What You Should Know:
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted next-generation
cardiac AI company Eko an award totaling $2.7 million to support continued
collaborative work with Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
- The grant will focus on validating algorithms and help
more accurately screen for heart murmurs and valvular heart disease during
routine office visits with Northwestern Medicine.
- By incorporating data from tens of thousands of
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Virtually or In-Person, Automation Improves The Healthcare Experience
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented shift in the way consumers view and access a variety of goods and services—and healthcare is no exception. Recent studies show that many patients, including vulnerable populations like those living with cancer, are delaying recommended care and procedures—and will continue to do so for at least several months amid fears over the safety of in-person visits. In response, reports of providers adapting to offer care virtually are all the more
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Sprout Launches with $10M to Power Tech-Enabled In-Home Autism Care
What You Should Know:
- Sprout, a tech-enabled platform pioneering the future
of autism care, launches today with $10M in funding to solve the broken,
outdated, and costly process families face when seeking care for children.
- Sprout offers free autism assessments, matches children with world-class therapists for in-home individualized treatment plans unique to their needs, and equips parents with a software-enabled experience to manage their child’s care, while also sharing a
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Fujifilm Sonosite Unveils Next-Gen Point-of-Care Ultrasound System for Frontline Clinicians
What You Should Know:
- FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc. launches its next-generation point-of-care (POCUS) ultrasound system - designed specifically for the clinicians on the front lines of medicine to treat patients more effectively.
- The
product is expected to commercialize in the US, Australia and New Zealand in
July 2020, and in the UK, Spain, Germany and France this August. Sonosite has
received nearly 600 leads (and counting) from healthcare providers and medical
facilities in the U.S.
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Israeli Hospital Launches Innovative “Mega Lab” to Improve Lab Results & Patient Care
What You Should Know:
- Israel’s
Sheba Medical Center launches “Mega Lab” solution that improves patient
care through lab technology advances that expedite lab test results and
decrease human error.
- The “Mega
Lab” simultaneously processes routine as well as urgent tests, under world
regulatory standards of the medical lab-specific ISO 15189. An automated system
sorts tests according to urgency, performing 7-8 tasks simultaneously,
including identifying the type of test tube and
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DarioHealth, Williams Medical Partner to Expand Digital Therapeutics Platform Across the UK and Ireland
What You Should Know:
- Dario Health enters strategic partnership with Williams
Medical marking its expansion into the UK remote patient monitoring market across
the UK and Ireland.
- Williams Medical is the leading provider of medical
goods and services to primary care in the UK, and this agreement supports both
companies' commitment to drive growth and deliver innovative solutions to
frontline healthcare.
DarioHealth Corp., a
pioneer in the global digital therapeutics market,
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Sharecare Launches Digital COVID-19 Return-to-Work Solution for Employers
What You Should Know:
- Sharecare launches its offering for employers: Well-Being@Work, a virtual solution for COVID-19 that’s integrated with its app-based digital health platform for managing consumer health and well-being.
- The offering is designed for employers – organizations
of any kind – to support their workforces as they return to work when the time
is right (and whether they’re working virtually or remotely).
- The solution features digital health pass, daily screener,
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10 Healthcare Innovations That Can Reduce Total Disease Burden 6-10% by 2040
What You Should Know:
- 40 percent of
the global disease burden could be addressed with known interventions, but that
leaves 60 percent unaddressed.
- As part of the recent McKinsey report Prioritizing
health: A prescription for prosperity, the McKinsey Global Institute identified
ten promising innovations that can reduce total disease burden 6-10% by 2040.
- By identifying and estimating the potential scope of
innovations in the pipeline, we find that these technologies could
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Activ Surgical Raises $15M Advance Autonomous and Collaborative Surgery
What You Should Know:
- Digital surgery pioneer Activ Surgical raises $15M in funding led by ARTIS Ventures to accelerate U.S. commercialization and European expansion efforts for its ActiveEdge platform, which enables existing surgical systems, from scopes to robots, to visualize, characterize and track tissue, in real-time beyond today’s human capability.
- ActivSight, is an easy-to-adapt, connected imaging module that seamlessly attaches to today’s laparoscopic and arthroscopic
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Mayo Clinic Performs First Shoulder Arthroplasty Procedure Using Mixed Reality
What You Should Know:
- Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN performed the first-ever shoulder arthroplasty procedure using Wright Medical’s groundbreaking BLUPRINT Mixed Reality Technology, which provides surgeons a 3-D holographic view of the patient’s pre-operative plan.
- The Mixed Reality Application is the
latest addition to Wright’s BLUEPRINT ecosystem and enables a surgeon to
maintain a direct view of the surgical site and simultaneously visualize and
manipulate a
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