Like most healthcare markets, the diagnostic cardiology market has had a bumpy ride in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic saw global revenues for Resting ECG devices increase in 2020, whilst ECG Management Systems, Stress ECG and Traditional Holter ECG solutions saw a market decline. Country lockdowns resulted in reduced cardiology services during the peak of the pandemic, as non-urgent appointments were delayed. 2021 showed relief for cardiac facilities as providers started to deal with the
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Precision Medicine: Is Personalized Care Really Here?
What You Should Know:
- New Definitive Healthcare report, Is Personalized Care Really Here? analyzes the US claims data to review how precision medicine has been used in recent years for cancer, transplant matching, genetic testing during pregnancy and more.
- Trends within — and adjacent to — precision medicine suggests that consumer preferences for more effective, convenient and affordable care are driving rising rates of precision medicine procedures. Furthermore, the data reveal the
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ITC Judge Finds Apple Infringed AliveCor Patents
What You Should Know:
- Today, an International Trade Commission (ITC) judge issued an Initial Determination that Apple infringed AliveCor’s valid patented technology – a finding that may result in a limited exclusion order that will prohibit the import of infringing Apple Watches into the United States.
- AliveCor initially filed its complaint with the ITC in April 2021, alleging that Apple infringed AliveCor’s
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Siemens Acquires Brightly for $1.57B to Enhance Built Infrastructure
What You Should Know:
- Siemens has acquired Brightly, an asset management software company used by many schools, governments, hospitals and manufacturers around the world for a purchase price of $1.575B.
- The acquisition will add Brightly’s well-established cloud-based capabilities across key sectors – education, public infrastructure, healthcare, and manufacturing – to Siemens’ digital and software know-how in buildings.
Brightly Software Background
Brightly Software is a leader
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Nomad Health Raises $105M to Expand Marketplace Beyond Travel Nurses
What You Should Know:
- Nomad Health, a leading digital marketplace for temporary healthcare jobs, today announced the closing of a $105M financing co-led by Adams Street Partners and Icon Ventures. New equity investor HealthQuest Capital committed the largest sum and was joined by existing investors Polaris Partners, .406 Ventures, AlleyCorp, and RRE Ventures, and new debt providers J.P. Morgan and Trinity Capital. This brings Nomad’s total funding to over $200M since its founding in
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Medidata Launches New Clinical Operations Technologies
What You Should Know:
- Today, Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, is announcing technology enhancements that address key issues in clinical trial management and oversight.
- These enhancements are to Medidata Detect and Rave CTMS (Clinical Trial Management System), which will improve both data oversight and reporting for sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs) in two meaningful ways: how they comprehensively monitor their trial data, and how they
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When It Comes to Digital Health, Experience Is Everything
Thanks to COVID-19 and numerous other factors, the adoption of digital health technologies used by patients in the home has skyrocketed. Accenture reported in 2021, for example, that remote patient monitoring technology adoption tripled among patients. Whether it is streaming video telehealth appointments with a provider, a remote patient monitoring platform, or a prescribed digital therapeutic to manage a chronic condition, the emphasis must be on the patient and caregiver
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AWS & MATTER Launches Incubator for EMEA Healthcare Startups Entering US Market
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) and MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, announced the launched of a new incubation program called AWS Expand.
- The program supports startups entering the US market from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) by providing expert guidance, mentorship, client connections, an extensive network within the healthcare industry, and more.
AWS Expand’s First Cohort of 30 EMA Healthcare Startups
The dual-track program will prepare Europe,
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SteadyMD Acquires BlocHealth to Enhance Clinician Licensing & Credentialing
What You Should Know:
- SteadyMD, a B2B telehealth infrastructure provider that powers high-quality telehealth patient experiences for leaders and innovators in healthcare acquires BlocHealth, a clinician licensing, credentialing, and payer enrollment platform. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- With the acquisition of BlocHealth, SteadyMD further improves clinical capacity for the entire online healthcare industry by enhancing its licensing and credentialing
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Turquoise Health Integrates Price Transparency Data with Ribbon Health
What You Should Know:
- Ribbon Health, an API data platform for the healthcare industry that powers care decisions, and Turquoise Health, a provider of structured data on the cost of care to make pricing data both transparent and accessible to patients, announced an integration partnership.
- By integrating Turquoise Health's price transparency data into the Ribbon Health platform, healthcare companies will be able to effectively navigate patients to cost-effective and high-quality
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