Ascensia Diabetes Care has announced the launch of the Ascensia Diabetes Challenge, a global innovation competition seeking innovative digital solutions to support diabetes management and improve the lives of those living with type 2 diabetes. The purpose of the challenge is to find new ways to help tackle the management of the global epidemic of type 2 diabetes by unearthing undiscovered solutions from diabetes innovators.Finalists, runners-up and the winner will all receive cash prizes to
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Fruit Street Health Joins StartUp Health Moonshot Academy
Fruit Street Health, a NYC-based provider of HIPAA-Compliant telehealth software for lifestyle and obesity medicine has been selected to join StartUp Health and its exclusive Moonshot Academy for digital health entrepreneurs. Through the StartUp Health Moonshot Academy, Fruit Street Health will gain access to coaching, community, connections to industry stakeholders and promotion aimed at successfully navigating the complicated healthcare industry. Founded in 2014, Fruit Street
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InTouch Health, Mission Health, Jefferson Health Partner to Develop New Virtual Care Models
InTouch Health, an enterprise telehealth platform has announced a five year partnership agreement with North Carolina-based Mission Health and Pennsylvania-based Jefferson Health to jointly develop new telehealth solutions to improve patient access and quality of care while reducing overall healthcare costs. Over five years, the partners will continue their commercial relationships and identify new areas – primarily within acute care and outpatient care – where providers can use telehealth
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M3DICINE Launches World’s First FDA-Cleared AI-Enabled Stethoscope System
M3DICINE Inc, designers of intelligent medical devices has announced the launch of Stethee, the world’s first AI enabled stethoscope system. With a revolutionary new design that works as easily as a traditional stethoscope, the Stethee family of products allows users to listen to heart and lungs sounds with sophisticated amplification and filtering technology and to instantly capture and analyze heart and lung sounds and data via Bluetooth to the Stethee iOS or Android App providing a whole new
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Accenture Partners with Loopback for New Value Based Care Models
Accenture has teamed with Loopback Analytics, a leader in population health analytics, to support health systems aiming to participate in new value-based care models, such as the new Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced program.Partnership DetailsThe initiative combines the depth of Accenture’s data-driven consulting services with insights from Loopback’s EpisodeInsights platform, enabling providers to evaluate the economic impact of bundled payment participation across 32
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LindaCare Nabs $8.7M to Accelerate Remote Patient Monitoring Solution
LindaCare, a Belgium-based digital health startup specializing in remote patient monitoring solutions for chronic disease management has raised $8.7 million in Series Be funding led by Philips and PMV. The round also included participation from existing investors Capricorn ICT Arkiv, Connecticut Innovations and a number of other minority shareholders. The company plans to utilize the funding to accelerate its US market expansion and product commercialization, as well as support the building of
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Springbuk Raises $20M for Employer Facing Health Intelligence Platform
Springbuk, an Indianapolis, IN-based employer facing health intelligence software platform has raised $20 million in Series B funding led by California-based HealthQuest Capital and Echo Health Ventures, a strategic collaboration of Cambia Health Solutions and Mosaic Health Solutions. The round also included participation from Elevate Ventures. The company plans to use the latest round of funding to support growth and expansion include a heavy emphasis on product innovation, data operations, and
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Box Launches Compliance Monitoring for Life Sciences with GxP Validation
Box, Inc, a provider of cloud content management, today announced Box GxP Validation, an innovative new approach for maintaining GxP compliance in the cloud. Box GxP Validation enables Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Medical Device businesses to develop, validate and operate their GxP compliance standards within Box. Box GxP Validation methodology complies with GAMP5 guidelines, accelerates the validation process, and lowers risk via use of daily tests to assure a continued state of
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Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management Software Market to Reach $43.3B by 2022
The global market for healthcare revenue cycle management software is estimated to reach $43.3B by the end of 2022, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.9%, according to a recent report by Future Market Insights (FMI). The report anticipates the market-to-market positive growth over the coming years, on account of the increasing cumulative patient revenue, improvement payment collection & billing efficiency and recognition of profit . From hospitals to independent
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Innovaccer Launches Free Provider Utilization Portal
Innovaccer, a San Francisco, CA-based healthcare data platform has announced the launch of Provider Utilization Portal, a free tool that presents a nation-wide view of healthcare utilization, in-depth analysis of benchmarks, best and worst performing measures for inpatient, outpatient, and SNF services directly linked to the cost incurred on each benchmark- all compared against the national and state benchmarks.Skyrocketing healthcare services costs have made it critical for providers to
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