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Accenture Launches AI-Driven Solution to Tackle Elderly Loneliness

by Fred Pennic 05/01/2019 Leave a Comment

Accenture Launches AI-Driven Solution to Tackle Elderly Loneliness

Accenture has released a groundbreaking new project that uses a unique conversational artificial intelligence to address the challenges of elderly loneliness. The project named Memory Lane is being used by Accenture Interactive and Stockholm Exergi, one of Sweden’s largest energy suppliers to provide an innovative social solution which allows people, particular the elderly, to capture memorable stories for future generations while also providing companionship. Project Memory Lane
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NASSCOM, GE Healthcare Partner to Co-Create Digital Health Solutions in India

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NASSCOM, GE Healthcare Partner to Co-Create Digital Health Solutions in India

NASSCOM and GE Healthcare have formed a strategic partnership to foster healthcare innovation to bring digital health solutions to the market in India. NASSCOM CoE-IoT is India’s largest deep-tech Innovation hub for startups that provides a platform for collaborative innovation.Strategic Partnership DetailsThrough NASSCOM’s Center of Excellence-Internet of Things (CoE-IoT), GE Healthcare will work with India-based startups to co-create solutions for real-world healthcare challenges in the areas
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Blue Cross Blue Shield, BHI Launches Data Innovation Challenge

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Blue Cross Blue Shield, BHI Launches Data Innovation Challenge

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) and Blue Health Intelligence® (BHI) has announced the launch of the BlueCross BlueShield Data Innovation Challenge to develop solutions that increase access to care, enhance patient engagement, and improve care delivery and outcomes. BCBSA and BHI are collaborating with HIMSS and Healthbox, a HIMSS Innovation company, to implement the BlueCross BlueShield Data Innovation Challenge.BlueCross BlueShield Data Innovation Challenge OverviewTo advance
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Validic Integrates With Welldoc’s Bluestar Platform to Enable Real-Time Insights for Patients

by Jasmine Pennic 04/30/2019 Leave a Comment

Validic Integrates with Welldoc’s Bluestar Platform to Enable Real-Time Insights for Patients

Validic, a provider of data solutions for remote monitoring and virtual engagement is integrating with Welldoc’s BlueStar platform. The integration of personal health data within the Welldoc BlueStar digital therapeutic platform will allow users to connect their wearables, apps, and in-home health devices directly to the platform – enabling deeper engagement and better self-management of one's health.The Power of Leveraging Device-Generated Data for PatientsAs the number of people managing
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XRHealth Inks Partnership to Provide VR Relaxation Videos to Hospitals Nationally

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XRHealth Inks Partnership to Provide VR Relaxation Videos to Hospitals Nationally

XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth is the leader in extended reality and therapeutic applications, announced today that they are partnering with Healing Healthcare Systems, Inc. to provide virtual reality (VR) relaxation videos to over 1,000 hospitals throughout the nation. XRHealth offers medical facilities their flagship product, the VRHealth Platform which includes a variety of VR medical apps: cognitive assessment and training apps, motor function apps, pain management apps, and behavioral
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Why The Handheld Ultrasound Market Is Poised for Next Wave of Growth

by Simon Harris, Managing Director at Signify Research 04/30/2019 Leave a Comment

Why The Handheld Ultrasound Market Is Poised for Next Wave of Growth

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the launch of the first handheld ultrasound scanner, GE Healthcare’s Vscan, yet the market has largely failed to live up to expectations. In 2018, sales of handheld ultrasound accounted for less than 2% of the $6.9 billion global markets for ultrasound equipment. The relatively high cost and limited performance of early generation handhelds were limiting factors. Steady product improvements over the years, coupled with fresh innovation from new market
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FDA Approves Blockchain/IoT Pilot to Track Specialty Prescription Drugs Across 3 States

by Fred Pennic 04/29/2019 Leave a Comment

FDA Approves Blockchain/IoT Pilot to Track Specialty Prescription Drugs Across 3 States Blockchain in Healthcare_Next Stop for Data-driven Healthcare: Blockchain

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a multi-regional pilot studying the use of blockchain-enabled data technology to track and verify specialty prescription drugs, to ensure safety, enhance value and improve health outcomes.Blockchain Pilot Consortium & Implementation TimelineThe pilot consortium is comprised of Rymedi,Temptime/Zebra, Indiana University Health, WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Good Shepherd Pharmacy and its RemediChain project, as well as the Center for
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Med Student Develops Mobile Device Cover to Bring Health Apps into Sterile Settings

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Med Student Develops Mobile Device Cover to Bring Health Apps into Sterile Settings

 A medical student in the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine has announced the public launch and availability of the CleanCase sterile mobile devices cover, the first device-specific, fully FDA-complaint product on the market that allows surgeons to safely bring mobile devices into the sterile surgical field. The CleanCase cover, which was developed with investment from Red Cedar Ventures and Quantum Medical Concepts, uses patented technology to allow surgeons full mobile
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Smartphone Detection of Chronic Kidney Disease Could Save NHS $877M Over 5 Years

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Smartphone Detection of Chronic Kidney Disease Could Save NHS $877M Over 5 Years

Healthy.io, an Israeli-based provider of FDA-cleared smartphone-based urinalysis has announced the results from its early detection of chronic kidney disease (CKD) pilot study with 2,000 NHS patients with diabetes. The pilot found improved test compliance (raising responses to 72% among patients who had previously not responded to testing reminders) and discovered previously undiagnosed cases of CKD (10 percent of those who took the test).Financial Impact of CKD for the NHSWith a staggering
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Digital Twin Technology: Should Healthcare Jump on the Bandwagon?

by Inga Shugalo, Healthcare Industry Analyst at Itransition 04/29/2019 Leave a Comment

Digital Twin Technology: Should Healthcare Jump on the Bandwagon?

While healthcare is known for not jumping to conclusions very fast when investing in new technology, the industry starts to pick up the pace. Such “newcomers” as blockchain, IoT, VR, and AR get a well-deserved appraisal and become an integral part of next-gen custom healthcare software aimed at supporting personalized treatment and predictable patient outcomes across a wide range of conditions. We anticipate that the digital twin technology has good chances to become the next addition to the
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