Baxter International, a medical products company and Mayo Clinic are teaming up on a five-year research and development (R&D) collaboration focused on advancing innovation in therapeutic areas.The R&D collaboration will bring together the clinical and development expertise at Baxter and Mayo Clinic, where clinicians and researchers will work side-by-side to advance new technologies and therapies that transform patient care. Baxter's Medical Products business produces intravenous products
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Digital Health Corp Acquires Speech Therapy App Constant Therapy
Digital Health Corp, the parent company of Reflexion Health has acquired Constant Therapy, a speech therapy app for people recovering from stroke, traumatic brain injury, or who have aphasia, dementia and other speech-language disorders. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.For Digital Health Corp, the acquisition will enhance the company’s existing offerings in personalized and affordable home-based therapy solutions that accelerate and improve patient recovery from surgical
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Carrum Health Raises $6.5M to Expand Bundled Payment Platform
Carrum Health, a San Francisco, CA-based digital health startup has raised $6.5 million in seed funding led by Wildcat Venture Partners including participation from SJF Ventures and SpringRock Ventures. Carrum Health plans to use the funding to expand their comprehensive bundled payment platform to meet the growing demands of their customer base by offering additional acute care bundles in orthopedic, spine and cardiac and adding key service lines such as bariatrics and maternity. Founded in
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Mount Sinai Launches Ophthalmic Innovation and Technology Program
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) has announced the creation of the Ophthalmic Innovation and Technology Program that aims to bring in full-time, world-renowned experts to train faculty and residents in the latest and most advanced surgical technologies in ophthalmology. The program establish NYEE as a center of excellence and bring patients closer to breakthrough technology and minimally invasive surgical techniques.The Ophthalmic Innovation and Technology Program DetailsThe
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Knowledge Management: The Key to Evidence-Based Medicine Adoption
Along with the rising costs and inequality in care access, difference in accepted clinical practices is considered the third major healthcare issue, which evidence-based medicine (EBM) is expected to tackle. However, EBM implementation is challenging both in clinical and technological realms.Evidence-based medicine (EBM) aims to provide a stronger scientific foundation for patient consulting and care through integration of clinical experience and analysis of patient vitals with up-to-date
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UK Provider Medvivo Acquires Clinical Decision Support App Expert 24
Medvivo, a UK-based health and care services provider has acquired Expert 24, a global developer of clinical decision support applications for some of the world’s largest healthcare providers, insurers and health information platforms including BUPA, AXA PPP Healthcare, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and WebMD.The acquisition strengthens Medvivo’s range of clinical technology products and services built up over the past 11 years; and will support Expert 24’s continued growth throughout the
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How Live Video Technology is Impacting the Medical Field
Technological innovation is at the heart of medicine and the healthcare industry. Technology has enabled humanity to extend lives by years, if not decades. It has allowed us to conduct complex surgeries that would otherwise be impossible. It has even allowed doctors to provide amputees with new limbs. Technology has empowered the blind, deaf, or immobile to regain some of their impaired qualities.And while some innovations – such as video technology – don’t seem nearly as groundbreaking, they
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Mount Sinai Launches EHR-Integrated Imaging Research Warehouse
Mount Sinai Health System has created an Imaging Research Warehouse (IRW) to revolutionize clinical care and translational research to ultimately improve human health. Developed by the Mount Sinai Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute (TMII), the image database integrates clinical imaging with EHRs to enable researchers new access to information about more than 1 million Mount Sinai patients. The IRW is supported by a National Institute of Health pilot program. For researchers, the
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ERT & Orbita Collaborate to Optimize Data Capture via Amazon Echo-based Voice Assistants
Orbita, Inc., a leading provider of voice-first software for connected home healthcare announced today a collaboration with ERT to research innovative new approaches to data procurement and management for pharmaceutical and device customers seeking to streamline clinical trials. The collaboration combines the advanced capabilities of ERT’s EXPERT™ technology platform for clinical trial data collection, processing, and analysis with Orbita Voice™, a first-of-its-kind solution for creating
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Nomad Health Launches in California and Texas to Connect Doctors with Freelance Clinical Work
Nomad Health — the first online marketplace connecting doctors with freelance clinical work— announced its launch in California and Texas. Now actively staffing physicians in hospitals on both Coasts, the digital health startup is improving the physician shortage crisis facing our nation.The Association of American Medical Colleges projects that the United States will suffer a shortage of up to 104,900 doctors by 2030. These gaps can lead to delays in care for patients, or worse, prevent them
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