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Using Digital Health Technology to Avoid Medical Mistakes

by HITC Staff 11/14/2017 Leave a Comment

Medications are one of the most critical parts of treating countless injuries, illnesses, and chronic conditions. They are prescribed based on the best course of treatment for the patient's particular situation, so it is essential that the patient is given the correct pharmaceutical in the correct way for optimum results.It is bad enough to think that a medical error gives the patient no positive change, but it is even worse when such an oversight causes a negative impact on the patient. For
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Castlight Health Integrates With Washington Health Alliance to Improve Care Guidance

by HITC Staff 11/13/2017 1 Comment

Castlight Health

Castlight Health, Inc. announced a new partnership with the Washington Health Alliance, the state’s leader in healthcare cost and quality transparency. The partnership integrates Castlight’s comprehensive health navigation platform with Washington state’s largest healthcare cost and quality database to help the state’s Castlight customers, including Boeing, Esterline Technologies, Microsoft and Providence St. Joseph Health and their employees make smarter health benefits and healthcare
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Partners Healthcare Closed $171M Innovation Fund for Life Sciences Startups

by Jasmine Pennic 11/10/2017 Leave a Comment

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Partners HealthCare System has closed a $171 million innovation fund to invest in early stage life sciences startups. The innovation fund includes $66.1 million in outside capital for Partners Innovation Fund II and a $105 million commitment from Partners institutions to Partners Innovation Fund to focus on medical innovation created in the Partners system. The capital commitments to Partners Innovation Fund include two $50 million commitments each from The Brigham and Women’s Hospital and
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Research Reveals AI Health Coaches As Effective as In-Person Professionals for Diabetes Prevention

by Jasmine Pennic 11/10/2017 1 Comment

Research Reveals AI Health Coaches As Effective as In-Person Professionals for Diabetes Prevention

New peer-reviewed findings published in JMIR Diabetes reveals that an artificial intelligence (AI) health coaches is just as effective as in-person weight loss programs, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-led National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a clinically-proven weight loss program focused on type 2 diabetes prevention.The peer-reviewed research suggests AI has comparable results to the Diabetes Prevention Program by observing Lark, an AI chronic disease platform
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HeyDoctor’s New Telemedicine App Allows Doctors to Prescribe Low-Cost Treatment Via Text

by Fred Pennic 11/10/2017 Leave a Comment

HeyDoctor’s New Telemedicine App Allows Doctors to Prescribe Low-Cost Treatment Via Text

HeyDoctor, a medical app developed and backed by Sappira Inc., a San Francisco-based telemedicine firm has announced the launch of its new app that allows its doctors to prescribe low-cost treatment over text in minutes. HeyDoctor is designed to care for many common ailments without the hassle of video conferencing at over 50% lower cost than leading online competitors. The app is available on both the Apple iOS and Google Android mobile platforms.The app was developed by Dr. Brendan Levy, a
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BurstIQ Partners With Unified Signal to Launch Crypto-Wallet Integrated Mobile Phone Service

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Healthcare Blockchain BurstIQ Partners With Unified Signal to Launch Crypto-Wallet Integrated Mobile Phone Service

BurstIQ, Inc., a HIPAA-compliant healthcare blockchain data record integration and security company has entered into a strategic partnership with Unified Signal to launch the world’s first mainstream blockchain-enabled crypto-wallet bundled with mobile phone service.The crypto-wallet will initially be deployed to United Signal’s mobile networks as an automatic update to customers’ e-wallets, adding instant access to their crypto-currency; Bitcoin, Ethereum and others for use within the united
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Welkin Health Raises $8M to Expand Digital Patient Relationship Platform

by Fred Pennic 11/09/2017 Leave a Comment

Wellkin Health Raises $8M to Expand Digital Patient Relationship Platform

Welkin Health, a San Francisco-based digital health company specializing in digital patient relationship management has raised $8 million in Series A funding led by Thrive Capital. The company plans to utilize the funding to continue expanding their team which includes talent from Google, Facebook and Microsoft, as well as Practice Fusion, Medtronic, Sutter Health and Medicaid. In addition, Welkin company plans to accelerate partnerships with patient-centered digital health, life science, and
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Memorial Sloan Kettering, Cota Partner to Advance Personalized Cancer Treatment

by HITC Staff 11/09/2017 Leave a Comment

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

In 2011, Cota, a healthcare data and analytics company bridging precision medicine and population health, was founded by doctors for doctors. Over the past six years, the start-up has moved beyond precision medicine as a goal to a reality, and just this past year, have secured a multi-year collaboration with Novartis towards breast cancer and recruited top thought leaders in the space, like former Deputy Chief Health Officer at IBM Watson, Dr. Andrew Norden.Today, Cota announced their latest
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ResMed Integrates Remote Patient Monitoring Platform With AirMini CPAP Device

by Jasmine Pennic 11/08/2017 Leave a Comment

ResMed Integrates Remote Patient Monitoring Platform With AirMini CPAP Device

ResMed announced that it has added cloud-connectivity to the AirMini, the world's smallest, portable CPAP device- through its AirView platform. The connectivity between AirMini and AirView enables clinicians to see patients' nightly data, verify adherence, and spot therapy issues – giving them a great opportunity to educate and engage patients to reach the best possible health outcomes. AirMini is available in 15 countries across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, with more countries to
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SnapMD Expands Telehealth Platform with Spanish-Language Capabilities

by HITC Staff 11/08/2017 Leave a Comment

SnapMD Expands Telehealth Platform with Spanish-Language Capabilities

SnapMD, a full-service telehealth technology innovator and solutions provider, announced new Spanish-language patient support services to its Virtual Care Management (VCM) telemedicine platform to extend and strenghten health system care capabilities. The patient support for Spanish-language needs increases patient access to care from the comfort of their own home through the user-friendly patient portal.As an enterprise-software telemedicine platform that reaches across the care continuum,
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