Visit the research facilities of the Georgia Institute of Technology. You may meet Darwin, a pint-sized robot that helps patients meet physical therapy goals. From enhancing a surgeon’s precision to disposing of medical waste to monitoring health metrics, artificial intelligence (AI) is making a big impact on the sector. Even the pint-sized robots are doing big things in healthcare. It will be fascinating to see where it all goes. As populations age, one area robots could help tremendously is
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Behavioral Health Startup Praestan Health Raises $12M to Drive Behavioral Health Transformation
Praestan Health, a Minneapolis, MN-based behavioral health technology-focused startup, announced that it has closed a private placement for $12 million to fund completion of its technology platform and build a national organization to serve clinicians, healthcare organizations, employers, and patients. Praestan Health is committed to driving improved health and wellbeing through behavior change at the individual and population health level, In addition, the company has launched hree-way health
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AT&T and ZOTT Team Up to Redefine the Patient Journey and Improve Patient Satisfaction
ZOTT, the new, cutting-edge patient experience solution, and AT&T, a leader in empowering the digital healthcare transformation, today announced a collaboration to further advance the patient experience. Through innovative uses of cloud computing and over-the-top content distribution technology, the companies are redefining the patient journey.Now, patients and their families can access DIRECTV for BUSINESS through ZOTT's hospital platform, improving overall patient satisfaction. Research
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Teladoc Rebrands as Teladoc Health to Reflect Broad Virtual Care Service Offerings
Virtual care provider Teladoc, today announced it will be changing its corporate name to Teladoc Health in order to better reflect its broad portfolio of virtual care services and mission to transform how people access healthcare around the world. Teladoc currently offers the only comprehensive virtual care solution spanning traditional telehealth, expert medical, and licensed platform and program services. As such, the Teladoc Health corporate brand will unify the combined capabilities and
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Verana Health Lands $30M for EHR Integrated Data Platform for Life Sciences
Verana Health formerly known as DigiSight Technologies), a healthcare technology developer of a cutting-edge platform for life science innovation that utilizes regulatory-grade specialty data sets has raised $30M in Series C funding led by GV (formerly Google Ventures) with participation from existing investors Biomatics Capital, Brook Byers, founder of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, GE Ventures, and Lagunita Biosciences.In addition to the Series C funding, the company has appointed
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PatientWisdom Lands $1M to Strengthen Patient-Provider Relationship through Real World Data Collection
PatientWisdom lands $1m to expand the reach of digital health platforms that transform the experience and delivery of healthcarePatientWisdom, a digital health platforms designed to improve health and care by listening to patients, providers, and community members has raised $1M in funding led by OCA Ventures with participation from existing investors. To date, PatientWisdom, Inc. has raised a total of $3.45 million.The company’s three digital solutions – PatientWisdom, ProviderWisdom and
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Walgreens Launches New Digital Marketplace to Connect Visitors to Healthcare Providers
Walgreens today introduced Find Care Now, a digital platform and marketplace that helps connect the company’s millions of mobile and online visitors to healthcare services to a growing selection of recognized healthcare providers in their community. The company is working closely with a current list of 17 participating providers as part of the effort, further enhancing Walgreens omnichannel role as a convenient and trusted neighborhood healthcare destination.Find Care Now services include
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Carilion Clinic Joins TriNetX Network to Expand Clinical Research and Collaboration Opportunities
TriNetX, the global health research network, will announce the latest addition to its research network: Carilion Clinic, a not-for-profit healthcare organization based in Roanoke, Virginia. By joining the network, Carilion will enhance its researchers’ ability to quickly execute clinical trials and collaborate with other industry TriNetX network members. Carilion, serves nearly one million residents and owns and operates seven hospitals, more than 225 outpatient practices, and Jefferson College
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Mount Sinai Opens Center for Biomedical Blockchain Research to Develop Healthcare Blockchain Apps
First venture launched by an academic medical center to use blockchain technology to solve healthcare and medical science problems. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Institute for Next Generation Healthcare has announced the official opening of the Center for Biomedical Blockchain Research. The center is the first of its kind at any academic medical center to utilize blockchain technology, a distributed, decentralized secure database system originally developed for Bitcoin, to
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Novartis, SHYFT Partner to Support the Commercialization of Key Therapies in Europe
SHYFT Analytics, a Medidata Solutions, today announced that Novartis has selected its Intelligent Platform for Life Sciences to support the commercialization of key therapies in Europe. As part of the collaboration, Novartis will use the following SHYFT solutions: - STRATA Data Platform to aggregate and manage a growing number of third party and proprietary commercial data sources- LUMEN Insights Platform to deliver intuitively-designed analytics to drive the “next-best-actions” for commercial
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