- SCI Solutions (SCI) acquires patient data collection and payments platform Tonic Health to meaningfully engage consumers at every step in their digital healthcare journey. - The acquisition will allow SCI to offer a comprehensive suite of patient self-service technologies to deliver maximum value to their combined client base. SCI Solutions (SCI), a Seattle, WA-based EHR-agnostic online care coordination marketplace, today announced it has acquired Tonic Health, a leading SaaS-based digital
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Valley Health System Becomes First Health System in New Jersey to Prescribe Enterprise-wide Digital Therapeutics
- Valley Health System becomes the first health system in New Jersey to prescribe enterprise-wide digital therapeutics in partnership with Mount Sinai Health System spinoff Rx Health. - The program will use Rx.Health's newly-launched RxStitch engine. Valley Health System (VHS) based in New Jersey announced it will be implemented RxHealth’s digital therapeutics prescribing platform EHR integrated RxStitch Engine to support episodes of care and enterprise-wide digital transformation at VHS. This
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SubjectWell Expands Its Clinical Trials Marketplace to United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa
- SubjectWell announced it is expanding its risk-free clinical trials marketplace into the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa. - With 86% of clinical trials operating sites outside of the U.S., the company continues to develop a more streamlined and complete risk-free patient recruitment offering, now with global reach. SubjectWell, an Austin, TX-based risk-free clinical trials marketplace announced it has expanded its patient recruitment services into the United Kingdom, Ireland, and
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OODA Health Promotes Co-Founder/President Seth Cohen to CEO
- OODA Health announces that its Board of Directors has promoted co-founder and President Seth Cohen to CEO
- Former CEO and OODA Health Co-Founder Giovanni Colella, M.D., will now serve as Executive Chairman and support Cohen and the Board when it comes to the overall strategy and serving OODA Health’s ecosystem of partners and customers.
OODA Health, a healthcare technology company focused on empowering patients, providers, and payers with real-time healthcare interactions, today
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Ride Health Lands $6.2M to Deliver Real-Time Ride Coordination Platform
- Ride Health, an NYC-based real-time ride coordination platform that improves access to care and patient’s ride experience has raised $6.2M in seed funding. - Penn Medicine is already using Ride Health’s ride coordination platform to reduce costs, no-shows, and length-of-stay. - Ride Health now supports transportation benefit management for health plans in 10 states, optimizing utilization across all transportation modes including mileage reimbursement, public transit, ride-hailing,
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Banner Health Deploys Buoy Health AI-Powered Digital Triage Tool
- Banner Health goes live on Bouy Health’s AI-powered digital triage tool for real-time personalized clinical support.Buoy Health (Buoy), the AI-powered platform for consumers that provides real-time personalized clinical support, today announced Banner Health has deployed its digital triage tool, Buoy Assistant, to equip and empower its customers as they navigate the healthcare journey.Headquartered in Arizona, Banner Health is one of the largest nonprofit healthcare systems in the United
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Anika Therapeutics to Acquire Parcus Medical and Arthrosurface
- Anika Therapeutics announced plans to acquire Parcus Medical, a privately-held sports medicine company, and Arthrosurface, a privately-held provider of joint surface and preservation solutions for active patients.
- These acquisitions will significantly enhance Anika’s commercial capabilities and infrastructure, diversify its revenue mix and expand its product portfolio and pipeline.
- Additionally, it will solidify Anika’s position in the $7 billion sports and regenerative medicine
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7 Trends Impacting The Design of Healthcare Environments in 2020
SmithGroup one of the nation’s leading integrated design firms has tapped its broad network of 1,300 interdisciplinary design professionals to offer its predictions for the trends and challenges that the design industry will face in the decade ahead. Here are seven trends that are likely to impact the design of health care environments in the 2020s. 1. Adapting to the Climate Crisis“In the last couple of years, the impacts of climate change are increasingly viewed as a global crisis, and I
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CES 2020: Philips Expands Its Range of Consumer-Focused Digital Health Solutions
- Philips unveils new data-driven personalized connected care solutions for sleep, oral health, and mother & child care that offers consumers the benefits of evidence-based solutions, expert advice, and always-on connection to professional help at CES 2020.
At CES 2020, Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, today announced its expansion of personalized consumer health solutions that help shape the industry of consumer health. With the expansion of the collaboration with
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3 AI Trends for 2020: Moving Beyond Dazzle to High-Impact Collaboration
From the first artificial skin to driverless cars that navigate busy streets with ease, 2019 brought a dazzling array of artificial intelligence (AI) discovery. In 2020, the progress made toward AI-fueled collaboration will be as critical as AI innovation—especially in healthcare.
We’ve reached a point where AI has proven its utility. In radiology, for example, AI is well-oriented to interpret diagnostic imaging studies, with FDA approval given to AI algorithms that diagnose a collapsed lung or
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