What You Should Know: - Orbita raises $9M for conversational AI-powered voice and chatbot platform co-led by Philips Health Technology Ventures and HealthX Ventures along with investors Cultivation Capital and Newark Venture Partners. - Orbita's powerful conversational AI platform enables healthcare organizations to cost-effectively create and manage HIPAA-compliant virtual healthcare assistants for consumer and clinical applications that increase patient engagement, reduce cost of care,
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Propeller to Connect AstraZeneca’s Inhaler Symbicort Users to Propeller Platform
What You Should Know: Propeller Health has been awarded FDA 510(k) clearance to connect patients using AstraZeneca’s Symbicort Inhaler to Propeller, enhancing medication coverage and respiratory digital health. The sensor for Symbicort, a controller medication for asthma and COPD, was developed in partnership with AstraZeneca. With this new medication on our roster, Propeller now connects to 90 percent of the inhaled medications for asthma and COPD on the U.S. market. Propeller
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Philips Awarded FDA Clearance for Wearable Biosensor to Monitor COVID-19 Patients
What You Should Know: Wireless wearable biosensor (Philips Biosensor BX100) receives 510(k) clearance from the FDA and CE mark to help monitor COVID-19 patients in the hospital, with the first install at OLVG Hospital in the Netherlands Philips Biosensor BX100 enhances Philips portfolio of devices, software, and services for identifying patients at risk for deterioration while limiting exposure to help improve staff and patient safety and preserve valuable personal protective equipment.
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Why COVID-19 is Prompting Device OEMs to Partner with Software Developers
As COVID-19 continues to sicken thousands across the U.S., hospital staffs deserve every bit of praise they’re receiving for their service. Yet there’s another segment of the medical community on the front lines of the pandemic: medical device manufacturers. While some forms of medical equipment have been marginalized or sidelined altogether, manufacturers of essential devices are working around the clock. According to an April 2020 Fortune Business Insights report, those with significant
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Intelligent Care Robot Could Detect COVID-19 Symptoms in Under 10 Seconds
What You Should Know: - Vayyar and Meditemi partner to create a more intelligent care robot that could detect early-stage COVID-19 symptoms in under 10 seconds. - The solution will be used to soften social distancing, restore public confidence in the workplace, and care for people in homes. Vayyar Imaging an Israeli-based provider of 4D imaging sensor technology and Berlin-based Meditemi (JV of Ogawa and Medisana) a pioneer in robotic healthcare
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Solve.Care Launches Blockchain-Powered Global Telehealth Exchange
What You Should Know: - Healthcare platform Solve.Care has announced the launch of the Global Telehealth Exchange (GTHE), a first-of-its-kind landmark deployment of blockchain and digital currency aimed at tackling the challenges facing the global healthcare system today. - The GTHE, a decentralized care network, removes the physical and geographical barriers associated with accessing healthcare services while also providing administrative, payment, and care coordination for
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RADLogics Brings AI-Powered COVID-19 Apps for CT & X-rays to U.S. Market
What You Should Know: RADLogics has signed an agreement with Nuance to officially bring its novel COVID-19 solutions for CT and X-ray to the U.S. market. The new agreement that will expand access to RADLogics’ medical imaging applications designed to assist in the detection and quantification of findings associated of COVID-19 patients in the U.S. through Nuance’s AI Marketplace for Diagnostic Imaging – a cloud-based platform that has broad reach to U.S. radiologists across more than
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2020 H1 Deep Dive on the Global Digital Health Sector Landscape Report
What You Should Know: Global venture capital firm White Capital publishes its first series of sector reports diving into the global digital health sector focusing on virtual care, mobile health, software, and communication, while also exploring the outlook of the sector from North America, Europe, and Asia. In Q1 of 2020, $9.8bn of new VC capital was invested in digital health globally, which is 12% more than what was invested in Q1 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an accelerated
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Fitbit Launches Study for Early Detection of COVID-19 and Flu
Wearable fitness leader Fitbit announced a new research study that will determine if it can build an algorithm to detect COVID-19, before symptoms even start. Now available in the Fitbit app, any Fitbit user in the U.S. and Canada who is over 21, especially those who currently have, or have had, symptoms consistent with COVID-19 or the flu, can participate - contributing to incredibly impactful research that will help Fitbit’s efforts to develop this algorithm. How to ParticipateIt is easy to
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2020 MedTech Breakthrough Award Winners Announced
What You Should Know: - MedTech Breakthrough announces 2020 MedTech Breakthrough Award Winners that recognizes the top companies, people, platforms, and products in the health, fitness, and medical technology industries today. - The 2020 MedTech Breakthrough Awards program is open to all individuals, companies, and organizations involved in producing digital health and medical technology products and services. MedTech Breakthrough, a market intelligence organization that recognizes
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