What You Should Know:
- Philips introduces first-of-a-kind mobile ICUs in India
to tackle COVID-19 and other emergencies with each ICU unit capable of being
deployed in one day.
- Each mobile ICU comes pre-equipped with a state-of-the-art critical-care infrastructure, such as independent patient cubicles, plus anti-bacterial paint and high-end washrooms with a self-disinfection facility to avoid cross-contamination.
- Next to the mobile ICUs Philips is also offering a
dedicated
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Synapse Medicine Raises $8M to Expand Medication Intelligence Platform to Ensure Prescription Safety
What You Should Know:
- French digital health startup Synapse Medicine raises
$8M in funding led by insurance provider for healthcare professionals MACSF.
- The Synapse Medicine medication intelligence platform
supports companies and healthcare institutions in their decision-making
processes to ensure the safety of prescriptions.
- Synapse Medicine currently works together with
telemedicine companies, public and private insurance providers, hospitals and
care facilities, as well as
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Q/A: Xealth’s CEO Talks Preparing for the Digital Health Avalanche
Xealth’s CEO and Cofounder Mike McSherry explain how healthcare systems can leverage the right data with the right digital health tools.
There’s no
doubt the swell that is big data has been building for some time. However, the
question of how useful and all that data will continue to plague healthcare
providers. The overwhelm of information is real, but so is the potential for providers
to make actionable use of it, according to tech innovators.
With doctors now prescribing more than
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Sun Genomics Nabs $8.65M to Scale Personalized Probiotic Solutions
What You Should Know:
- Sun Genomics raises $8.65M in Series A funding to scale
direct to consumer personalized probiotic solutions based on whole-genome sequencing
diagnostics.
- Flagship product Floré, a microbiome test, and gut probiotics solution utilizes whole-genome sequencing to evaluate different digestive system data points and ensure that customers receive a completely personalized product that is based on their unique gut profiles.
Sun Genomics, a San
Diego, CA-based
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Mayo Clinic to Automate Patient Triage in ED to Reduce Physician Burden, Optimize Emergency Room Visits
What You Should Know:
- Mayo Clinic has inked a partnership Diagnostic Robotics
to automate their patient triage system – allowing Mayo Clinic to make quicker,
smarter decisions for patients when limited medical resources are available.
- The new AI-driven platform will supplement the
physician decision-making process in real-time by assisting with the clinical
intake of patients – analyzing a simple questionnaire filled out by patients
and rapidly determining their symptoms, test
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Lenovo Launches Virtual Care Solution with Voice Activated Digital Assistant
What You Should Know:
- Today, Lenovo launches Virtual Care solution to help healthcare
provider organizations remotely monitor, engage with and educate patients with
many of these chronic health conditions, including diabetes, COPD, congestive
heart failure (CHF), and hypertension.
- Easy to use, patients take the kit home, plug it in and
can immediately begin interacting with their care team. Patients are guided
through an individual daily care plan aided by biometric devices and
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Philips Partners With Proscia to Accelerate Open Digital Pathology Adoption
What You Should Know:
- Philips inks a collaboration with digital pathology
leader Proscia to advance an open ecosystem that helps laboratories accelerate
and scale digital pathology adoption.
- Proscia will integrate the Philips Pathology SDK to
natively utilize Philips’ iSyntax image format with its Concentriq digital
pathology platform and suite of AI modules, providing users of Philips’ digital
pathology solutions with expanded options to meet their business and
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NexHealth Raises $15M to Expand Patient Experience Management Platform
NexHealth, a San Francisco, CA-based patient experience management platform, announced it has raised $15M in Series A funding from some of Silicon Valley’s best investors, including product-driven founders such as Scott Belsky, founder of Behance and Chief Product Officer at Adobe, and mission-driven founders such as Josh Buckley and Naval Ravikant.
Empowering Doctors to Run Thriving Businesses
Patients today spend more out-of-pocket, shop for care, and
have high expectations from their
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Walgreens Boots Alliance, Microsoft, Adobe Expand Partnership to Launch Personalized Prescription for Patients
What You Should
Know:
- Today, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Microsoft, and Adobe announced an expanded partnership launching a world-class marketing technology and customer data platform to deliver consistent, personalized, and engaging experiences across all touchpoints and channels while respecting and protecting privacy choices of patients and customers.
- Reaching millions of customers worldwide each day, WBA will streamline offers and deliver targeted products and services from
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New Disinfection Robot Can Destroy COVID-19 Virus in 2 Minutes
What You Should
Know:
- Xenex launches
StrikeForce, a new service offering LightStrike robots and disinfection experts
to destroy the COVID-19 virus in facilities.
- Surfaces
contaminated with COVID-19 pose a grave threat to the safety of healthcare
workers, patients, frontline responders, military service members, cruise line
passengers, hotel guests and citizens everywhere.
- Deactivating
the COVID-19 virus on surfaces is a critical and necessary step to providing a
safe environment
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