What You Should Know:
- FDA launches the Digital Health Center of Excellence within
the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) focused on mobile health
devices, Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), wearables when used as a medical
device, and technologies used to study medical products.
- The Digital Health Center of Excellence is part of an effort to modernize digital health policies and regulatory approaches and provide efficient access to highly specialized expertise,
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Backed by Kaiser, Osso VR Raises $14M for VR Surgical Training Platform
What You Should Know:
- Osso VR raises $14M in Series A funding led by Kaiser
Permanente Ventures (KPV) to expand its virtual reality (VR) surgical training
platform.
- Using immersive VR technology, Osso VR’s scalable platform offers a realistic, hands-on training environment that leads to real-world performance gains and ultimately improved patient outcomes.
Osso VR, a Palo Alto, CA-based validated Virtual Reality (VR) surgical training platform, today announced it has raised $14M
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Hannover Re Taps Neurotrack to Offer Digital Brain Health Assessments
What You Should Know:
- Neurotrack today shows how life insurers are now taking
brain health seriously, as Hannover Re, one of the world's largest reinsurers,
becomes one of the first life insurance companies to offer digital brain health
assessments.
- The partnership between Neurotrack and Hannover Re US
is the first of its kind in the United States, following Neurotrack’s
successful rollout with Japanese life insurers SOMPO Himawari Life and Dai-ichi
Life, which offer Neurotrack’s
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Philips Launches Advanced 3D Imaging Navigation Platform for Faster Lung Cancer Diagnosis
What You Should Know:
- Philips paves the way for faster lung cancer diagnosis and treatment with advanced 3D imaging and navigation platform with the launch of Azurion Lung Edition.
- By speeding diagnosis and treatment, Azurion Lung Edition
is helping to transform lung cancer care, contributing to dramatically improved
outcomes and reduced costs.
Royal Philips, today
announced the launch of Azurion
Lung Edition, an advanced 3D imaging and navigation platform to accelerate
the
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Scanwell Health Nabs $1.6M NIH Grant for its Rapid, At-Home Test for Chronic Kidney Disease
What You Should Know:
- LA-based health tech startup Scanwell Health announced today that it has received a $1.6M NIH grant to accelerate the development of its rapid at-home test for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).
- CKD can be a silent killer - most people who have it
are unaware until it's too late to treat effectively. But if diagnosed early,
disease progression can be slowed.
- An early version of Scanwell's rapid at-home test is being used by researchers at several leading
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Singapore Taps Apple for National Health Initiative Using Apple Watch
What You Should Know:
- The government of Singapore and Apple are teaming up on
national health initiative called LumiHealth to encourage Singaporeans to keep
healthy and complete wellness challenges through their Apple Watch and iPhone.
- The LumiHealth app features challenges designed to help
users sleep better, move more, eat well, and live more mindfully.
This week, the government of Singapore and Apple has announced their partnership on the
health initiative called LumiHealth,
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Anthem, Apple Launches 2-Year Digital Asthma Study with Apple Watch
What You Should Know:
- Anthem, Inc. announced a new study that examines how
the use of everyday devices, like Apple Watch and iPhone, may help individuals
with asthma, led by the University of California, Irvine.
- Launching in the fall, the two-year, randomized controlled
study will enroll participants from Anthem-affiliated health plans who have
been clinically diagnosed with asthma.
-Anthem, Inc. today a new study that examines how the use of everyday devices, like Apple Watch
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Amazon Alexa, Sharecare Integrate to Answer More than 80k Health & Wellness Questions
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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