Cleveland Clinic spinoff NeuroLogix Technologies announced it will integrate its C3LogixTM concussion management system with Cerner's HealtheAthlete health management system. The integration will enable joint clients to manage athletic injuries and improve the recognition and treatment of concussions.HealtheAthlete, a cloud-based sports medicine and athlete health management system, enables providers to document injury, rehabilitation, conditioning and health-related events that can be accessed
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American Well Unveils AW10 to Minimize Time between In-Person and Telehealth Visits for Physicians
Telehealth provider AmericanWell has rolled out its newest enterprise telehealth platform, AW10 this week at the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) Annual Meeting. The new telehealth platform focuses on minimizing the time a doctor operates telehealth technology while maximizing the time a doctor interacts directly with the patient during a live visit.AW10 aims to simplify the provider telehealth experience across four critical areas, bringing them closer to interchangeably seeing patients
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DiagnosisAI Launches Amazon Alexa App to Provide Personalized Answers to Medical Questions
DiagnosisAI, a healthcare technology company that focuses on using artificial intelligence to empower patients has unveiled a new voice-based medical reference app named “Alexa, Ask Doctor Dex” (DexMD).Traditionally, most people look up their symptoms through sites such as WebMD and end up self-diagnosing themselves incorrectly (i.e.-cancer). DexMD uses artificial intelligence and machine learning on Amazon Alexa to provide specific, personalized, and directed answers to medical questions with
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Researchers Find Most Mobile Health Apps for Cancer Survivors Fail to Deliver Value
Developers of mobile health apps for cancer survivors lack the research needed to determine safety and effectiveness, according to new research conducted at the Cancer Prevention Institute of California (CPIC). The research e-published in the March 24, 2017 issue of the Journal of Cancer Survivorship found basic developmental and incremental testing steps may be skipped in the interest of getting the health app to market quickly.Researchers revealed that most developers only evaluated the app
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Zillion Health Integrates with Vidyo’s Video Collaboration Platform to Help Doctors Engage with Patients
Zillion® Health, an integrated patient engagement platform for care providers and health systems has announced an integration partnership with video collaboration technology provider Vidyo. The integration will allow Zillion to power its the face-to-face video communications component of their platform through the Vidyo.io API platform-as-a-service.As part of the integration, Zillion will embed Vidyo APIs into their engagement platform to let medical professionals and patients easily connect
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Vivify Health Awarded Digital Health Patent for Extending EMRs to Digital Health Ecosystem
Vivify Health, a provider of remote care via mobile devices, has been awarded a very significant patent for the advancement of healthcare delivery from episodic care via EMRs to continual care via digital health. For Vivify, the new patent will provide the company with broad protection of key intellectual property and help further cement Vivify's position as a major leader in remote care. "We are thrilled to be awarded this extensive digital health patent. It is the most important in our
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Solv Raises $6.25M to Expand Same-Day Urgent Care Booking App
Solv, a San Francisco-based digital health startup has raised $6.25 million in Series A funding led by Benchmark Capital for its same-day urgent care booking app platform. The round included participation from Theresia Gouw of Aspect Ventures and Malay Gandhi of Ensemble Labs, formerly CEO of Rock Health. Solv plans to utilize the funding to open up its private beta to more patients and providers in Dallas Fort Worth, Texas, as well as expand to more cities and grow its team.Since launching its
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Google’s Verily Launches 10,000-Person Research Project to Map Human Health
On Wednesday, Verily, the health tech division that Google's parent company Alphabet established in 2015 announced the launch of research project to create a map of human health. The project known as Project Baseline will work with Duke and Stanford Universities to study 10,000 paid volunteers for four years using sensors, wearables, physical checkups, genetic testing, and more.Project Baseline DetailsThe research project is seeking around 10,000 people at least 18 years old to represent
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ZappRx Raises $25M for Specialty Pharmaceutical Management Platform
ZappRx, a Boston, MA-based provider of specialty pharmaceutical management platform has raised $25 million in Series B funding led by Qiming US Healthcare Fund. The round includes participation from SR One, who led ZappRx's Series A round in 2014, and GV (formerly Google Ventures). The company plans to utilize to expand its product's launch into this growing market in dire need of innovative IT solutions.Founded in 2012, ZappRx relieves administrative challenges for healthcare providers and
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KPMG Survey: One-third of Healthcare Providers Have Virtual Care Initiatives in Place
Three-quarters of providers have some form of virtual care initiatives in place, but only a fraction call their program "advanced, according to a survey commissioned by KPMG LLP, the U.S. tax, audit and advisory firm. The KPMG survey, conducted by HIMSS Analytics from Feb. 15 - March 17, 2017, asked 147 healthcare executives about the state of adoption for virtual care services and explored the top challenges hospitals and healthcare systems face in digital health. Respondents were comprised
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