IoT is starting to make real impact on our lives and with 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day in the U.S., one area poised to benefit the most is elder care. Samsung and Mybitat (an AGT company) are now working together on a joint solution with the goal to improve quality of life, allowing the elderly the freedom to securely live at home longer without requiring family assistance.
Using Mybitat data fusion and big data analytics, along with new sensors and IoT Intelligence algorithms
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Health Wildcatters 2014 Startup Class Raises $4.5 Million
Health Wildcatters, a mentorship-driven healthcare seed accelerator, announced that its second class of startups has collectively raised $4.5 million since the program ended in late November. The fundraising results from this class are similar to those from Health Wildcatters’ first class, which raised $4.6 million within six months of the program.
Health Wildcatters provides mentorship, seed funding and other business resources to the 10-15 healthcare-focused startups that
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Mount Sinai Launches System for Seamless Faster Referrals
The Mount Sinai Health System and software company par8o are creating a seamless referral process for the Health System’s care providers. Effective referrals matter because patients with chronic heart failure or diabetes, for instance, may have more than one physician caring for them, and most primary physicians coordinate with many other care providers. With medical practices across the Mount Sinai Health System referring hundreds of thousands of patients each year, the need for an intelligent
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Sen. Alexander Urges HHS Secretary To Fix Problems with EHRs
Last Thursday in a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the FY2016 budget request from the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS), Sen. Alexander asked HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell if she would commit to working to fix the problems with the electronic health record (EHR) system:
“Doctors don’t like their electronic medical record systems by large,” he said. “They say they disrupt the work flow. They interrupt the doctor-patient relationship. They haven’t been worth the
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Infographic: How Healthcare Technology is Saving Lives
We live in an age where the use of technology dominates our lives and these technological developments have had an amazingly positive impact on the healthcare industry. Digital health technology has heavily influenced the improvement in our health and the increased life expectancy we are seeing today.
The following infographic created by Mission Safety Services outlines the progress we have made, the work that is being done, and possible future developments in healthcare technology
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Rock Health Expands to NYC, Announces 3 New Investments
Rock Health, provider of full-service funding to promising entrepreneurs breaking into healthcare is expanding to the East Coast with the opening of a brand new office in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of NYC. In conjunction with the new NYC office, Rock Health also announced it has added three new East Coast companies to its portfolio. These companies will join Rock Health's existing portfolio of East Companies: Aptible (NYC), Cardiio (Boston), Docphin (NYC), Kit Check (DC), Neumitra
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Comedian Kevin Hart Becomes Rally Health’s 1st Digital Health Ambassador
Rally Health Inc., a leading developer of consumer digital health engagement tools is partnering with Kevin Hart, actor, comedian and health advocate to become Rally's first digital health ambassador. As part of the collaboration with Rally Health, Hart will encourage consumers to take a more active role in their health.
During his "WHAT NOW" comedy tour, Hart will urge his fans to move more, eat better, and take better care of themselves. Like Rally Health, Hart believes that even simple
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73% Of Consumers Would Not Switch to Apple Watch For Fitness Tracking
73% of current fitness tracking users would not consider switching to the Apple Watch for fitness tracking, according to a recent Treato survey of 8,700 users of fitness trackers. When asked if they would consider switching to Apple's new Watch for fitness tracking, 48% are either extremely satisfied or satisfied with their current device. The survey findings reveal that despite the hype surrounding the Apple Watch release, the company may face a significant hurdles in converting existing
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University of Michigan Pediatric Launches Telemedicine Program for Obesity
This week, the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Pediatric is launching a new telemedicine program that will provide patients access to their evidence-based pediatric weight management program without the need for families to make frequent trips to Ann Arbor. Utilizing Fruit Street Health's HIPAA compliant video platform, clinicians will deliver individual and group sessions via video conferencing to collect activity and nutrition information from patients easily between
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Rite Aid Appoints Steve Rempel CIO for Digital Health Expansion
This week, Rite Aid announced it has appointed Steve Rempel vice president and chief information officer. Under the new postition, Rempel will have responsibility for all aspects of the company's technology and information operations, including computer systems, network infrastructure, telecommunications and data security as well as the continued development and execution of Rite Aid's immediate and long-term information technology strategy. Rempel will report to Frank Vitrano,
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