Catchwind Innovations, a Minneapolis-based healthcare innovation company, and VantEdge Ventures, a Chicago-based innovation firm and venture fund, have announced a strategic partnership to foster medical innovation. Catchwind Innovations accelerates and provides visibility to the development path for healthcare technology and medical device startups from concept to commercialization. Its proprietary system and revolutionary approach connects entrepreneurs at any stage to the expertise, resources
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Suki Lands $20M to Create AI-Driven Alexa for Doctors Platform
Suki, an n AI-powered, voice-enabled digital assistant for doctors that lifts the burden of documentation has raised $20 million that comes from a Series A round led by Venrock with participation from First Round and Social Capital, as well as individual Googlers and angels, Nat Turner of Flatiron Health, and Marc Benioff. Venrock also led the seed round.Founder by former Google and Salesforce executives Punit Soni and Karthik Rajan, Suki's AI-driven voice-enabled digital assistant for doctors
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GHX and Hashed Health Partner on Healthcare Blockchain Solutions for Supply Chain
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC(GHX), a healthcare business and data automation company, announced today that it is partnering with Hashed Health, a leader in blockchain innovation for healthcare. As part of the partnership, the companies will collaborate on blockchain and distributed ledger innovation projects for the healthcare supply chain. GHX and Hashed Health share an interest in using blockchain technologies to solve unmet needs across healthcare. Blockchain is widely believed to have
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Health2047 Nabs $27.2M from AMA to Ramp Up Innovation Incubator
Health2047, a Silicon Valley-based healthcare innovation enterprise has announced a $27.2 million follow-on investment from its founding partner, the American Medical Association (AMA). Health2047 plans to utilize the funding ramp up development and commercialization of promising new technology-based solutions in the areas of chronic disease reduction, radical productivity change, and value-based healthcare. Launched in 2016, Health2047’s mission is to transform U.S. healthcare at the system
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Highmark Health’s VITAL Innovation Program to Evaluate WellDoc’s BlueStar Mobile App for Type 2 Diabetes
The second largest integrated delivery and financing network in the nation, Highmark Health, today announced that through its VITAL Innovation Program, it will be evaluating WellDoc’s® BlueStar® mobile app, an FDA-cleared, proven digital therapeutic for individuals with type 2 diabetes. VITAL facilitates real-world evaluations of medical innovations through Allegheny Health Network (AHN), its physicians and patients who enroll—producing evidence related to patient experience, as well as
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Fitbit and Google Team Up to Develop Consumer and Enterprise Health Solutions
Fitbit and Google are exploring the development of consumer and enterprise health solutions. Fitbit intends to use Google’s new Cloud Healthcare API to help the company integrate further into the healthcare system, such as by connecting user data with electronic medical records (EMR). Combining Fitbit data with EMRs can provide patients and clinicians a more comprehensive view of the patient profile, leading to more personalized care. The companies will also look to help better manage chronic
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5 Ways to Drive Healthcare Innovation That Will Deliver Better Care
Ensuring high-quality patient care for Americans remains a top priority for the government and health care providers alike. As such, effectively using data to better manage the healthcare system and deliver the best treatment will only become more critical — especially as the number of Americans ages 65 and older is projected to more than double from 46 million today to over 98 million by 2060, and the population overall is set to increase exponentially over the next 30 years. What does the
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The Day My Dad Got Cancer
Somehow, as a 20 year pediatrician, I have had a charmed life as it relates to the big C. Of course, my residency training at St Louis Children's Hospital had many months on the pediatric cancer wards, bone marrow transplant patients, the works. In my many years of general practice, cancer is but a tiny portion of my outpatient medicine experience. I read once that statistically we "get" a Pre-B Cell ALL every seven years. Poor little ones with T Cell Lymphoma, Burkitt's Lymphoma, and
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Smart Meter’s Diabetes Care Solution Meets Newly Created Remote Monitoring CPT Code
Smart Meter, an innovative diabetes management data, technology and solutions company, today announced that its iGlucose® Diabetes Care Solution meets the requirements for the newly created Remote Monitoring CPT Code, as defined by Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The iGlucose solution, which uses cell-enabled technology to automatically transmit real-time blood glucose results, is providing clinicians with another tool for making connected health more available and more widely
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Science 37 and VisualDx Partner on Patient-First Approach to Decentralized Clinical Research
Science 37, a company focused on “site-less” clinical trials, and VisualDx, a diagnostic clinical decision support system for physicians and front-line providers has announced a strategic partnership that will empower the public to make better informed decisions with their doctors about managing skin problems. As part of this agreement, both Science 37 and VisualDx will look to engage patients and clinicians from their respective networks to boost clinical trials awareness, education, and
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