GoodRx, a Santa Monica, CA-based startup that compares retail prices of prescription drugs from different pharmacies in the United States has quietly merged with San Francisco-based startup Iodine, FastCompany first reports. The merger was not announced publicly, but Iodine CEO Thomas Goetz confirmed the deal took place at the end of 2016. Financial terms of the merger were not disclosed.Founded in 2013, Iodine mines clinical data to help consumers make better decisions about their medications.
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CAE Healthcare Unveils First Mixed Reality Ultrasound Simulation Solution
CAE Healthcare announced the release of CAE VimedixAR, an ultrasound training simulator integrated with the Microsoft HoloLens, the world's first self-contained holographic computer. The announcment marks CAE Healthcare as the first company to bring a commercial Microsoft HoloLens application to the medical simulation market.VimedixAR delivers an unprecedented simulation-based training experience, allowing learners to interact and move freely within a clinical training environment that is
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Penn Medicine Launches Center for Digital Health to Probe “The Social Mediome”
Penn Medicine has launched a Center for Digital Health to probe “the social mediome” -- a way of collectively describing people or groups based on their digital data merged with their health record data. To lead the newly Penn Medicine Center for Digital Health efforts, Penn Medicine has appointed Raina Merchant, MD, MSHP as the Associate Vice President for the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Director. New areas of research focus for the Center for Digital Health include
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eClinicalWorks Integrates Qardio’s Smart Blood Pressure Monitor With EHR Platform
Ambulatory EHR provider eClinicalWorks has announced integration with Qardio's medically accurate health monitoring devices to deliver patient health monitoring to support over 125k physicians in the USA and abroad. The integration partnership benefits both doctors using eClinicalWorks system and their patients. Doctors get deeper insights into their patients health while patients save time and cost by reducing routine or unnecessary doctor’s visits.Integration DetailsThrough this integration
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Common Sensing, Welkin Health Partner to Develop Innovative Insulin Adherence Program
Insulin adherence remains a significant challenge with approximately 62 percent of patients discontinuing insulin in the first three months and 82 percent in the first year. To resolve this challenge, Common Sensing and Welkin Health have partnered to develop an innovative new program aimed at improving insulin adherence for people living with diabetes. A first-of-its-kind initiative, the program will combine insulin dosing data, wirelessly transmitted from Common Sensing’s Gocap™, real-time
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Stanford Researchers Develop Deep Learning Algorithm to Diagnose Skin Cancer
Computer scientists at Stanford have created a deep learning algorithm to visually diagnose skin cancer that matched the performance of board-certified dermatologists, Stanford News reports. According to a recent paper published in the Jan. 25 issue of Nature, the final product based on a database of nearly 130,000 skin disease images was tested against 21 board-certified dermatologists and successfully matched the performance of the dermatologists in diagnosing the most common and deadliest
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KenSci Nabs $8.5M to Develop Machine Learning Apps for Healthcare
KenSci, a Seattle-based digital health startup building the world’s first vertically integrated machine learning platform for healthcare has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding led by Ignition Partners with participation from Osage University Partners and Mindset Ventures. The company plans to utilize the funding to scale its machine learning platform for predictive risk management and expand operations to support the company’s rapidly growing customer base.Incubated at the University of
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Cedars-Sinai + Techstars Healthcare Accelerator Unveils Second Class of 8 Digital Health Startups
Techstars Healthcare Accelerator, in partnership with Cedars-Sinai, today announced that 8 companies have been selected to participate in its second class. From artificial intelligence to new devices and disruptive services, these innovative healthcare-focused startups are working to transform health and healthcare delivery as part of the Los Angeles-based accelerator program.The three-month accelerator will offer mentorship and guidance from clinicians & administrators at Cedars-Sinai,
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Pfizer Pumps $9M Into Swedish Digital Health Firm AMRA to Abolish Outdated BMI with Precision Measurements
Pharmacy giant Pfizer has invested $9 million in AMRA, a Swedish digital health firm that transforms MR images into precise body composition measurements through its venture capital arm, Pfizer Venture Investments (PVI) co-led by Novo Seeds with participation from Industrifonden. The company plans to utilize the funding to further build its global presence and grow its network among researchers and pharmaceutical companies.Additionally, it has plans to establish a US subsidiary and expand its
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New York Digital Health Accelerator Showcases 6 Digital Health Startups at Demo Day
On Tuesday, the New York Digital Health Accelerator (NYDHA) – a five month program showcased six early and growth-stage digital health startups for healthcare providers and patients in the areas of care coordination, patient engagement, and workflow improvement. Each startup received $100k in up-front funding per company from a syndicate of leading venture capital and strategic investors.The Demo Day event marks the culmination of the five month program run by the Partnership Fund for New York
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