Telerehabilitation services to patients with late-stage cancer can improve their physical function, pain and quality of life while allowing them to spend less time in hospitals and nursing homes, according to recent research led by Andrea Cheville, M.D., a Mayo Clinic physical medicine and rehabilitation physician. The research team also included Timothy Moynihan, M.D.; and Charles Loprinzi, M.D. -- all from Mayo Clinic -- as well as Jeph Herrin, Ph.D., Yale School of Medicine, and Kurt Kroenke,
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InstaMed Launches Blockchain App Prototype for Healthcare Payments
InstaMed, a healthcare payments network, announced that it released a blockchain app prototype to demonstrate how blockchain technology could be leveraged for the interaction points among providers, payers and consumers including claim submission, claim adjudication, claim payment, patient billing, and patient payment. InstaMed built the blockchain prototype on HL7 FIHR v4. Full Visibility into Full Lifecycle of A Patient EncounterProviders and payers nationwide are challenged to find ways to
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Livongo Adds HIPAA-Compliant Amazon Alexa Healthcare Skill for Diabetes
Livongo, the leading Applied Health Signals company, today announced the Livongo for Diabetes program will now leverage Amazon Alexa's voice service to offer its Members the ability to ask any of their Alexa-enabled devices to provide their blood glucose readings and health tips via the new Livongo skill. The integration marks Livongo as the first consumer digital health company to collaborate with Amazon Alexa on a new HIPAA-compliant healthcare skill, which builds on Livongo's efforts to make
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Healthgrades Launches AI-Powered CDP Platform to Improve Patient Experience
Today, Healthgrades announced the first Customer Data Platform (CDP) built for healthcare. Healthgrades CDP – powered by AI & Deep Learning tech - will allow health systems to bring together once disparate data into a single platform. It will provide health systems with a holistic view of patients, with the long term goal of transforming and personalizing the patient experience. Healthgrades Benefits Healthgrades CDP will also serve as the underlying data management solution for powering CRM
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HealthQuest Capital Closes $440M Fund to Invest in Innovative Growth-Stage Companies
HealthQuest Capital, a Silicon Valley-based growth capital firm has closed a $440 million fund to invest growth-stage companies delivering innovation across all sectors of the healthcare industry to improve patient outcomes, enhance efficiency and reduce costs. Fund III was oversubscribed and closed at a hard cap. Target markets for Fund III include growth- and commercial-stage companies focusing on medical technologies, diagnostics, digital health, and innovative services.HealthQuest Capital
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Rock Health Q1 2019: Digital Health Funding Breaks $986M
Digital health funding reached $986M across 61 digital health deals in Q1 2019, according to Rock Health, a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health. The Q1 2019 funding represents about half of the $1.62B that was raised a year ago in Q1 2018 but in line with 2017 and 31% below 2016.
Compared to the $1.2B in Q4 2018, quarterly funding has averaged $1.4B over the past two years (Q1 2017-Q1 2019). Rock Health signals the $986M invested in this past quarter are somewhat below
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3M Unveils Medical Transfer Adhesive for Wearable Medical Devices
Today, 3M announced it has added 3M Extended Wear Medical Transfer Adhesive, 4075 to its lineup of advanced adhesives for wearable medical devices. Designed to laminate many substrates, 3M medical transfer adhesive, 4075 features an extended wear pressure sensitive transfer adhesive and allows design engineers to use a variety of backings. 3M medical transfer adhesive, 4075 offers excellent initial skin adhesion with up to a 14-day wear time, depending on the backing material used.The Critical
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TriNetX Acquires European Clinical Data Network InSite
TriNetX, a global health research network that revolutionizes clinical research and enables discoveries through the generation of real-world evidence (RWE) has acquired Belgium-based Custodix NV and its InSite network. InSite network is a European-based provider of services for clinical trial design, patient feasibility, and enabling workflow for patient recruitment. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
InSite Clinical Data Network Background
The InSite platform is an
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6 Patient Influencers Redefining The Healthcare Landscape
Most people are now familiar with social media influencers. They're the individuals who use their popularity to encourage followers to try clothing brands, food, makeup, and gadgets. As anyone who watched either of the two Fyre Festival documentaries now knows, they can be instrumental in getting people on board with things associated with disastrous consequences.
There's a relatively new concept in the influencer world. It involves people known as patient influencers doing just as the name
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UM Spinout Fifth Eye Lands $11.5M for Early Warning Patient Deterioration System for Hospitals
Fifth Eye, a medical device software spinoff from the University of Michigan building clinical early warning patient deterioration system for hospitals has raised $11.5 million in Series A funding led by Arboretum Ventures and Cultivation Capital. Other participants in the round include were MINTS, the direct investing arm of the University of Michigan’s endowment, along with additional capital from previous investors Invest Michigan and 35 private angel investors.Why Clinicians Need A Better
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