SymphonyCare, a population health and patient engagement solutions company has acquired the Empower patient portal business unit from Birmingham, AL-based Influence Health. The acquisition was led by SymphonyAlpha Ventures, the venture capital arm of Symphony Corporation, a leader in digital healthcare innovation and technology solutions. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.The Empower patient engagement product alone currently reaches more than a half a million patients
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NIH Awards $70M to Launch Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Consortium
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it is expected to award up to $70 million over five years to three physician-scientists to launch the Alzheimer's Clinical Trials Consortium (ACTC). The consortium will create a network of 35 Alzheimer's disease trial sites across the country with the goal of finding new ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer's. Reisa Sperling, MD, director of the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment at Brigham and Women's Hospital, will collaborate with
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Mount Sinai, Sema4 Researchers Develop Method for Microbiome Analysis
Scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Sema4, and collaborating institutions New York University and the University of Florida today published a report detailing their new, more accurate method for identifying individual microbial species and strains in a community. This technique has important implications for microbiome analysis, with potential long-term applications for clinical care. The paper came out today in Nature Biotechnology.Microbiomes are communities of
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Nokia Launches Healthcare Blockchain Pilot to Share Personal Health Data Via Wearable Smartwatch
In October, communication giant Nokia and OP Financial Group, one of the largest financial services group in Finland has teamed up to launch a new healthcare blockchain pilot project, according to a recent Nokia blog post. The healthcare blockchain pilot will focus on giving consumers secure control over their personal health data including how it is shared, accessed and used powered by blockchain technology. Healthcare Blockchain Pilot DetailsThe first blockchain pilot will begin with an
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EpicMD Raises $3M for Telehealth Platform to Help Physicians Drive Revenue & Improve Patient Experience
EpicMD, a Miami, FL based provider of telehealth technology platform and service solutions focused on the needs of independent healthcare providers, has raised $3 million in Series A funding led by Sagemoore Capital. The round also included particpation from a host of the company’s largest customers, including high-net-worth family offices representing a number of nationally recognized medical thought leaders, each of whom engaged as early adopters of the platform solution.The global
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SwipeSense Lands $10.6M to Expand Location-Aware Hospital Apps
SwipeSense, a Chicago-based healthcare technology company has raised a $10.6 million in Series B2 funding led by Eclipse Ventures, with participation from Sandbox Industries and other existing technology and healthcare investors. The company plans to utilize the funding to improve its location-aware apps for healthcare platform, explore new use cases and expand its growing team.Founded in 2012 by Mert Iseri and Yuri Malina, SwipeSense's mission is to eliminate Hospital Acquired Infections, a
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Healthcare Blockchain: How Does It Fit With Health IT?
With the end of the year rapidly approaching, it’s about time for articles making technology predictions for 2018 and proclaiming 2017 “the year of the (this space for rent).”As editors cast about for the healthcare IT story of the current year, they might have a hard time making the case for healthcare blockchain technology based on measurable recent impact, but they’ll have less trouble endorsing blockchain if they look at current hype and future potential.“Blockchain technology is a
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Philips Acquires Open-Standards-based Interoperability Provider Forcare
Philips has acquired Forcare, a Netherlands-based open-standards-based interoperability software solutions for fast and flawless data flows between medical systems and information sources at the departmental and enterprise levels, as well as Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) across health systems. Forcare and its team will provide highly complementary capabilities for Philips, and will enable Philips to deliver more effective, seamlessly integrated informatics solutions that improve clinical
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Precision Medicine Startup 2bPrecise Brings Pharmacogenomics to the Point of Care
2bPrecise., an EHR-agnostic, cloud-based precision medicine platform, recently announced its new pharmacogenomics (PGx) solution that takes pharmacogenetic information and makes it actionable for physicians. The solution pushes live, real-time PGx content directly into the clinical setting so clinicians can more precisely diagnose and treat their patients.2bPrecise has partnered with Translational Software, Inc. (TSI), a leader in the intelligent use of genomic data for clinical decision
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Does Amazon Have What It Takes to Transform the Pharma Industry?
InteliSys Health’s Tom Borzilleri explains what Amazon could bring to the pharmaceutical space and what the move could mean for brick-and-mortar competitors.From basics like toilet paper to luxuries such as flatscreen TVs, Amazon can deliver just about anything to a doorstep these days—so, what about prescription drugs? That’s the question the company seems to be currently asking itself and is expected to announce its answer soon. The e-commerce giant has been quietly making moves into Pharma
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