Doximity, a social network for physicians has announced the integration of Doximity Dialer into the Doximity app. In the past, this tool has been its own application, separate from the main network. With this integration, physicians will be able to privately call patients, read news, and connect with colleagues all in one place - making their lives a little easier and more productive. According to the 2017 Connected Patient Report commissioned by Salesforce, Americans currently communicate with
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Novo Nordisk, Sempre Health Launch Pilot to Improve Medication Costs for Diabetic Patients
Sempre Health, a solution for behavior-based healthcare pricing has announced a pilot program with Novo Nordisk to add diabetes medications to the Sempre Health’s affordability & engagement solution. Unlike traditional coupons and vouchers, Sempre works with health plans to reward their membership’s positive choices and actions. For example, a patient may earn a lower copay if she fills her prescription on time. The two companies are seeking to engage 10,000 patients with diabetes on the
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PeerWell Launches Augmented Reality Trip and Fall Hazard Detector for Smartphones
Digital health company PeerWell just announced the launch of Trip and Fall Hazard Detector, an augmented reality (AR) extension providing real-time analysis from video stream from a smartphone’s camera that identifies and helps correct trip and fall hazards at home, one of the major setbacks for postoperative recovery, especially for those undergoing joint replacement and spine surgery.This AI-powered app extension allows patients and caregivers to scan their home using smartphone cameras,
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Livongo Health Acquires Disease Prevention Startup Retrofit
Livongo Health, a consumer digital health company that is empowering people with chronic diseases to live better has acquired Retrofit, a provider of innovative weight-management and disease-prevention programs that transform lives, workplaces and communities. The acquisition provides Livongo with a proven, evidence-based, Diabetes Prevention Program, enhances its data science capabilities, and boosts expertise in holistic weight management, including nutrition, exercise and mindset."Retrofit
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Integra Connect Launches Advanced Analytics Suite for Oncology Practices
Integra Connect launches advanced analytics suite to help oncology practices improve cost-efficiency and quality of value-based cancer careOncology is the leading driver of cost in the healthcare industry today, increasing 88% (a rise of $20.7 billion) in the last five years. It is for this reason that oncologists need to be able to pull and analyze disparate clinical and financial data in a united format in order to predict high-impact interventions at patient and population levels to curb
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Mercom: Digital Health VC Funding Breaks $2.5B in Q1 2018
Digital health VC funding reached a record $2.5 billion raised in 187 deals from $1.7 billion in 192 deals in Q4 2017, according to a new report from Mercom Capital Group. The latest report finds that digital health VC funding in Q1 2018 was also up compared to Q1 2017 when nearly $1.6 billion was raised in 165 deals. Q1 2018 was only the second quarter since since 2010 in which digital health companies surpassed $2 billion in VC funding. Mercom’s comprehensive report covers healthcare IT and
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BirdEye Integrates DrChrono EHR to Enable Practices to Auto-Send Reviews
Leading patient experience platform BirdEye today announced its partnership with DrChrono, the company enabling the medical practice of the future. With this new integration, DrChrono’s medical practice customers will be able to automatically send review requests to patients after an appointment.The healthcare industry is becoming increasingly competitive. According to Becker’s Hospital Review, nearly 80 percent of people across demographics now rely on online reviews and physician ratings when
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Vineti Raises $33.5M to Accelerate Patient Access to Cell and Gene Therapies
Vineti, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based software automation and analytics platform for cell and gene therapies has raised $33.5 million in Series B funding led by Canaan and DFJ, with participation from GE Ventures, Section 32, Casdin Capital, and LifeForce Capital, along with other undisclosed investors. The funding round will further advance the first cloud-based “platform of record” specifically built to move transformative new personalized therapies such as CAR-T cell therapy into mainstream
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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare – Do the Benefits Outweigh the Challenges?
Editor's Note: Jeffrey Hoffmeister is the VP, medical director at iCAD, Jeffrey has participated in developing mammographic AI solutions for 25 years. He has provided clinical insight to engineering and marketing teams, and managed the design and implementation of clinical studies for FDA approval of mammographic AI products, from iCAD’s first mammography CAD product, SecondLook, in 2002 to iCAD’s most recent digital breast tomosynthesis AI solution, PowerLook Tomo Detection. As healthcare
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Ambra Health to Launch Cloud Medical Imaging Platform in Japan
Ambra Health, a medical data and image management SaaS company has inked a distribution agreement with Japanese medical distributors and a subsidiary company of Mitsubishi Corporation MC Healthcare to launch the Ambra Health medical imaging platform in Japan. The announcement marks MC Healthcare’s first digital health solution offered in the Japanese market. The healthcare industry in Japan is characterized by similar trends occurring in the United States, including the strong need for
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