- New research report from the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) finds that health system apps and other digital health tools for patients are not providing the best consumer patient experience.
- CCM partnered with HIMSS Media to conduct a survey of 136 qualified professionals at U.S. hospitals and health systems in September 2019.
- The report reveals that fewer than 1 in 3 respondents believe their organization is providing a best-in-class digital experience for patients. The result
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Babyscripts, Amerigroup Partner to Improve Access to Care for Maternal Populations
- Virtual care company for managing obstetrics Babyscripts announced a partnership with Amerigroup, a Medicaid Managed Care Organization (MCO) to deliver pregnancy care solutions to George Washington University Hospital, Community of Hope and other local hospitals in the D.C. region.
- The partnership will increase access to care for pregnant mothers, delivering the benefits of remote monitoring and virtual care through Babyscripts’ mobile and web-based solution.
Babyscripts, the
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Sharecare Integrates App-Based Tobacco Cessation Program into Digital Health Platform
- Sharecare integrates MindSciences’ mindfulness-based smoking cessation program called Craving to Quit into their digital health platform.
- The Craving to Quit program targets the neurological function that enables habit formation to instead lead the user to curb tobacco use.
Sharecare, the digital health
company that helps people manage all their health in one place, and MindSciences, the leader in
evidence-based behavior change apps, today announced a partnership to
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Medtronic Acquires AI-Powered Surgical Simulation Platform Digital Surgery
- Medtronic acquires Digital Surgery, a London-based provider of artificial intelligence (AI) driven surgical data and analytics company Digital Surgery for an undisclosed sum.
- The acquisition will accelerate Medtronic’s strategy to provide AI and data within laparoscopic and robotic-assisted surgery.
Medtronic, a global provider of medical technology solutions and services, announced the acquisition of Digital Surgery, a London-based privately-held pioneer in surgical artificial
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UK-Based Startup Oxford VR Nabs $12.5M to Expand Automated VR Therapy Platform
- Automated virtual reality therapy Oxford VR secures a record $12.5M investment to advance its real-world impact in behavioral health, and accelerate clinical leadership in the U.S.
- The investment will enable the next-level growth of pioneering immersive therapy for depression, anxiety, and other behavioral health conditions.
VR therapy pioneer Oxford VR announced today a landmark $12.5 million Series A funding round led by Optum Ventures and supported by Luminous Ventures. The
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PhysIQ Expands Patent Portfolio for Artificial Intelligence Analytics in Wearables
- PhysIQ awarded patents for a game-changing deep net approach to estimating functional capacity daily from continuous wearable sensor data.
- PhysIQ’s adds yet another patent to its extensive portfolio on personalized physiology analytics powered by the similarity-based modeling machine learning approach.
PhysIQ continues to
receive recognition for the novelty and value of its technology with the
announcement of two new patent allowances by the US Patent & Trademark
Office on
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Analysis: Why Digital Health Investors are Falling in Love with Femtech
Women’s health technology, known as Femtech, is one of the fastest-growing and well-funded categories of digital health. Femtech generally encompasses a range of digital health software and tech-enabled service providers that cater to the specific biological needs of women. These needs span from general health and wellness to reproductive health, including fertility, pregnancy, and nursing care.
Today, reproductive health is the focal point of femtech, thanks in part to the
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C. Light Launches AI-Driven Retinal Eye-Tracking; Predicts Neurological Health in 10 Seconds
- C. Light Technologies launches the world’s first AI-driven retinal eye-tracking technology to assess neurological health in the blink of an eye.
- The neurotech & AI company has the most sensitive tracker for eye motion on the cellular scale available today to predict neurological diseases in seconds.
C. Light Technologies, a Berkeley,
CA-based neurotech and AI company
participating in UC Berkeley’s premier accelerator SkyDeck, is introducing the
world’s first retinal
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Wellin5 Acquires Mental Health Journaling and Tracking App Therachat
- Wellin5 acquires Therachat, a HIPAA-compliant smart journaling tool that keeps clients engaged in-between therapy sessions for an undisclosed term.
- The acquisition supports Wellin5’s long-term strategy of expansion into the United States telehatlh market.
Wellin5, an innovative online telehealth
counseling platform, today announced its acquisition
of Therachat, a San Francisco, CA-based mental health platform
designed to help therapists, psychologists, and mental
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Capital Rx Wins Top Award at Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge
(Pictured left to right: Brian Kalis, managing director of digital health and innovation at Accenture; AJ Loiacono, CEO of Capital Rx; Ryan Kelly, CTO of Capital Rx; Mike Hartwell, director of business development of Carrot Health; Kurt Waltenbaugh, CEO and founder of Carrot Health; Kristin Ficery, managing director of Accenture’s North America provider practice.)
- Capital Rx has been named first-place Innovation Champion and Carrot Health as second-place Top Innovator of the Accenture
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