommends that patients using these models switch their insulin pump to models that are better equipped to protect against these potential risks. To date, the FDA is not aware of any confirmed reports of patient harm related to these potential cybersecurity risks.Medtronic's MiniMed Insulin PumpsThe FDA is concerned that, due to cybersecurity vulnerabilities
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Digital Health Company Livongo Files for $100M IPO
Livongo Health, Inc., today announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. Livongo has applied to list its common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol "LVGO."Livongo Growth MetricsFounded in 2014, Livongo offers an integrated suite of solutions to promote sustainable health behavior change based on easy, real-time data
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