On June 28th, Mayo Clinic will unveil a new first of its kind compact 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner developed in collaboration with General Electric's (GE) Global Research Center. The investigational, research device was developed under a National Institutes of Health Bioengineering Research Partnership between GE Global Research and the Mayo Clinic.Compact 3T MRI Scanner OverviewThe new MRI scanner is designed specifically to perform head scans, as well as small extremities, such
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Telehealth Provider American Well Appoints Freshman as New CTO
Telehealth provider American Well has appointed longtime executive team member and engineering lead Jon Freshman to become the Company's Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In his new role as CTO, Jon will oversee the three arms of American Well's technology creation – research and development (R&D), technical services, and quality assurance – and will help steer the company's telehealth technology innovation and strategy. Jon reports directly to CEO Dr. Roy Schoenberg. He previously served as
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Iggbo Nabs $13M to Scale On-Demand Blood Draw Service
Iggbo, a digital health startup focused on bringing personalized medicine to more people through on-demand blood draws and medical testing has raised $13M in Series A funding led by Heritage Group. Founded by Dr. Shaiv Kapadia, Nuno Valentine, and Mark Van Roekel, Iggbo is currently operating in over 120 cities with a workforce of over 8,000 blood draw professionals. The company plans to utilize the funding to offer on-demand blood collection services to diagnostic laboratories, health systems,
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IBM Forms Watson Health Medical Imaging Collaborative
IBM has formed a Watson Health medical imaging collaborative, a global initiative comprised of more than fifteen leading health systems, academic medical centers, ambulatory radiology providers and imaging technology companies. The goal of the collaborative is to bring cognitive imaging into daily practice to help doctors address breast, lung, and other cancers; diabetes; eye health; brain disease; and heart disease and related conditions, such as stroke.Collaboration DetailsEach member of the
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Reflexion Health Lands $18M for FDA-Cleared Tele-Rehab Platform
Reflexion Health, a digital health startup dedicated to transforming traditional medicine and delivering meaningful, patient-centered care has raised $18 million in Series B funding. The company plans to utilize the funds to complete clinico-economic evaluation of its first FDA cleared product VERA™. Why Tele-Rehabilitation?Tele-rehab drives patient engagement, enhances continuity of care, and delivers a concierge rehab experience in the comfort of the patient's home. Vera System
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Orion to Deploy Its Precision Medicine Platform Throughout Minnesota
Orion Health has signed an agreement with Minnesota state-certified health information organization (HIO) Koble-MN to deploy its Amadeus precision medicine platform. Together the Orion Health Amadeus precision medicine platform and Koble-MN services are a winning combination that will best serve the citizens of Minnesota’s health information exchange (HIE).Koble-MN is a Minnesota State-certified Health Information Organization that has been created to connect and serve healthcare communities
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AMDIS, OpenNotes Partner to Empower Patients Access to Clinical Notes
The Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) and OpenNotes, today announced a partnership to empower patients by by inviting patients to read and engage with the contents of their medical records. "These are doctors who are extremely savvy about technology and play a leadership role in advancing the use of technology," said Homer Chin, MD, who leads efforts to integrate health information technology further with OpenNotes. "While OpenNotes isn't a technology itself, notes
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Home Care Startup Honor Inks Deal with National Parkinson Foundation
Honor, a home care focused digital health startup has landed a partnership with the National Parkinson Foundation (NPF) to license it’s proprietary care guidance. This partnership gives Honor a unique advantage to train its Care Professionals using NPF care expertise—and to provide superior personalized non-medical care to clients with Parkinson’s.Additionally, Honor Care Pros will be equipped with the Honor Care Pro App , containing the Foundation’s content and detailed recommendations for how
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HealthTrio Integrates McKesson InterQual Connect For Automated Medical Review
InterQual Connect™ is now being integrated into HealthTrio’s Smart Connect portal solution making HealthTrio the first portal partner to bring InterQual Connect’s cloud-based automated medical review and authorization capabilities to its payer-provider network. HealthTrio's SaaS provider for the healthcare market, enables payers and providers to achieve the triple aim of better care, better outcomes, and lower cost within a rapidly transforming industry. Now health plans and ACOs that use Smart
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Sacred Oak Medical Center To Implement Medsphere’s Open Platform EHR
Sacred Oak Medical Center, a new Houston-based inpatient behavioral health hospital has selected the Medsphere’s OpenVista® EHR system for implementation. The brand new behavioral health hospital will open later this summer with 20 beds and expand over time to an 80-bed capacity.Sacred Oak is managed by RedShift Healthcare Management and Consulting, a Houston firm providing services focused on hospital management, mergers and acquisitions and rural healthcare networks.Medsphere's OpenVista is
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