Cedars-Sinai, a Los Angeles-based academic medical center has unveiled new Apple Watch app that helps makes it easier for patients to connect with doctors, get directions to the nearest hospital and access their medical records. Working in conjunction to the provider’s iPhone app, the update provides a complete resource for managing your medical records, connecting with your care team and exploring all Cedars-Sinai has to offer. The free app, which pairs with your iPhone and can be found in the
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Novo Nordisk, HITLAB Launches $75k Challenge to Develop Voice-Activated Technology for Diabetes Care
Novo Nordisk has teamed up with HITLAB (Health Innovation Technology Lab, Inc.) to launch the 2017 HITLAB World Cup of Voice-Activated Technology in Diabetes presented by Novo Nordisk awarding prizes totaling $75,000. Managing diabetes requires strict adherence to dietary, physical activity, and medication protocols. For people living with diabetes, voice-activated technologies are an important way they can manage their disease. Innovators should focus on enhancing patient outcomes, lowering
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Liverpool Heart, Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Extend Allscripts Sunrise Partnership
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH) has extended its partnership with Allscripts as its future partner for another five consecutive years with an expanded use of Sunrise suite of electronic patient record (EPR) solutions. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital provides specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, respiratory medicine including adult cystic fibrosis, and diagnostic imaging, both in the hospital and throughout the community. Since EPR was
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Navicure-ZirMed Appoints Matthew Hawkins as New CEO To Lead Combined Company
Following the announcement to merge together earlier this month, healthcare revenue cycle management technology companies Navicure and ZirMed Inc., today announced the appointment of healthcare technology executive Matthew Hawkins as the new CEO of the combined company. The appointment is expected to start in early November and Jim Denny, current President and CEO of Navicure, will now serve as Chairman of the Board. Prior to joining Navicure-ZirMed, Hawkins served as the President of Sunquest
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Emory Healthcare Taps Kyruus to Improve Operational Efficiency, Patient Experience
Kyruus, a company that offers provider search and scheduling solutions, today announced that Emory Healthcare has selected its KyruusOne™provider data management platform and ProviderMatch patient access solutions to enhance the patient experience while streamlining operational workflows. The seven-hospital, Atlanta-based health system will implement ProviderMatch in its call center and on its consumer-facing website to deliver a consistent patient experience across multiple points of entry to
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University City Science Center’s Digital Health Accelerator Unveils Third Class of 7 Startups
The University Science Center’s Digital Health Accelerator (DHA) has announced its third class of seven digital health startups. From flushable pregnancy tests, remote patient monitoring systems, augmented reality to prepare for emergency situations – these are among the focus of the seven technologies being developed by the third class of startups. Each startup selected to the 12-month digital health accelerator will receive up to $50k in funding, professional mentorship, and networking
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Nuance Unveils AI-Powered Virtual Assistant to Improve the Patient/Physician Experience
Nuance Healthcare unveiled a new AI-powered virtual assistant solution aimed at optimizing the experience healthcare providers have with their EHRs and allowing physicians to spend more time focusing on the patient. This latest offering from Nuance builds upon their award winning platform – which 500,000 clinicians use to communicate more than 300 million patient stories a year – delivering a seamless transition of conversational dialogues to actionable information for doctors. Additionally,
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Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation Awards $8.3M to Support Senior Care Innovations
Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), a solution accelerator for the aging and brain health sector has invested more than $8.3M across twenty-six projects to acclerate senior care innovations. The projects will utilized the funding to improve the quality of life and care for older adults with dementia and cognitive health issues. The projects are part of three new CABHI programs: the Industry Innovation Partnership Program, the Researcher-Clinician Partnership Program, and the
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FDA Selects Apple, Fitbit, Samsung, Others for Digital Health Pre-Cert Pilot Program
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it has selected Apple, Fitbit, Johnson & Johnson, Pear Therapeutics, Phosphorus, Roche, Samsung, Tidepool and Google’s Verily to participate in the FDA’s new digital health per-certification pilot program. The FDA selected the final nine companies for the pre-cert pilot program based on several factors including company size, demonstrated record of quality and organizational excellence, clinical focus area and the risk profile of
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Accenture Joins Hashed Health Blockchain Consortium to Develop Industry Use Cases for Blockchain
Hashed Health has added Accenture as a member of the Hashed Health Blockchain Consortium, a group of leading health companies focused on accelerating innovation with blockchain and distributed ledger technologies, as announced today at the Distributed: Health 2017 conference. As a consortium member, Accenture will focus its efforts on developing industry use cases for blockchain and distributed ledger technologies and identify opportunities where organizations can implement solutions at
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