As consumers integrate connected devices and services ever more deeply into their lifestyles, they bring the same expectation and desire to their health and wellbeing. New research from Parks Associates reveals 15% of US broadband households have used a telecare service in the past 12 months. The new report quantifies the adoption and use of consumer wearables and other connected fitness devices and evaluates consumer usage patterns and desire for new features.It also examines the growing
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Sharecare Names Quest Diagnostic As Lab Partner For Its Digital Health Platform
Sharecare has named Quest Diagnostics its preferred laboratory partner for its comprehensive digital health platform. Sharecare and Quest Diagnostics also intend to jointly explore the development of disease management programs and other services to empower better health. In addition, Quest has made a strategic investment in Sharecare for an undisclosed sum with Goldman Sachs serving as Sharecare's financial advisor. Financial terms of the strategic investment were not disclosed.Sharecare
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Siemens Healthineers, UM System, MU Health Care Forms $133M Alliance for Precision Health
University Hospital with the Staff for Life Helicopter at dusk.[/caption]Siemens Healthineers and the University of Missouri System (UM System), including all four universities, and University of Missouri Health Care (MU Health Care), has established the Alliance for Precision Health that will leverage their joint expertise to transform healthcare delivery, promote education in the fields of technology and engineering, and develop groundbreaking research initiatives.As part of the alliance,
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FCC Approves $100M 3-Year Rural Telehealth Pilot: 4 Things to Know
The FCC voted on Wednesday to approve a $100 million connected care pilot program that aims to provide telehealth services to low-income patients in rural America. The telehealth program will facilitate the effective treatment of chronic conditions outside of the doctor’s office, at significant savings for patients and health care providers.Here are four things to know about the $100M rural telehealth pilot program:1. The proposed Connected Care Pilot would provide an 85% discount on
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Healium Partners with XRHealth to Power VR With Emotions
XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth, a provider of extended reality and therapeutic applications announced it is opening their platform to third-party developers to create robust VR healthcare experiences. A noteworthy partnership created through the open platform is Healium that enables patients to “see” and power VR technology through their emotions.Healium: Powering VR With EmotionsApproximately 75% to 90% of all doctor visits are due to stress-related issues. Healium developed a
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Blockchain Solve.Care Integrates With Uber Health to Deliver Non-Emergency Medical Transportation for Patients
Solve.Care, a global healthcare platform which uses blockchain technology for the administration, coordination, and payments of healthcare benefits, has announced a partnership with Uber Health, allowing healthcare organizations to provide accessible and affordable rides to patients and caregivers. Integration Details & BenefitsEvery day, 10,000 patients miss or delay care due to a transportation barrier. The partnership will result in the integration of Uber Health’s transportation
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Atrium Health Taps Prenatal App Babyscripts for Remote Pregnancy Care
Babyscripts, the leading virtual care platform for managing obstetrics, announced today that they are teaming up with Atrium Health, one of the nation’s most highly integrated not-for-profit healthcare systems based in Charlotte, N.C. The collaboration provides pregnant patients who receive care at Atrium Health access to the Babyscripts app during the entirety of their prenatal journey and beyond.The Babyscripts mobile app provides access to education on pregnancy, content about baby
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Cigna Leads $23M Series D in Specialized AI Company, GNS Healthcare
Today, Cigna Ventures (CV), the corporate venture fund of global health service company Cigna, announced that it’s leading a $23M Series D round of funding in GNS Healthcare (GNS), a highly specialized AI company that turns millions of data streams into personalized insights that precisely match the appropriate clinical care/treatment intervention to the right patient at the right time.Cigna joins other leading carriers and health plans and GNS investors, including Cambia Health Solutions, Echo
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Procyrion Raises $30M to Support Clinical Trials of its Percutaneous Blood Pump Device
Procyrion, Inc., a Houston-based medical device firm developing the first catheter-deployed, intra-aortic pump initially for use in cardiorenal syndrome patients announced it has raised $30 million in Series D funding led by Bluebird Ventures. The round also includes participation from existing investors Fannin Partners, Scientific Health Development, the State of Texas, and an undisclosed strategic investor.The company is developing its AortixTM system, a percutaneous blood pump initially
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Can AI Transform Patient Care from Reactive Craft to Strategic Art?
Personalized Analytics is becoming essential in healthcare, stemming from the movement from fee-for-service to a value-based market. The need to preempt and prevent disease on a more personal level, rather than merely reacting to symptoms, has created a significant opportunity for machine learning-based applications. This “analytics of one” approach (using advanced mathematical models and artificial intelligence techniques) is already impacting several key areas:
1. Medical imaging is utilizing
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