MATTER, a Chicago-based healthcare incubator and corporate innovation accelerator has announced a partnership with Israeli-based Sheba Medical Center. The partnership between Chicago and Israeli healthcare innovation communities will focus on the commercialization of new digital health innovation for patients.As part of the international partnership, MATTER startups will have opportunities to pilot their technologies with Sheba Medical Center. The medical center has a highly developed innovation
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Dario Health Expands Smart Diabetes Platform to German Market
DarioHealth, an Israli-based global digital health company with mobile health and big data solutions has announced the expansion of its smart diabetes platform to the German market. The announcement makes the smart diabetes platform commercially available in 9 countries worldwide. The Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System combines an all-in-one compact glucose meter that connects directly to your smartphone via the Dario app to provide people with diabetes a simple and accurate way to improve
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Boston Children’s IDHA Launch Secure “Task Manager” App for Clinical Teams to Avoid Burnout
Boston Children’s Hospital’s Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA) today unveiled Dock Health, a secure mobile and web application that gives clinicians and their teams an essential tool for managing the numerous tasks that are part of clinical care. Founded by Michael Docktor, MD and Keather Roemhildt , Dock Health received an accelerator grant from IDHA in 2016. As of early September, the app is being piloted in several Boston Children’s departments (Gastroenterology,
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How Wearable Technology Can Enhance Long Term Patient Care
Wearable technologies have been widely adopted by consumers to measure and track aspects of health. Bracelets can track steps and calorie burn, clothing can measure heart rate and VO2 levels. While adoption is slower in clinical settings some health care organizations have begun to integrate wearable technologies into patient care to create more opportunities for e-health programs and to create new data availability.Some wearable technologies developed for the healthcare sector are designed to
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Cedars-Sinai Launches Apple Watch App to Connect Patients With Doctors
Cedars-Sinai, a Los Angeles-based academic medical center has unveiled new Apple Watch app that helps makes it easier for patients to connect with doctors, get directions to the nearest hospital and access their medical records. Working in conjunction to the provider’s iPhone app, the update provides a complete resource for managing your medical records, connecting with your care team and exploring all Cedars-Sinai has to offer. The free app, which pairs with your iPhone and can be found in the
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Novo Nordisk, HITLAB Launches $75k Challenge to Develop Voice-Activated Technology for Diabetes Care
Novo Nordisk has teamed up with HITLAB (Health Innovation Technology Lab, Inc.) to launch the 2017 HITLAB World Cup of Voice-Activated Technology in Diabetes presented by Novo Nordisk awarding prizes totaling $75,000. Managing diabetes requires strict adherence to dietary, physical activity, and medication protocols. For people living with diabetes, voice-activated technologies are an important way they can manage their disease. Innovators should focus on enhancing patient outcomes, lowering
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Sharecare Launches 3D Virtual Human Body Platform With Real-Time Medical Accuracy
Sharecare, the digital health company helping people manage all their health in one place, today announced the launch of YOU, its proprietary software platform that gives healthcare providers, educators, students and patients unprecedented visual context to discuss and accurately simulate healthy organ and system function, as well as disease, and therapy. Available starting today on Viveport, the HTC VIVE™’s global VR app store, Sharecare founders Jeff Arnold and Mehmet Oz, MD announced the
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Analytics 4 Life Lands $25M to Advance AI-Driven Cardiac Imaging Apps
Analytics 4 Life, a digital health startup using artificial intelligence to develop medical imaging solutions has raised $25 million in Series B funding supported by an international syndicate of accredited investors, including physicians, healthcare professionals, and medical device experts. The company will use the latest round of funding to advance its proprietary imaging technology designed to assess coronary artery disease in a revolutionary way. The Series B round brings the Analytics 4
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University City Science Center’s Digital Health Accelerator Unveils Third Class of 7 Startups
The University Science Center’s Digital Health Accelerator (DHA) has announced its third class of seven digital health startups. From flushable pregnancy tests, remote patient monitoring systems, augmented reality to prepare for emergency situations – these are among the focus of the seven technologies being developed by the third class of startups. Each startup selected to the 12-month digital health accelerator will receive up to $50k in funding, professional mentorship, and networking
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Qualcomm Unveils New Line of Medical-Grade Biometric Patches
Qualcomm Life has unveiled new product line of cost-effective medical-grade biometric patches that enables continuous monitoring of patients across the care continuum. The cost-effective patches can support a multitude of intelligent care models, from perioperative care to assessing the impact of therapeutic interventions. The innovative, cost-effective patches were developed on Qualcomm Life’s 2net™ Design platform, a reference design platform for electronics modules which power connected
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