What You Should Know:
- Eko today announced a global collaboration with
AstraZeneca to accelerate the development of digital health tools for the
earlier screening of cardiovascular diseases, including heart failure.
- Through the collaboration, AstraZeneca and Eko will explore accelerating the development of Eko algorithms, enhancing clinical trials with Eko technology, and potentially building new heart failure detection solutions.
Eko, a digital health company
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Talis Awarded $25M NIH Contract for Point-of-Care COVID-19 Testing
What You Should Know:
- Today, Talis Biomedical Corporation announced it has
been awarded a $25M contract from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as
part of Phase 2 of its Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative as
well as another $100 million in additional financing.
- The new funding will be used to scale manufacturing for
the launch of the Talis One™ diagnostic platform that provides rapid and highly
accurate detection of COVID-19 at points-of-care in 30 minutes
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Hinge Health Expands Capabilities to Launch First Digital Musculoskeletal Clinic
What You Should Know:
- Hinge Health announces the expansion of its digital MSK
clinical capabilities to be the first Digital Musculoskeletal Clinic from
prevention to post-surgery care.
- Nearly 200 employers expand healthcare access with
digital clinic covering the full MSK care continuum; Hinge to add 100+ physical
therapists and doctors.
Hinge Health, the top-selling musculoskeletal (MSK) solution
for employers and health plans, is announcing an expansion of clinical
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Lemonaid Health Raises $33M to Expand On-Demand Consumer Telehealth Platform
What You Should Know:
- Lemonaid Health, a direct to consumer telehealth company raises $33M in Series B funding to expand the company’s medical team and number of services being offered to patients.
- To date, the company has treated more than a million patients
online for a variety of medical conditions ranging from erectile dysfunction to sinus infections
to depression and anxiety for roughly $25/visit (less than a typical co-pay).
Lemonaid Health,
a convenient, affordable,
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Philips Launches Pre-Hospital Wireless Monitoring Solution for Emergency Medical Response
What You Should Know:
- Philips receives 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its pre-hospital
wireless monitoring solution (Tempus LS- Manual), now offering its remote
monitor and defibrillator solution (Tempus ALS) to EMS customers in the U.S.
- Solution delivers real-time bidirectional data transfer
for remote patient monitoring, giving EMS responders a new approach to
pre-hospital care.
Philips, today announced the launch of its
remote monitoring and defibrillator solution
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Ciox Health Acquires Biomedical NLP Company Medal
What You Should Know:
- Ciox Health has acquired Medal, Inc., a biomedical
Natural Language Processing (biomed-NLP) technology company.
- The acquisition will lead Ciox to better and more
quickly enable real-world data in support of research that advances patient
care.
Ciox
Health, a leading health technology company, today announced its acquisition
of San Francisco-based biomedical Natural Language Processing (biomed-NLP)
technology company, Medal, Inc., a leader
in
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Virtual Behavioral Health Could Reduce Costs, Improve Patient Outcomes, Report Finds
What You Should Know:
- A new Accenture report called “Breakthrough Behavioral
Health Access: Think Virtual” finds that the use of virtual behavioral health could
expand care for more than 53 million Americans facing these conditions.
- Demand for behavioral health specialists significantly outweighs current availability; in addition to severe wait times of 25 days for first clinical appointments, we are projected to have a shortage of 250,000 behavioral health and mental health
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Israeli Hospital Launches Rapid COVID-19 Detection Tests Pilot Program
What You Should Know:
- The Middle East’s largest hospital, Sheba Medical Center in Israel, just launched a breakthrough rapid COVID-19 detection test pilot program that enhances virus detection spectral technology and adapts it into rapid coronavirus testing.
- The innovative process uses an artificial intelligence
algorithm to separate the profile of a person infected with a specific virus,
from someone else who has a different virus or that of another healthy person.
Israel’s
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Caption Health AI Awarded FDA Clearance for Point-of-Care Ejection Fraction Evaluation
What You Should Know:
- Caption Health AI is awarded FDA 510(k) clearance for
its innovative point-of-care ejection fraction evaluation.
- Latest AI ultrasound tool makes it even easier to
automatically assess ejection fraction, a key indicator of cardiac function, at
the bedside--including on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Caption Health, a Brisbane,
CA-based leader in medical AI technology, today announced it has received FDA
510(k) clearance for an updated version of
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Current Health, Dexcom Partner to Deliver Continuous, Remote Glucose Monitoring
What You Should Know:
- Current Health has partnered with Dexcom to add continuous
glucose monitoring (CGM) capabilities to its remote patient monitoring (RPM)
platform – enhancing care and improving outcomes for diabetics.
- Dexcom CGM data will transmit directly into the Current
Health wearable and platform for review by the care management and clinical
teams, improving post-discharge and chronic care of diabetes patients outside
the hospital.
- Through this partnership, Current
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