What You Should Know:
- The Commons Project, a non-profit public trust, today
announced a strategic partnership with LabCorp that allows patients to securely
access test results, including COVID-19 screening, via CommonHealth, the
privacy-preserving Android app.
- This is the first partnership major commercial lab
integration for CommonHealth.
LabCorp and The Commons Project, a non-profit
public trust dedicated to building global digital services and platforms for
the common good,
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Tyto Care Launches AI-Powered Diagnostic Support Solution
What You Should Know:
- Today, Tyto Care announced the company’s evolution from
telehealth to tele-diagnosis with its AI-powered diagnostic support solution,
providing clinicians with advanced insights for informed remote diagnoses.
- The solution will improve the quality of remote triage
for common primary and chronic health issues – starting with wheezing and
stridor – grounded in Tyto Care’s industry-leading repository of remote exam
videos, sounds and images.
Tyto Care,
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Mayo Clinic Launches On-Demand Diagnostic Testing Platform for COVID-19
What You Should Know:
- Mayo Clinic and Safe Health Systems launch a new health and connected diagnostics platform to lower costs and streamline access to care.
- The SAFE platform enables the rapid implementation of custom digital health applications, which combine digital provider services, artificial intelligence-based care automation, and remote point of care diagnostics.
Mayo Clinic and
Safe Health Group, Inc. announced the formation of Safe Health Systems, Inc.,
a
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Innovative Technologies Are the Future of Respiratory Care and Treatment
Breath measuring algorithms, smart inhalers, and wearable analytics are at the forefront of respiratory care technology. Lung cancers, including mesothelioma and asthma, account for 70% of the country’s breathing issues. Technological advancements are making it easier for specialists to diagnose and patients to administer self-care.
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages forward, the advancement of pulmonary technology has gotten a boost. There is no way for the medical field to prepare for the
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Powered by Blockchain, IBM Watson Health Launches IBM Digital Health Pass
What You Should Know:
- IBM Watson Health launches IBM Digital Health Pass solution that will allow individuals to verify their health status while maintaining complete control of their personal health data.
Today at HLTH VRTL 2020, IBM Watson Health announced plans to launch IBM Digital Health Pass, which is being designed to help support organizations as they return individuals to a physical location, such as a workplace, school, stadium or airline flight. The new solution is powered
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UCSF, Fortanix, Intel, Microsoft Team Up to Accelerate Development of Clinical AI Algorithms by 1000X
What You Should Know:
- UCSF, in partnership with Fortanix, Intel, and Microsoft, will announce BeeKeeperAI, a Privacy-Preserving Analytics Platform that will accelerate the development of clinical AI algorithms by 1000X (from 30 months to 1 day).
- This will help get life-saving clinical applications to
all patients faster, such as predicting the need for blood transfusions or
detecting tumors on X-rays, while maintaining patient privacy using
Confidential Computing
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Comcast Spinoff Quil Unveils Home-Based Sensor Network for Seniors
What You Should Know:
- Comcast spinoff Quil announces its entry into the
senior market -- via integrated sensor-based home monitoring.
- Quil plans to launch Quil Assure to consumers by the
third quarter of 2021 following a series of pilots beginning this December.
Today, Quil Engage is available to consumers via partnering providers and
health plans.
Quil—the healthcare
joint venture of Comcast NBCUniversal and Independence Health
Group—announced plans to
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GuideWell to Offer Livongo for Diabetes to Florida Blue Members
What You Should Know:
- GuideWell partners with Livongo to provide Florida Blue
Members an end-to-end consumer-centric virtual care experience.
- Florida Blue will become one of the first health plans to provide health consumers with a single access point for whole-person care through Livongo and Teladoc’s best-in-class combined care experience.
Livongo,
the leading Applied Health Signals company empowering people with chronic
conditions to live better and healthier lives, today
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Cleveland Clinic Names Top 10 Medical Innovations For 2021
Cleveland Clinic’s top clinicians and researchers present the top 10 medical innovations transforming medical advancements and new awards to recognize healthcare innovation.
The list of breakthrough technologies was selected by a committee of Cleveland Clinic subject matter experts, led by Will Morris, M.D., executive medical director for Cleveland Clinic Innovations, and Akhil Saklecha, M.D., managing director of Cleveland Clinic Ventures.
Here is a look at the top 10 medical
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Apple Rolls Out Health Records on iPhone to the UK, Canada
Today, Apple announced
the Health Records feature within the Health app is now available for users in
the UK and Canada to securely view and store their medical records right on
their iPhone, with their privacy protected at all times. Oxford University
Hospitals and Women’s College Hospital has been selected the first healthcare
institutions in the UK and Canada to make this feature available to their
patients.
How Health Records Works
Health Records creates a direct connection between
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