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UCSF, The Doctors Company Partner to Address Patient Safety Challenges in the Digital Health Era

by Jasmine Pennic 05/07/2019 Leave a Comment

UCSF, The Doctors Company Partner to Address Patient Safety Challenges in the Digital Health Era

The Doctors Company—the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer—and UC San Francisco (UCSF), today launched a new partnership at the intersection of digital medicine and patient safety. The Doctors Company’s commitment to advancing the practice of good medicine will be expanded through a $1 million collaboration that will enable leading UCSF researchers in evidence-based patient safety practices, safety, and information technology–related policy, and artificial intelligence
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How Consumer Technology is Influencing Healthcare Innovation

by Ryan VanDePutte, Associate Director at Bits In Glass 05/07/2019 Leave a Comment

How Consumer Technology is Influencing Healthcare Innovation

When it comes to healthcare, we look to physicians, nurses, and specialists and trust them to be the experts when it comes to our health, but we don’t typically look to them to be technology experts. In fact, the healthcare industry, especially the back office, has been historically slow to adopt new technology, relying on paper records and pagers, fax machines and even hand delivery of files and records. Many clinics are not equipped to digitally connect to another office’s patient records.
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Digital Employment Marketplace for Nursing Professionals Trusted Health Lands $20M

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Digital Employment Marketplace for Nursing Professionals Trusted Health Lands $20M

 Trusted Health, a San Francisco, CA-based digital employment marketplace for nursing professionals announced it has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Craft Ventures with participation from previous investors Felicis Ventures and Founder Collective. In addition to the Series A funding round, the company also has officially launched support for flexible nursing opportunities nationwide and added permanent staff openings for nurses seeking more traditional employment. Nurses can
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Pfizer, McKesson, Others Join MediLedger’s Blockchain Project Working Group

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Pfizer, McKesson, Others Join MediLedger’s Blockchain Project Working Group

Leading life sciences and healthcare companies Pfizer Inc., McKesson Corporation, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, and Premier Inc. have joined the MediLedger Project Contracting and Chargebacks working group, a second working group running in parallel to the ongoing DSCSA working group started in 2017. MediLedger is an initiative of Chronicled, Inc., a San Francisco-based technology company, that builds blockchain-powered ecosystems and supply chain solutions.Network VisionMediLedger uses
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Telepsychiatry Improves Access to Mental Healthcare in Rural Areas, Study Finds

by Fred Pennic 05/03/2019 Leave a Comment

Telepsychiatry Improves Access to Mental Health Care in Rural Areas

A new study by Genoa Healthcare and Relias found that combining telepsychiatry with in-person visits improved the timeliness of care and increased the number of regular psychiatric appointments for people with severe mental illness in non-metropolitan areas where provider resources tend to be scarce. Study Key FindingsRecently published in the American Psychological Association’s Journal of Rural Mental Health, the peer-reviewed study analyzed data from 242 Medicaid patients in rural Missouri
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FDA Grants Breakthrough Designation to RenalytixAI for AI-Enabled Diagnostic for Kidney Disease

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RenalytixAI Lands $29M for AI-Driven Kidney Disease Diagnosis Platform, Will Launch Product with Mount Sinai in 2019

RenalytixAI, a developer of artificial intelligence-enabled clinical diagnostics for kidney disease, today announced that it has been granted Breakthrough Device designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for its lead diagnostic, KidneyIntelX™. This is the first such designation for an AI-enabled diagnostic for kidney disease publicly announced by any company.FDA Breakthrough Devices Program OverviewThe FDA’s Breakthrough Devices Program is a voluntary program for certain
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Roundtrip Nabs $5.1M to Expand Digital Transportation Marketplace for Providers & Patients

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Roundtrip digital transportation marketplace

Roundtrip, a Philadelphia, PA-based digital transportation marketplace for better health outcomes announced it has raised $5.14M in Series A funding led by Motley Fool Ventures, with participation from a multi-billion dollar international healthcare software and medical device company, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University.Digital Transportation MarketplaceEvery day, 10,000 patients miss or delay care due to a transportation barrier. Learn
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Consumer Awareness of Personalized Medicine Has Only Grown by 1% YoY Since 2013

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Consumer awareness of personalized medicine is up 4% from 2018, according to a new report from Dosis, an AI-powered personalized dosing platform. The 2019 Dosis Personalized and Digital Medicine Consumer Report surveyed more than 1,000 consumers, weighted for the U.S. population, to gain a better understanding of how big the disconnect is between the advances in personalized medicine approaches and general consumer awareness of its benefits.Consumer Awareness of Personalized Medicine Continues
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Study: Physicians Found Use of Mobile Prenatal App Reduce in-Person Visits During Pregnancy

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Physicians Found Use of Mobile Prenatal App Reduce in-Person Visits During Pregnancy

George Washington University physicians found use of the mobile app Babyscripts reduced in-person prenatal care visits while maintaining patient and provider satisfaction, according to research published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth.Study BackgroundThe study included two groups with a total of 88 participants, with one group, prescribed the Babyscripts program to manage their pregnancy. Eligible participants were pregnant women between the ages of 18 and 40 considered to be low-risk: that is, a
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Misonix Acquires Regenerative Wound Healing Product Theraskin for $97M

by Fred Pennic 05/02/2019 Leave a Comment

Misonix Acquires Regenerative Wound Healing Product Theraskin for $97M

Misonix, Inc., a provider of minimally invasive therapeutic ultrasonic medical devices announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Solsys Medical, LLC, a privately held regenerative medical company in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $97 million. The acquisition of Solsys substantially broadens Misonix’s addressable market through wound care solutions that are complementary to its existing products. Theraskin: Real Skin from One Human to Another Solsys
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