AliveCor, a provider of FDA-cleared mobile electrocardiogram (ECG) technology has raised $30 million in funding led by Omron Healthcare and Mayo Clinic. Additionally, the company has unveiled its new AI-Powered platform, Kardia Pro for doctors to monitors patients for the early detection of atrial fibrillation. AliveCor plans to utilize the latest round of funding to accelerate innovations in heart health and continue the rapid expansion of the business.“Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death
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WellDoc Unveils Consumer Diabetes Health App, BlueStar C to Help Truckers with Diabetes Management
WellDoc, a digital health company revolutionizing chronic disease management has unveils its consumer diabetes health app, BlueStar® C, designed to aid individuals living with diabetes to manage their chronic condition. Additionally, WellDoc has partnered the Healthy Trucking Association of America (HTAA) to help truckers living with diabetes.“Diabetes is an epidemic facing the trucking industry, and this charter project is top priority for HTAA,” said Bill Gordon, President & CEO of HTAA.
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HMSA Rolls Out Sharecare’s Digital Health Platform Statewide
Atlanta-based Sharecare, the digital health company created by WebMD founder Jeff Arnold and Hawai‘i Medical Service Association (HMSA), an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has kicked off the rollout of Sharecare's digital health platform statewide. In addition to their expanded partnership, HMSA has made a separate undisclosed strategic investment in Sharecare.As part of the expanded partnership, Sharecare will provide the digital connectivity and messaging
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Syapse Appoints Former RelayHealth Executive Ken Tarkoff as New CEO
Syapse, a provider of precision oncology solutions has appointed former RelayHealth executive Ken Tarkoff as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). As CEO, Ken will help Syapse transform health care by making precision medicine available to more patients nationwide through new and expanded partnerships with health systems and other health care stakeholders.Previously, Ken served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for RelayHealth and Senior Vice President and General Manager at RelayHealth after it
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GHX Report: Healthcare Supply Chain Market Growth
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) released fourth quarter 2016 data and 2016 results for distributed sales in both Medical-Surgical (Med-Surg) and Clinical Laboratory (Clin-Lab) product segments in healthcare. The new GHX Market Intelligence “By the Numbers” quarterly report revealed that the Med-Surg segment grew 5 percent year over year in the fourth quarter 2016 to $9.6B in volume and the Clin-Lab segment grew 12.4 percent year over year to $2.15B in the fourth quarter.The new report also
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KLAS Report: Cerner & athenahealth Stumbling in Small Practice Ambulatory EMR/PM Market
Providers say GE is improving, while they also report that Cerner and athenahealth are stumbling over the past 2 years, according to a recent KLAS report on Small Practice Ambulatory EMR/PM market. The KLAS report reveals that small ambulatory practices (1–10 physicians) need cost-effective solutions that deliver the functionality required to comply with evolving regulations and that allow providers to properly care for and bill their patents. Additionally, they expect to get the support,
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New Jersey Innovation Institute to Launch Ideation Center for Digital Health Innovation
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) is partnering with Hackensack Meridian Health to launch a healthcare Ideation Center to support digital health innovation. The Ideation Center, located in Newark on the NJIT campus, will help create and launch the next wave of healthcare technology, products and services. The center will be run through NJII’s Healthcare Delivery Systems iLab that specializes in pairing New Jersey’s top innovators with companies whose mission is to change the face of
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KLAS Report Finds Chartis Group, ECG, Impact Advisors Top Consulting Firms for Vendor Selection Beyond EMRs
The Chartis Group, ECG(Kurt Salmon), and Impact Advisors stand out as the top consulting firms for helping healthcare providers select systems beyond EMRs, according to a recent KLAS report. The KLAS report, "Crucial Factors to Consider When Choosing A Consulting Firm," reveals Cerner’s acquisition of Siemens’ healthcare IT, the sunsetting of McKesson Horizon, the release of MEDITECH 6.0, and the continued record-breaking pace of healthcare mergers and acquisitions—have caused many providers
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Uniphy Health Unveils Enterprise-Wide Collaboration Platform, UH4
Uniphy Health – a provider of mobile solutions for clinical communications and collaboration has unveiled UH4, an enterprise-wide collaboration platform that enables all apps in a hospital, clinic or healthcare facility to share data and work together. This is what Gartner calls “the real-time health system, a set of technologies that make health care organizations “more aware, collaborative and patient-centric” and allow care teams to work together across the care continuum. UH4 was developed
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Guardian Makes Strategic Investment in PokitDok to Develop Blockchain Platform
GIS Strategic Ventures, the strategic investments arm of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America has made a strategic investment in software development platform PokitDok. The company plans to utilize the investment to development of DokChain, blockchain for healthcare, and expand access to PokitDok’s API solutions that simplify patient check in, handle health insurance administration, calculate out of pocket estimates, and streamline other business processes associated with medical
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