Today, Apple announced a new feature as part of the iOS 11.3 beta update for customers to see their medical records right on their iPhone. Johns Hopkins Medicine, Cedars-Sinai, Penn Medicine and other participating hospitals and clinics are among the first to make this beta feature available to their patients.Traditionally, patients’ medical records were held across multiple locations, requiring patients to log into each care provider’s website via a patient portal and painstakingly piece
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SnapMD Launches First-of-Its-Kind Rules Engine for Telehealth Interface
SnapMD, a full-service telehealth technology innovator and solutions provider, announced they have strengthened their Virtual Care Management programming interface with a first-of-its-kind rules engine. The exclusive administrative interface advancements make SnapMD the only telehealth platform to offer compound rules functions for hospital and health system intelligent processes.The bleeding-edge upgrades enhance the platform’s intelligent workflow system. Specifically, they add more options
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Medical Wearables: How Next Generation Devices Will Change Healthcare
Medical patient monitoring devices are poised to disrupt the healthcare industry. According to Markets and Markets, the global market for medical wearable devices is projected to reach $12.1 billion by 2021, with the United States representing the largest market worldwide. With the ability to enhance the healthcare system by aiding in the remote monitoring of patients, wearables provide real-time access to health records and provide quicker diagnosis and treatment of conditions.They are
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St Vincent’s Health Australia Deploys Vocera for Clinical Alerts & Communication
St Vincent’s Health Australia has officially deployed Vocera solutions for communication and clinical alerts across all its aged care facilities. St Vincent’s Health Australia is one of many organizations in the country using Vocera technology to improve care team communication, patient and resident experience, and operational efficiency. In 2017, Vocera added 35 aged care facilities in Australia to its client roster.Additionally, Vocera is steadily increasing deployments in public and private
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Why 2018 Will Be A Landmark Year for GE, Siemens, Canon and Philips
With the new year dawning, the competitive landscape for global medical technology is mired in uncertainty. Of the “big four” vendors (GE Healthcare, Siemens Healthineers, Philips and Toshiba Medical Systems) three are undergoing radical change, creating perhaps one of most volatile competitive market environments for some time. Add to this the visible presence of new market entrants from informatics, outsourcing, consumer technology and the rapidly growing artificial intelligence sector, and
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Florida Hospital New Smyrna Launches Tele-ICU with Advanced ICU Care
Florida Hospital New Smyrna has announced its partnership with Advanced ICU Care to provide tele-ICU clinical services to its critically ill patient population. The partnership extends Advanced ICU Care’s growing, multi-state relationship with Adventist Health System hospitals for collaborative ICU patient care via telemedicine.Working collaboratively, Advanced ICU Care will help support New Smyrna’s bedside clinicians to deliver 24/7 care by U.S. board-certified intensivists and standardized
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Springbuk Raises $20M for Employer Facing Health Intelligence Platform
Springbuk, an Indianapolis, IN-based employer facing health intelligence software platform has raised $20 million in Series B funding led by California-based HealthQuest Capital and Echo Health Ventures, a strategic collaboration of Cambia Health Solutions and Mosaic Health Solutions. The round also included participation from Elevate Ventures. The company plans to use the latest round of funding to support growth and expansion include a heavy emphasis on product innovation, data operations, and
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Global Digital Health Funding Breaks $7.2B in 2017, Up 42% From 2016
Global digital health funding, including private equity and corporate venture capital reached a record-breaking total of $7.2B in 2017 over 778 deals, representing a 42 percent increase from the $5.1B in 622 deals in 2016, according to the latest report from Mercom Capital Group. Mercom’s Q4 and Annual 2017 Digital Health Funding and M&A report reveals total corporate funding for Healthcare IT companies – including debt and public market financing – climbed to $8.2 billion in 2017, a 47
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Box Launches Compliance Monitoring for Life Sciences with GxP Validation
Box, Inc, a provider of cloud content management, today announced Box GxP Validation, an innovative new approach for maintaining GxP compliance in the cloud. Box GxP Validation enables Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Medical Device businesses to develop, validate and operate their GxP compliance standards within Box. Box GxP Validation methodology complies with GAMP5 guidelines, accelerates the validation process, and lowers risk via use of daily tests to assure a continued state of
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Boston Pediatric Device Strategic Partner Challenge Winners Announced
The Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA) at Boston Children’s Hospital and the Boston Pediatric Device Consortium (BPDC) today announced winners of the Boston Pediatric Device Strategic Partner Challenge, which launched in September 2017 and is designed to advance the development of novel pediatric medical device innovations. The Challenge was funded by the FDA Office of Orphan Products Development through a grant to the Boston Pediatric Device Consortium. Each winner has been
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