Nomad Health, a NYC-based freelance platform for doctors and nurses has raised $12 million in Series B funding led by Polaris Partners. The Series B round include participation from existing investors First Round Capital, RRE Ventures, and .406 Ventures.Founded in 2015 by a team of entrepreneurial doctors and Kevin Ryan (the founder of Business Insider and Gilt Group), Nomad is a marketplace for short-term clinical work where medical facilities post shifts they need filled. Nomad hopes
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Medfusion Creates Mobile App for MDVIP to Enhance Patient Experience
Medfusion announces that MDVIP, the national leader in affordable personalized healthcare, has implemented custom Medfusion mobile apps to drive better patient engagement and physician satisfaction.Medfusion, a leading provider of patient experience solutions, developed the MDVIP Connect app to deliver a secure patient experience and strengthen the provider-patient relationship, allowing MDVIP patients to be more involved in - and in control of - their health and wellness. Within the MDVIP
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Medtronic Receives FDA Approval for New Arm Indication for Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
Medtronic today announced that the FDA has approved a new arm indication for the Guardian Sensor 3, the company’s most accurate continuous glucose monitoring system and the only sensor approved in the U.S. to help control automated insulin delivery for patient with diabetes via its hybrid closed loop system – the MiniMed 670G system.This expanded indication will enable patients to wear the sensor on the upper arm, providing improved flexibility, enhanced performance for users, as well as
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6 Ways Healthcare Organizations Could Improve Communication in 2018
Editor's Note: Boris Dzhingarov is the founder of Blogforweb.com and MonetaryLibrary.com where he writes for several sites online such as Semrush, Tweakyourbiz and Socialnomics.net.Effective communication is critical to healthcare organizations all over the world. In today's society, there is more need than ever for improved communication within healthcare organizations to improve efficiency and quality of services. Here are six potential strategies that could help improve communication in the
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Healthcare Blockchain Startup BurstIQ Secures $5M Investment
BurstIQ, Inc., a healthcare blockchain data company, announced it has secure a $5 million investment from Millennium Blockchain marking it the first of BurstIQ’s $20M private placement offering. The company initiated its private placement offering at the 2018 World Economic Forum (DAVOS 2018) in Davos, Switzerland, and expects to complete the offering by March 31, 2018.Millennium Blockchain is a specialty diversified holding company focused on next-generation blockchain use-cases and
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Cota Lands $40M to Accelerate Value-based Precision Medicine
Cota, a NYC-based healthcare data and analytics company bridging precision medicine to population health has raised $40 million in Series C funding led by QVIA and was contributed to by EW Healthcare Partners. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center also participated in the round, along with existing Cota investors which include, Boston Millennia Partners, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Hackensack Meridian Health and Atoc Holdings.The funding will go towards rapidly scaling its
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Cedars-Sinai, Emulate Partner on ‘Patient-on-a-Chip’ Program to Predict Disease Treatments
Scientists at Cedars-Sinai and Boston-based digital health startup Emulate are pioneering a Patient-on-a-Chip program to help predict which disease treatments would be most effective based on a patient's genetic makeup and disease variant—a new approach to advance precision medicine.Researchers know that people respond differently to foods, drugs, and chemicals. For example, a medication may be effective in one individual, while it makes another even more ill. Until now, we’ve had no way to test
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DarioHealth Launches Blood Glucose Monitoring System on Amazon Prime
DarioHealth, a digital health company with mobile health and big data solutions has announced the launch and first sales of its Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System on Amazon. The distribution on Amazon will strengthen DarioHealth's online retail presence, as it provides its users and potential clients with additional purchasing and shipping options, including shipping via Amazon Prime, as all fulfillment is being managed by Amazon. With over 300 million users, Amazon is one of the largest
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Hitch Health, Lyft Partner to Provide Non-Emergency Medical Transportation to Patients
Hitch Health, a Minneapolis, MN-based healthcare technology company focused on innovative ways to improve patient health, today announced the launch of their partnership with ridesharing company Lyft. The announcement comes off the heels of a successful six-month pilot phase focused on at-risk populations served by Minnesota’s Hennepin Healthcare, which operates Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis, as well as primary care clinics in Minneapolis and suburban communities. Early
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Boston Children’s, TriNetX Bring Data-Driven Approach to Clinical Research
Boston Children’s Hospital has joined the TriNetX global health research network to further its efforts at bringing a more data-driven approach to clinical research. The trend in the healthcare industry is to gain access to a wider pool of patient data in an effort to accelerate the study start-up process and identification of patients for clinical trials. Boston Children’s Hospital is live on the network, as of February 1, 2018.TriNetX is the global health research network that enables
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