UPMC and medCPU Inc. has announced a strategic partnership in which UPMC, one of the nation’s leading integrated health systems, will take a majority interest in this technology innovator, become a customer of medCPU’s real-time decision support solutions and co-develop additional products with the goal of improving patient outcomes.
As part of this transaction, UPMC has commenced a tender offer to purchase stock from existing non-employee medCPU shareholders and expects to hold
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East Jefferson Hospital Taps Teladoc to Provide Telehealth Services to New Orleans Residents
East Jefferson General Hospital has selected telehealth service provider Teladoc to deliver telehealth services to residents in New Orleans and surrounding areas. The addition of Teladoc’s on-demand health care services will enable more local residents to have greater access to care – when, where, and however they want – via smartphone, mobile app or secure online video. The relationship also further cements East Jefferson General Hospital’s position as a leading health care system in
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IBM Watson, NY Genome Center to Create Open Cancer Data Repository
Unveiled during Thursdays's White House Precision Medicine Initiative Summit, the New York Genome Center and IBM Watson are teaming up to create a comprehensive and open repository of genetic data to accelerate cancer research and scale access to precision medicine. Utilizing cognitive insights from IBM Watson, the partnership could help transform the way physicians deliver personalized treatment to individual patients.
Open Cancer Data Repository Details
Together, IBM and New York Genome
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UCSF, Cipher Health to Launch Customized Population Health Platform
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and healthcare technology firm CipherHealth LLC have launched a customizable population health management platform called View that aims to improve the quality of care for patients with complex health conditions. The platform, which helps engage patients and facilitate more efficient team coordination among providers, was developed in collaboration between the two entities.
View integrates CipherHealth's patient engagement software platforms
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American Well Releases First-Ever Telehealth Mobile SDK, Embeds In-App Telehealth
Telehealth provider American Well today unveiled the first-ever mobile Telehealth Software Development Kit (SDK). The telehealth mobile software development kit (SDK) lets hospitals, retailers, health plans, or medical publishers embed telehealth directly into their own apps, under their brand, making online care easier to access than ever before
Limitless Use Cases for In-App Telehealth
There are endless examples of how having an immediate doctor's visit available in-app helps consumers
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TigerConnect, Nuance Dragon Partner to Provide Clinical Speech Recognition for Care Providers
Secure messaging platform for healthcare developers TigerConnect, announced that developers can now enhance their secure messaging apps with the industry’s market leading speech recognition, powered by the Nuance Dragon® Medical One cloud-based platform. The partnership enables developers to build apps using speech tools that accurately translate a care provider’s voice into a rich, detailed clinical message, helping them communicate with each other and with patients. This advances
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Transcend Insights Unveils Unified Solution to Redefine Population Health
Transcend Insights®, a population health health-focused subsidiary of Humana, today announced the launch of a unified solution suite, built on its technology platform HealthLogix™. The new offering, which expands upon Transcend Insights’ population health platform for community-wide interoperability and real-time analytics, will provide health system executives, care teams and patients with a full suite of solutions designed to help them transition from episodic to proactive care for long-term
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Mount Sinai, LifeMap Expands Asthma Health Research App to UK and Ireland
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and LifeMap Solutions today announced international expansion of the free Asthma Health app to the United Kingdom and Ireland. Backed by Apple's ResearchKit platform, Asthma Health enables individuals with asthma to participate in a large-scale medical research study by simply using iPhone.
The Asthma Health app Overview
The Asthma Health app is designed to facilitate asthma patient education and self-monitoring, promote positive behavioral changes,
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Philips to Unveil Wearable Biosensor for Remote Monitoring at HIMSS16
As the industry gears up for HIMSS16 next week, Philips today announced that it will introduce a next-generation monitoring solution for at-risk patients in low acuity hospital settings. The new medical-grade biosensor enabled solution demonstrates Philips' continuing commitment to better addressing clinicians' and patients' needs through monitoring.
How It Works
Unlike fitness trackers and consumer focused wearables, the new medical-grade, connected biosensor automatically and
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Dr Now Delivers World’s First In-Flight Telehealth Consultation
UK-based telehealth company Dr Now / Now GP has made history by delivering a cloud-based telehealth consultation during a flight to deliver meds to the patient's hotel within hours of diagnosis. During a recent long flight from London Heathrow to Dubai, businessman Marcus Dolan was suffering from a chest infection when he realized three hours into the seven hour flight that he forgot to pack his medicine, impacting his stay in Dubai.
Using the free WiFi connection offered on the Emirates
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