The University of Virginia Health System announced it is expanding and piloting new telehealth initiatives to prevent or manage chronic diseases including diabetes, prediabetes, and heart disease. Delivered through the UVA Center for Telehealth, the virtual care initiatives are supported by a $750k grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Virginia Department of Health.Here is a list of the telehealth initiatives:· Remote blood sugar monitoring for type 2 diabetes
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Nutrimedy Named Winner of Boston Scientific Connected Patient Challenge
Boston-based Nutrimedy has been named the winner of the fourth annual Boston Scientific Connected Patient Challenge held by Boston Scientific at Google’s office in Cambridge, MA. The challenge invites innovators from around the world to submit concepts through an online platform where they can receive feedback throughout the fall and early winter until six finalists are selected for a live pitch-off event.This year’s theme, digital health solutions for chronic care, netted some of our most
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AdoRx Therapeutics, J&J Team Up to Develop Novel Lung Cancer Therapeutics
AdoRx Therapeutics, a UK based drug discovery company, and Johnson & Johnson are teaming up to develop novel therapeutics for the treatment of lung cancer. As part of the strategic collaboration, AdoRx has granted an exclusive option to research, develop and commercialize novel antagonists within the AdoRx portfolio, and the groups will collaborate on drug discovery and preclinical development activities. AdoRx Therapeutics is pursuing the discovery of new therapeutics for cancer-based on
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Livongo Taps Amazon Lex to Power Voice-Enabled Hypertension System
Livongo unveils new voice-enabled cellular blood pressure monitoring system powered by Amazon Lex and Amazon PollyApplied health signals company Livongo Health, today unveiled their new voice-enabled hypertension system powered by Amazon during their invitation-only conference SIGNUM 2019 in San Francisco, CA. As voice increasingly becomes one of the preferred ways people interact with technology, Livongo will leverage Amazon Lex and Amazon Polly to power its voice-enabled cellular blood
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MedStack Lands $2.4M to Expand Privacy & Security Platform for Healthcare Apps
MedStack, a privacy and security compliance solution for healthcare apps, today announced it has raised a $2.4 million in seed funding. The seed round was led by TELUS Ventures, with participation from ScaleUP Ventures and Panache Ventures. Existing investor Ontario Centres of Excellence and several existing angel investors also participated in this round.The TELUS Ventures investment into MedStack represents a strategic synergy between MedStack's growing reputation as an enabler for digital
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GE Healthcare Inks Partnership to Advance Early Cancer Detection in Nigeria
GE Healthcare has partnered with the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) to supply the latest technology in computed tomography (CT) to advance early cancer detection to Lagos University Teaching Hospital. GE Healthcare (www.GEHealthcare.com) has partnered with the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) to supply the latest technology in computed tomography (CT), Discovery RT, to Lagos University Teaching Hospital for its modern NSIA- LUTH Cancer Center, commissioned by
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Orbita Expands Voice Capabilities for Voice and Chatbot Apps in Healthcare
Orbita, Inc. today unveiled a trio of enhancements that significantly expand the capabilities of Orbita Voice, a HIPAA-compliant platform for voice and chatbot applications in healthcare. The three new features dramatically simplify the process of designing, building, managing, and optimizing secure, enterprise-grade healthcare applications that integrate conversational AI technology:- Orbita Answers is a unique knowledge management framework for quickly building conversational voice and chatbot
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Crossover Health Acquires Virtual Primary Care Platform Sherpaa Health
Crossover Health, a provider of comprehensive health services for self-insured employers, has acquired the exclusive rights to the technology platform developed by Sherpaa Health, the pioneer of virtual primary care. The announcement is part of Crossover Health’s efforts to accelerate the creation of a seamless “in person, online and anytime” system of health for its national base of self-insured employers and their employee members.Virtual Primary Care PioneerFounded in 2012 by Jay Parkinson,
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Penn Medicine, Babyscripts to Develop Postpartum Hypertension Solution
Babyscripts, Inc., a virtual care platform for managing obstetrics, announced that they are entering into a strategic partnership with Penn Medicine to improve postpartum health. The strategic partnership will pair Babyscripts’ remote monitoring technology with the knowledge gained from Penn Medicine’s Heart Safe Motherhood program (HSM) to improve the quality of postpartum care while lowering costs.Strategic Partnership BenefitsIn addition, the partnership will develop a solution that enables
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New Saliva Glucose Biosensor Could Eliminate Finger Pricks for Diabetes
New non-invasive, saliva-based glucose test measures glucose in saliva rather than blood could eliminate finger pricks for diabetes management.The iQ Group Global, a Sydney, Australia-based consortium of life science and financial services companies has unveiled the Saliva Glucose Biosensor, a non-invasive, saliva-based glucose test for diabetes management that measures glucose in saliva rather than blood. The saliva-based glucose test could eliminate painful finger pricks for diabetes
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