What You Should Know:
- Sharecare integrates with Amazon Alexa’s voice service
to answer more than 80,000 health and wellness questions.
- And now, when Alexa responds to customers’ questions
about health topics, Sharecare is among the roster of trusted health
information sources to which the voice service attributes answers.
Sharecare, the digital health
company that helps people manage all their health in one place through its
comprehensive and data-driven virtual
heath
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Nuance Integrates with Microsoft Teams for Virtual Telehealth Consults
What You Should Know:
- Nuance Communications Inc. and Microsoft
Corp. announced that Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX), an
ambient clinical intelligence (ACI) solution, is now integrated into Microsoft
Teams for virtual health consults.
- The ongoing strategic partnership between Microsoft and
Nuance aims to combat burnout while supporting the telehealth movement by
improving healthcare experiences—for patients and physicians—with seamlessly
integrated
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Ready Raises $54M to Become The Uber of On-Demand Healthcare Services
What You Should Know:
- Ready, a company described as the “Uber” of on-demand health
service, just raised $54 million in its Series C funding round.
- Ready’s on-demand care model is evolving the healthcare
industry with customer service and mobility, just like Uber did for ride
sharing and Postmates for food delivery.
Ready, an New Orleans,
LA-based on-demand healthcare service, today announced that it closed $54
million of new funding to finance the expansion of its operations and
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Medigate Raises $30M for Medical & IoT Device Security Solution
What You Should Know:
- Medigate announced $30M in Series B financing to expand its medical and IoT device security solution to ensure patient privacy and safety.
- Medigate fuses the knowledge and understanding of
medical workflow and device identity and protocols with the reality of today’s
cybersecurity threats. With Medigate, hospital networks can safely operate all
medical devices on their network, enabling deployment of existing and new
devices to patients while ensuring privacy and
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XRHealth Secures Patent to Incorporate Apple Watch into VR/AR Therapy
What You Should Know:
- XRHealth has just received a patent for its approach to
incorporate biofeedback from devices such as an Apple watch into its remote
healthcare therapy platform that utilizes virtual/artificial reality (VR/AR).
- XRHealth plans to incorporate their VR/AR therapy with the Apple Watch, specifically since the watch has advanced features including a medical-grade, FDA-cleared electrocardiogram (EKG) that measures heartbeat.
XRHealth, the
leader in extended
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FUJIFILM Sonosite & the CHEST Foundation Partner for COVID-19 Research
What You Should Know:
- FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc. today announced their
partnership with the CHEST Foundation, the charitable foundation of the
American College of Chest Physicians, on the CHEST Foundation COVID-19 Research
Grant program.
- To support this program, FUJIFILM Sonosite is contributing $70,000 to the foundation and will donate newly launched Sonosite PX ultrasound systems to the selected research award sites.
FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc.,
the world leader in
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Samsung, Centene to Bring Telehealth to 13k Patients in Rural, Underserved Communities
What You Should Know:
- Today, Centene announced that it is teaming up with Samsung Electronics America to expand critical virtual care for 13,000 patients in underserved and rural communities who may have limited access to technology, including seniors and low-income individuals.
- Amid the rapid digital transformation in healthcare,
the digital divide has exposed disparities in access to technology amid the
pandemic. With telehealth emerging as the preferred method of
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Fitbit Awarded Regulatory Clearance in U.S. and Europe for ECG App to Identify AFib
What You Should Know:
- Fitbit has received 510(k) clearance from the
FDA, as well as CE marking in the European Union, for its ECG
app to assess heart rhythm for atrial fibrillation. The Fitbit ECG App is a
simple way people can take an on-the-spot reading of their heart rhythm at any
time, including whenever they notice any unusual cardiac symptoms.
- Fitbit Sense is the company’s first device compatible
with an ECG app that enables users to take a spot
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Radiology Partners Acquires MEDNAX Radiology Solutions for $885M
What You Should Know:
- Radiology Partners acquires MEDNAX Radiology Solutions,
a division of MEDNAX, Inc. for $885M in cash.
- The acquisition accelerates Radiology Partners’ mission to transform radiology, offer unparalleled clinical value and service at scale, and further elevate the role of radiologists within the healthcare field.
Radiology Partners
(RP),a radiology practice in the U.S., announced a definitive agreement to acquire
MEDNAX Radiology Solutions, a division
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Evidation’s Appoints Co-CEO, Greenway’s New President, Other Health IT Appointments
Evidation’s Board of Directors has appointed Christine Lemke as Co-CEO alongside Executive Chair Deborah Kilpatrick.
Greenway Health appoints Pratap Sarker as President to oversee all commercial and customer-focused functions including sales, marketing, and customer success. He will also work closely with Greenway’s clearinghouse, revenue cycle and IT teams to ensure the delivery of quality solutions that are critically needed to support practices’ business continuity, as well as their
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