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Is The Handheld Ultrasound The Fitbit of Clinical Care?

by Erica Garvin 11/05/2019 Leave a Comment

Is The Handheld Ultrasound The Fitbit of Clinical Care?

- GE Healthcare’s James Hurley explains how innovations like the handheld ultrasound are inspiring the next digital breed of smarter, smaller, and seamless clinical care tools. Wearables—once innovations that only lived in inspired minds and science fiction novels are now nearly ubiquitous. You can’t shake a stick, or a hand for that matter, without an adorning Fitbit or Apple Watch attached to it. Yet, what started as a consumer fad is now evolving well beyond it and out disrupt U.S.
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Geisinger Launches Solution for Women to Request, Store, and Share Breast Health Records

by Fred Pennic 11/04/2019 Leave a Comment

Geisinger Launches Solution for Women to Request, Store, and Share Breast Health Records

 - Geisinger has selected Life Image’s Mammosphere solution to enhance its breast health care offering for women. - Mammosphere is a digital tool that allows women to request, store, and share their breast health records, including prior mammograms, which are essential for accurate and efficient cancer detection.- By putting women in control of their own prior images and records, Mammosphere is overcoming some of the biggest hurdles in breast health management — helping Geisinger to streamline
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Google to Acquire Fitbit for $2.1B in Cash, Will Not Use Fitbit Data for Google Ads

by Jasmine Pennic 11/01/2019 Leave a Comment

- Google enters an agreement to acquire wearable leader Fitbit for $2.1 billion in cash, approximately $7.35 per share. - The acquisition of Fitbit shakes up the fitness and wearables market and gives Google a considerable market share against competitor Apple.- Fitbit health and wellness data will not be used for Google ads and will give Fitbit users the choice to review, move, or delete their data.Fitbit, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by
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Rock Health: 3 Central Themes Driving Digital Health Consumer Adoption

by Fred Pennic 11/01/2019 Leave a Comment

Rock Health: 3 Central Themes Driving Digital Health Consumer Adoption

- Rock Health and the Stanford Center for Digital Health release their findings from the 2019 Consumer Adoption Survey. - In 2019, overall consumer adoption of digital health leveled off in 2019 near the 2018 high water mark. - Findings reveal consumer-clinician dialogue and transparency around data collection and sharing will be central to the growth of digital technology in healthcare.Digital health consumer adoption has leveled off in what appears to a slight moderation of digital health
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3 Digital Solutions Driving The Primary Care Practice for the 21st Century

by Jasmine Pennic 11/01/2019 Leave a Comment

3 Solutions Driving The Primary Care Practice for the 21st Century

- Latest Chilmark report evaluates new patient-facing AI tools, remote care platforms and telehealth solutions for impact to primary care infrastructures.- The 33-page report covers in-depth primary care tech such as chatbots, AI assistants and symptom checkers as well as behavioral health platforms.- Report includes 11 short profiles of major and promising vendors, with three to four vendors identified per solution type that includes product differentiators and vendor-specific impact on access,
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Key Challenges Driving Toward Age-Friendly Care For The Future

by Jasmine Pennic 11/01/2019 Leave a Comment

Key Challenges Driving Toward Age-Friendly Care for the Future

- Newest survey results from WebMD and the John A. Hartford Foundation engages more than 2,700 patients and caregivers 65 years of age and older. - Survey finds that 3 out 4 patients are not aware that they can demand better and personalized healthcare, known as age-friendly care. - The 28-page report raises awareness about the need for more age-friendly health systems and to promote dialogue to address barriers in elder care.America’s healthcare system is failing senior citizens and managing
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Q/A: Life Image CEO Matthew Michela Talks Data Sharing Challenges in Breast Imaging

by Erica Garvin 10/31/2019 Leave a Comment

Life Image CEO Talks Matthew Michela Creating Easier Access to Breast Imaging Data

- President and CEO Matthew Michela talk about how Life Image is creating easier access to breast imaging data while also solving some of data sharing’s biggest snags. Interoperability—it’s the long-awaited result that evolving HIT promised to bring with it, and yet, it still gets left behind. Disparate data is not a problem exclusive to one data type or innovation; breast imaging, for example, has created some of the toughest challenges. However, there is now an app for that. Life Image,
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Medtronic Launches FDA-Approved Deep Brain Stimulation Device in U.S.

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Medtronic Launches FDA-Approved Deep Brain Stimulation Device in U.S.

- Samsung and Medtronic unveils new state of the art FDA-approved Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) device that uses a surgically implanted medical stimulator to deliver electric pulses directly to the brain.- Rather than using a bulky medical device, the Medtronic DBS solution allows patients to manage their therapy more discreetly and actually can reduce the need for regular doctor visits through more streamlined coordination directly with clinicians.Medtronic announced the U.S. launch of its
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Validic, Trapollo Partner to Offer Hardware & Software Services Supporting Remote Patient Monitoring

by Fred Pennic 10/31/2019 Leave a Comment

Validic, Trapollo Partner to Offer Hardware & Software Services Supporting Remote Patient Monitoring

- Validic and Trapollo are teaming up to offer comprehensive hardware and software services supporting remote patient monitoring (RPM). - The collaboration combines Validic's strengths in data connectivity and analytics with Trapollo's strengths in hardware provisioning and logistics.Validic, a market leader in solutions for personal health data, and Trapollo, a Cox Business company and a leading provider of managed services for telehealth and remote health monitoring, announced today a
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Syapse Leverages Machine Data Analytics to Safeguard Global Patient Data

by Jasmine Pennic 10/30/2019 Leave a Comment

Syapse_Syapse Forms Precision Medicine Council to Advance Precision Oncology Adoption

- Today, Syapse and Sumo Logic have released an announcement furthering the support and delivery of valuable real-world data-based insights to its health system and life sciences partners. - Sumo Logic’s standardized process, security and audit capabilities are helping Syapse through a global health system network, adhere to strict healthcare data regulations.Sumo Logic, the leader in continuous intelligence, today announced that Syapse has chosen Sumo Logic to support the delivery of valuable
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