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doc.ai Raises $2.3M in Pre-ICO for Blockchain-Enabled NLP for Quantified Biology

by Jasmine Pennic 09/11/2017 Leave a Comment

doc.ai Raises $2.3M in Pre-ICO for Blockchain-Enabled NLP for Quantified Biology

doc.ai Incorporated (“doc.ai”), a San Francisco, CA-based digital health startup building  an advanced natural language processing technology platform for quantified biology has raised $2.3 million in pre-ICO (initial coin offering) or initial sale of Simple Agreements for Future Tokens ("SAFTs"). A total of ten purchasers acquired SAFTs led by Pantera Capital.The early pre-sale of doc.ai's SAFTs, which are convertible into digital tokens named Neurons ("NRNs"), was limited to existing investors
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NIH Awards UCSF Researchers $11.7M Grant to Launch Pediatric Precision Medicine Equity Program

by Jasmine Pennic 09/08/2017 Leave a Comment

UCSF Sends Data Breach Notification to Nearly 10k Patients 1

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a team of UC San Francisco researchers with a four-year $11.7 million grant to launch a new Prenatal and Pediatric Genomic Sequencing (P3EGS ) program at UCSF, according to UCSF news. Over the four-year span, the program is focused on pursuing equity in the implementation of genomic precision medicine for children and families in the San Francisco Bay Area.As part of the pediatric precision medicine program, the P3EGS team will recruit 1,100
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Dexcom Integrates Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) With Fitbit Ionic Smartwatch

by Fred Pennic 09/07/2017 Leave a Comment

Dexcom Integrates Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) With Fitbit Ionic

Global wearables brand Fitbit and DexCom, Inc, a provider of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for people with diabetes, today announced an partnership to develop and market products to help people better manage their diabetes and get a more complete picture of their overall health with easy-to-use mobile tools.The first rollout as part of their collaboration is the integration of Dexcom’s CGM data to Fitbit’s new smartwatch, Fitbit Ionic that will allow DexCom users on either Android or iOS
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DispatchHealth Wins Adventist Health System’s 3rd Annual InnovationX Competition

by HITC Staff 09/06/2017 Leave a Comment

DispatchHealth

DispatchHealth has been named the winner of Adventist Health System’s (AHS) third annual InnovationX competition. DispatchHealth presented an in‐home care delivery platform and triage system designed to provide right‐sized care, while addressing the health care needs of the consumer and the access challenges of the at‐risk patient.DispatchHealth is a provider of mobile and virtual health care that works to create an integrated, convenient, high-touch care delivery solution that extends the
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Cara Raises $2M for First Precision Medicine App for Digestive Health

by Jasmine Pennic 09/06/2017 Leave a Comment

 Cara, a Berlin-based digital health startup has raised $2 million in seed funding led by Atlantic Labs along with a group of undisclosed angel investors. Known as “poop-tech”, the company has launched the first precision medicine solution for digestive health. In 2016, HiDoc Technologies launched the Cara app with the aim to help people with chronic digestive disorders. Today, more than 20% of the world’s population suffer from the Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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University of California Davis, Tempus Partner on Personalized Cancer Initiative

by Jasmine Pennic 08/31/2017 Leave a Comment

University of Michigan, Tempus Partner on Personalized Cancer Medicine for Breast Cancer Patients

University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center is collaborating with technology company Tempus on a precision medicine partnership. The new collaboration will focus on advancing clinical care with Next Generation Sequencing analysis for patients diagnosed with hematological malignancies and pancreatic cancer.Collaboration DetailsTempus will perform molecular sequencing and analysis for a group of patients at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. Utilizing machine learning and
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EpicMD Offers Houston Relief Victims Free Remote Medical Consultations

by HITC Staff 08/30/2017 Leave a Comment

Hurricane Harvey

As a result of the devastation and widespread flooding throughout the Greater Houston Area as a result of Hurricane Harvey, Miami healthcare technology startup EpicMD is offering free medical consultations, provided remotely by U.S. Board Certified primary care physicians and specialists where possible, by phone, video, email or text, to all Houston relief victims through as many registered charitable organizations associated with this effort as possible.When Hurricane Harvey made landfall, and
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Health Wildcatters Unveils Fifth Class of 9 Health IT Startups

by Jasmine Pennic 08/30/2017 Leave a Comment

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Health Wildcatters, a mentorship-driven healthcare seed accelerator has unveiled nine new health IT companies selected to participate in the 2017 accelerator program. With the addition of these 10 healthcare startups, which comprise Health Wildcatters’ third class, the program’s portfolio totals 32 companies spanning the healthcare spectrum.Each selected health IT startup will participate in the 12 week accelerator program receiving $30k in exchange for 8% equity stake. During the program, the
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Vidyo Integrates with Allscripts FollowMyHealth To Embed Telehealth Visits Directly Into Patient Portal

by Jasmine Pennic 08/29/2017 Leave a Comment

MUSC Integrates Telehealth Visits with Epic EHR Via Vidyo

Vidyo, which is used by 295 U.S healthcare systems for telemedicine, today announced its integration with Allscripts’ FollowMyHealth patient engagement platform.  The FollowMyHealth platform empowers patients for continuous engagement, while expanding their care team. The integration embeds virtual consultations directly into the patient portal, helping to create a system of connected care that is more accessible to more people.Modern, self-service video API platforms like vidyo.io (which was
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BCBS Federal Employee Program Selects Teladoc to Deliver Telehealth to Millions of Federal Employees

by HITC Staff 08/29/2017 Leave a Comment

Virtua Selets Teladoc to Offer Telehealth Visits In Southern New Jersey

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan, also known as the Federal Employee Program (FEP) has selected Teladoc, Inc. to provide general medical and behavioral health services for the 2018 benefit year. The implementation of Teladoc will allow millions of federal employees around the country anytime, anywhere to access quality health care services through multiple devices – mobile app and web video capabilities, as well as phone – along with easy-to-use tools and alerts to encourage
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