The face of consumerism is rapidly changing in the age of technology. Convenience, personalization, and long-term benefits are of paramount concern to developers as consumers increasingly prioritize experience over possessions. The five-star rating format and other consumer-friendly features of sites like Amazon, Yelp, and TripAdvisor have been shaping consumer behavior and expectations for more than a decade. Direct-to-consumer brands like BirchBox, ThirdLove, and StitchFix are revolutionizing
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Bullshit Metrics: Is Patient Engagement Real?
Whether it’s stock trading with a few clicks on a smartphone, streaming new music before the vinyl hit the shelves, or receiving a wardrobe from a personal stylist without ever stepping into a store, technology’s potential to revolutionize the consumer experience is ubiquitous across industries. The healthcare sphere is no exception to this, and in recent years a rash of digital health tools and connected devices have flooded the marketplace, promising cheaper care and better outcomes, all while
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Akouos Raises $50M to Advance Precision Medicine for Hearing Disorders
Akouos, a Boston, MA-based precision genetic medicine company developing gene therapies that restore and preserve hearing has raised $50 million in Series A funding co-led by 5AM Ventures and New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with participation from existing investor Partners Innovation Fund and new investors Sofinnova Ventures, RA Capital Management and Novartis Venture Fund. The company plans to use the funding round to advance its lead program to first-in-human clinical trials and bolster its
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Trilliant Health Lands $12M for Intelligent Patient Acquisition Platform
Trilliant Health, a Nashville, TN.-based healthcare analytics company that empowers intelligence patient acquisition has raised $12 million in Series A funding led by Noro-Moseley Partners, with participation from existing investors Martin Ventures, Nashville Capital Network, and NueCura Partners. Trilliant Health plans to use the funding to continue building its data science and technology teams to enhance the capabilities of its analytics platformFounded by 2017, Trilliant provides an
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Mount Sinai Researchers Create RNA and DNA-Sequencing Platform to Find Effective Therapies for Blood Cancer Patients
Mount Sinai researches have finished the first ever clinical trial using RNA-sequencing-based drug repurposing to find effective therapies for multiple myeloma patients (potentially for any cancer). Dr. Samir Parekh and his genomics and precision health colleagues at Mount Sinai created this first-ever trial to better inform the way patient’s therapies are chosen. The trial involved 64 patients who had run out of treatment options and many of whom had been referred to hospice. The trial
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Buoy Health Integrates with Boston Children’s to Improve Pediatric Capabilities
Buoy Health, an AI-focused health technology startup that develops digital tools to help people from the moment they get sick start their care on the right foot, today named Boston Children’s Hospital its first innovation partner. As part of the multi-pronged partnership, Boston Children’s Hospital will integrate Buoy’s advanced AI into its website to help parents around the globe identify the right course of treatment the moment their children’s symptoms hit.Innovation Partnership DetailsAs
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Fitbit Partners with Blue Cross Blue Shield to Deliver Fitbit Devices to Over 60M Members
Blue365, the health and wellness program for Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) members, today announced a connected health partnership with Fitbit to help consumers create and maintain healthy habits. Through this new connected health program, more than 60 million BCBS members have access to this special offer on Fitbit activity trackers and smartwatches, and also have access to an additional offer by bundling their purchase with a Fitness Your Way gym membership from Tivity Health. Blue365 is
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Health Navigator, Macadamian Partner to bring Health triage to Consumers with New Alexa Skill
Health Navigator, a company that delivers clinical content for digital health, telemedicine, and eHealth, has partnered with Macadamian, a healthcare-focused software design, and development consulting firm, to develop and demonstrate a proof-of-concept skill for voice-enabled digital assistants. The Alexa Skill lets people seek health information and care advice through their digital assistant anytime, anywhere.Recent surveys from the Pew Research Center show 80 percent of internet users
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4 Barriers to Overcome Before AI in Medical Imaging Becomes Mainstream
The world market for artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging, comprising software for automated detection, quantification, decision support, and diagnosis, is forecasted to reach $2 billion by 2023, according to a new report from Signify Research, an independent supplier of market intelligence and consultancy to the global healthcare technology industry. The report, “Machine Learning in Medical Imaging – 2018 Edition” provides a data-centric and global outlook on the current and
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7 Key Ways to Liberate, Rather Than Oppress Physicians
What if LeBron James spent half his day manning the ticket windows and phone lines for the Los Angeles Lakers? Would he be as great a basketball player as we know him? Or would he be completely satisfied with the road he went down? James is one of the best basketball players of our time, and none of his accomplishments would be nearly as extensive if he didn’t do what he did best- play the game.That is one of the biggest problems in healthcare. The physicians, the ones standing on the front
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