Welltok is offering a Watson-powered version of the CaféWell Health Optimization Platform™ to IBM employees, leveraging the power of cognitive computing to help revolutionize how IBM manages health resources and engages employees. For IBM employees, Welltok's CaféWell platform organizes IBM's 36 disparate partners, including five health insurance carriers, flexible spending accounts and retirement programs. The integration will allow employees the ability to access a single, engaging and
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IBM Watson, Boston Children’s Partner to Help Clinicians Treat Rare Pediatric Diseases
1 in 10 Americans suffer from a rare disease, and half of these patients are children, according to the Global Genes Project. There are some 7,000 known rare disorders ranging from benign abnormalities to life-threatening disease. Many affected children pass away before a diagnosis can be made, leaving families to grieve without knowing what might have been done to help them, or how to avoid additional brothers or sisters being affected.
To help tackle this problem, IBM and Boston Children's
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GE Healthcare Acquires Advisory Firm, The Camden Group
GE Healthcare has acquired healthcare & strategic advisory firm, The Camden Group that will act as the U.S. business unit of GE Healthcare’s global advisory firm, GE Healthcare Partners. The acquisition will enable the firm to deliver strategic and financial consulting to healthcare organizations, as well as advisory consulting on population health management, value-based care, clinical integration and care redesign across the continuum. Financial terms of the transaction were not
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Google, Heart Association Launch $50M Research Innovation Project to Fight Heart Disease
Alphabet Inc.’s Google Life Sciences (GLS) unit and the American Heart Association have announced a five-year, $50 million research collaboration to uncover the drivers of heart disease. Both organizations will each invest $25 million over five years to support novel strategies to understand, prevent, and reverse coronary heart disease and its consequences, such as heart failure and sudden cardiac death. The research collaboration marks the largest one-time research investment in AHA’s
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Validic Adds Apple Health, Clinical Bluetooth Library to Digital Health Platform
Durham, NC-based Validic is integrating mobile Bluetooth and Apple Health into its existing digital health integration platform to provide its growing network of clients access to all forms of relevant data needed to improve care and reduce costs. The integration will allow Validic's clients the ability to embed digital health data - from Bluetooth Smart-enabled clinical devices and Apple Health - directly into their own mobile apps.
Clinical Bluetooth Smart library
By adding Validic's
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AMA, MATTER Launches Interaction Studio to Connect Physicians & Entrepreneurs
Front-line physicians and pioneering entrepreneurs share a passion about transforming healthcare. To harness this passion, the American Medical Association (AMA) is expanding its efforts with MATTER, Chicago's health tech incubator, aimed at connecting physicians and entrepreneurs to work in tandem on the development of early-stage technology and innovations that promise to change health care.
Today, the American Medical Association (AMA) partnership with MATTER has reached a new milestone
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Teladoc Releases Q3 2015 Earnings: 10 Things to Know
On Tuesday, telehealth provider Teladoc, released earnings for its third quarter ended September 30, 2015. Here are ten things to know:
1. Total revenue was $20.0 million, an increase of 83%. Revenue from subscription access fees and visit fees was $17.0 million and $3.0 million, respectively, an increase of 78% and 122%, respectively.
2. Total membership was 12.6 million, compared to 8.1 million, an increase of 56%.
3. Total visits were 117,213, compared to 61,929, an increase of
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Study: Patient Portal Access to Doctors’ Notes Increases Med Adherence
According to new two-year study by Geisinger researchers, having patient portal access to their doctors' notes is associated with improved adherence to a medication regime. Conducted from March 2009 to June 2011, Geisinger researchers analyzed data from 2147 adult patients who took at least one blood pressure or cholesterol medication. These medications are widely prescribed for common conditions such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
The researchers found that among patients with
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Report: Population Health Management Has Yet to Reach Critical Mass
69% of healthcare leaders say that they are either fully committed to or have a pilot program underway for population health management, according to new HealthLeaders Media report. The report, Population Health: Investing in a Risk-Based Future, sponsored by McKesson includes data from a survey of HealthLeaders Media’s 8,000-plus member executive research panel.
While on the surface it appears that providers are fully engaged in population health initiatives, one of the key indicators is the
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Hoarding Your DNA Data Could Stifle Extending Human Life
Google Ventures’s Bill Maris is determined to extend human life expectancy; however, public fears over privacy and the security of DNA data could be a major roadblock, Bloomberg reports. “If we each keep our genetic information secret, then we’re all going to die,” said Bill Maris, managing partner at Google Ventures. Starting this year, the firm has placed a greater focus on investing in life science companies focused on slow aging, reverse disease and extending life. A key portion of these
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