Health insurer Humana Inc. is sponsoring a new innovation challenge focused on making digital health more useful to patients, physicians and others– specifically in the Medicare space. Traditionally, the health care industry has stored digital health records - medical claims, pharmacy claims, calls, letters, hospital stays, and health program participation - in disparate places across different systems. But with advanced data processing and analytics, it is now possible to assemble these data
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6 Reasons Why Healthcare Needs The Internet of Things (IoT)
Editor’s Note: Abhinav Shashank is the CEO & Co-founder at Innovaccer Inc., a datashop integrating complex data across multiple distributed sources to give healthcare organizations greater insights to provider better care.Technology can never replace humans because the ultimate decision-making authority always lies with the individual. He or she can, however, in the course of time, opt for technological solutions that simplify their work and bring about efficiency.Convenience. Efficiency.
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Twine Health Lands $1.5M to Expand AI-Powered Health Coaching Platform
Today, Twine Health, a four-year-old spinoff of the MIT Media Lab has raised $1.5 million in Series A1 funding led by Qiming Venture Partners USA. The company plans to used the latest round of funding to accelerate the development of its AI-powered health coaching platform, continued market expansion in the US, and early international sales, including in China. Twine has received a total of $8.3 million in venture funding to date including investment fromKhosla Ventures, Provenance Venture
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HealthPartners Taps AMC Health For Telemonitoring Hypertension Study
AMC Health, a provider of real-time virtual care solutions has been selected as the telemonitoring provider for HealthPartners Institute for its high blood pressure study, Hyperlink. Recently, HealthPartners was awarded $6 million to expand this study to determine if telemonitoring can improve a patient’s health and decrease blood pressure more than traditional clinic-based care. In the second phase of research, AMC Health and HealthPartners will work together to monitor patients’ blood
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LabCorp Forms Strategic Partnership with MC10 to Support Adoption of BioStamp Sensor
Global life sciences company LabCorp has formed a strategic collaboration with MC10, a digital health startup developing wearable sensor systems for seamless healthcare data collection. As part of the strategic partnership, LabCorp has also made an equity investment into MC10 to support adoption of it’s proprietary technology for use by LabCorp’s Covance Drug Development business in clinical trials and research studies, with the potential to be adapted over time for use in patient testing and
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Tempus, Sanford Health Collaborate on Personalized Medicine Initiative to Identify Clinical Trials for Breast Cancer Patients
Tempus, a Chicago-based health IT technology company focused on collecting and integrating molecular and clinical data has announced a collaboration with Sanford Health to identify targeted therapies and clinical trials for breast cancer patients. Founded in 2015, Tempus continues to expand its network of partners and is currently working with leading academic medical centers, NCI designated cancer centers, hospital networks and community oncologists across the United States. As part of the
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VitalConnect Raises $38M to Launch Real-Time Wearable Biosensor In Hospitals Nationwide
VitalConnect, Inc., a provider of wearable biosensor technology for wireless monitoring in hospital and remote patient populations has raised $38 million in Series C funding led by MVM and Baxter Ventures. This funding will help VitalConnect in launching the VitalConnect Platform and VitalPatch wearable biosensor in hospitals and outpatient settings across the nation.Founded in 2011, VitalConnect combines the most sophisticated biosensor - the VitalPatch - with its comprehensive software
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One Drop Integrates With Fitbit to Deliver Enhanced Diabetes Management Data Insights
One Drop, a leading diabetes care management platform announced they are partnering with Fitbit to help people better manage their Diabetes. By working together, Fitbit and One Drop can help make it easier for people to see how physical activity can impact blood glucose levels and make more informed care management decisions. In addition, One Drop will build an App for Fitbit Ionic, bringing One Drop data to the wrist.Starting in November, One Drop users will be able to sync Fitbit intraday
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The Internet of Voice in Health: Why It’s Time to Pay Attention
According to the Future Today Institute, about 50% of our interactions with computers will be via voice by 2023. Voice interfaces are already having an impact on health. The recently completed Alexa Diabetes Challenge demonstrated that voice-computer interfaces can play a role in chronic condition management. Are you up-to-speed on this trend? To help, I've outlined five questions and answers about the current state of voice interfaces in healthcare. 1. Is interest in the potential of voice
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Henry Ford Deploys Integrated Virtual Visits Within Epic MyChart Workflow
Henry Ford Health System has deployed integrated virtual visits within the Epic MyChart workflow to provide simplified access to care via Vidyo’s video collaboration platform. IDSolutions Healthcare, Vidyo’s premier Epic telehealth deployment partner, has established telehealth ecosystems throughout healthcare institutions across the United States.For care providers, the ability to launch a video consultation within the same interface makes telemedicine simple to use. Having to launch a separate
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