In today’s mobile-first environment, it’s somewhat surprising that nearly 30 percent of healthcare providers still use phone calls — and only phone calls — to ensure patients make it into their scheduled appointments. While fewer Americans tend to answer their phone calls, they do use their phones for text messaging. In healthcare, the benefits of text message appointment reminders are increasingly recognized and on the rise, but this is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to providing a
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MediSprout Integrates Telehealth Platform with Amazon Alexa and Withings
MediSprout, a provider of healthcare and telehealth solutions, has announced that its V2MD telehealth platform that connects physicians with their patients through video conferencing will integrate with Amazon Alexa for patient scheduling and Withings for integration with its Withings Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor. These integrations allow patients to seamlessly schedule video appointments with their physician’s office through simple voice commands via Amazon Alexa from a patient’s home, and
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Modis Therapeutics Raises $30M for Developing Medicines for Patients with Rare Genetic Diseases
Modis Therapeutics, Inc., a company developing medicines for patients with rare genetic diseases has raised $30 million in Series A funding led by F-Prime Capital Partners and OrbiMed. Joshua Grass, former F-Prime Entrepreneur-in-Residence and head of Corporate Development at BioMarin Pharmaceutical, has joined as President and Chief Executive Officer. Founding investor Aceras Life Sciences, LLC and new investor Osage University Partners also participated in the financing.Founded in 2016, Modis
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Roche Integrates Insulin Data from Novo Nordisk with Diabetes Management Solutions
Roche has signed a development and collaboration agreement with Novo Nordisk, a leader in innovating the therapy of diabetes and obesity. Under the terms of the development and collaboration agreement, the partners will integrate insulin data from Novo Nordisk's connected pen to Roche's open ecosystem, synchronizing with its suite of digital diabetes management solutions including mySugr.People with diabetes spend an average of one hour per day on self-care and have to make up to 50 therapy
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Heal Brings Apple Unified Health Records to Doctor House Calls
Heal, the market-leader in house calls, today supports Health Records on iPhone, which brings together hospitals, clinics, and the existing Apple Health app to make it easy for patients to see their available medical data from multiple providers whenever they choose. Heal is in-network with all major PPO insurance plans in California, Washington D.C., and Northern Virginia, and is expanding to other locations across the country. Previously, patients’ medical records were held in multiple
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Mayo Clinic Researchers Develop Genetics-based Prognostic Tool for Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new genetics-based prognostic tool for myelodysplastic syndrome, according to their findings are published in the October print issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.Researcher Dr. Tefferi and collaborators from National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, examined gene mutations and their effect on survival in 685 patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. Researchers identified a favorable gene mutation, SF3B1, and unfavorable gene mutations, ASXL1
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10 Major Trends Shaping The Global Digital Diabetes Market
In the last two years, the digital diabetes care market has seen a substantial progress. In the new report, Digital Diabetes Care Market 2018-2022: Ready to Take Off, Research2Guidance demonstrates how the improvement of digital diabetes solutions has resulted in the increasing demand for them among patients and healthcare organizations. According to the report, the digital diabetes care market has reached a tipping point, which will result in the sustainable growth in the
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Biotech Startup Akrevia Therapeutics Lands $30M to Develop Next-Gen Cancer Immunotherapies
Akrevia Therapeutic, a Cambridge, MA-based biotech startup focused on developing highly-potent, tumor-targeted immuno-oncology therapeutics has raised $30 million in funding led by F-Prime Capital Partners and Atlas Venture. The funding will be used to accelerate Akrevia's pipeline and proprietary Aklusion® platform, which allows therapeutic antibodies, cytokines and chemokines to be specifically activated in the tumor microenvironment and tailored with precisely optimized pharmacologic
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Novo Nordisk Launches the Innovation Challenge Focused on Diabetes Management
Novo Nordisk, a global leader in the diabetes space, is seizing the opportunity to advance care and leverage digital health technology through the Novo Nordisk Innovation Challenge. With support from MATTER, a prominent incubator and innovation hub, Novo Nordisk is challenging start-ups, researchers, entrepreneurs, and students to explore, design; and co-develop digital health solutions for the more than 400 million people living with diabetes worldwide.The first phase of the challenge is
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Corstrata to Launch Virtual Wound Clinic Powered by Citus Health
Corstrata, a provider of digital healthcare IT solutions and services for wound prevention and care management, announced today a partnership with Citus Health, a digital health solutions provider for the post-acute care industry, to power its next-generation virtual clinic. Corstrata will leverage Citus Health's state-of-the-art patient and provider engagement platform to enable enhanced remote access to wound and ostomy care experts for wound and ostomy patients everywhere.Corstrata will
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