U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and civic journalism, collaborates with Binary Fountain, a provider of patient feedback management solutions. The Binary Fountain has one of the largest data repositories of online patient reviews and surveys in the healthcare industry. Through this partnership, U.S. News will publish patient experience ratings from Binary Fountain on many of its doctor profile pages, enabling consumers to compare physicians and help make
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AMA and Google Launch Healthcare Interoperability and Innovation Challenge to Foster Data Sharing
The American Medical Association (AMA) and Google are teaming up to launch the AMA Health Care Interoperability and Innovation Challenge. Sponsored by Google, the challenge aims to inspire novel examples of mobile health technology - such as wearable devices and applications - that effectively monitor and share medical data between patients and physicians to improve the management of chronic diseases.“The AMA is working to unleash a new era of patient care through its Integrated Health Model
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Change Healthcare Integrates with Doctor on Demand for Lab Orders
Change Healthcare has announced an integration partnership with on-demand telehealth provider Doctor On Demand’s patient geo-location technology, allows physicians to order lab work based on patient’s location—giving consumers the power to choose the most convenient and cost-effective facility. As part of the collaboration, Doctor On Demand is now using the Change Healthcare Intelligent Healthcare Network to empower consumers to choose the most convenient and cost-effective lab for tests ordered
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How do Clinical Wearables Impact Patient Care and Quality of Life?
Health technology and clinical wearables are hot topics in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. They are creating waves of excitement and talking points for debate, while also topping many of the healthcare trends of this year.One source suggests that 2018 will be the year of digital health technology, and it is quickly becoming apparent that clinical wearables are one of the most sought-after innovations when it comes to digital health. With the market growing and diversifying in
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TruSense Releases Amazon Alexa Integrated ‘Smart’ Personal Emergency Response Pendant
TruSense, a smart home monitoring solution designed for seniors, has added the first-ever smart personal emergency response (PERS) pendant to combine GPS with notification when it is not being worn. Made to alleviate caregiver worry, the pendant works in conjunction with TruSense Home, a sensor-based smart home solution. This allows for customized alerts when the user is not wearing the pendant, extending protection outside of the home.Customized alerts can notify caretakers when the wearer has
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Vitra Health Nabs $45M to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes
Virta Health, a San Francisco, CA-based company delivering the first clinically-proven treatment to safely and sustainably reverse type 2 diabetes (T2D) and other chronic metabolic diseases without the use of medications or surgery has raised a $45 million Series B funding round. THe round include participation from existing investors including Venrock, Obvious Ventures, Creandum,Caffeinated Capital, and Max Levchin’s SciFi VC, along with new investors including Founders Fund and Playground
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Wellframe Granted Patent for Mobile-Enabled Care Interventions to Monitor Ongoing Patient Progress and Improve Patient Compliance
Wellframe, a Boston, MA-based mobile-enabled care management solution has been awarded a patent for a mobile-enabled method to monitor and improve patient compliance with care programs. Wellframe’s mobile-enabled care solution extends the reach and effectiveness of a clinical team by delivering a customized, interactive, daily health checklist to patients on their smartphone or tablet, collecting valuable, day-to-day-health information, and enabling high-touch, sustained, and supportive
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Providence Health & Services Launches Digital Therapeutic Pilot Program for Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes
WellDoc announced a pilot program with Providence Health & Services to examine the use of WellDoc’s BlueStar, an FDA-cleared, proven digital therapeutic for individuals with type 2 diabetes. Providence Health & Services has utilized the power and innovation of mobile technology into clinical practice before and is now carrying it into the diabetes management arena.The pilot program will take place in the Providence Health & Services Oregon/SW Washington Region. It will include
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SCI Solutions Acquires Digital Patient Engagement Company DatStat
SCI Solutions (SCI), a patient access and care coordination software company has acquired DatStat, a provider of patient engagement and digital health tools. The combination of SCI’s market-leading patient scheduling, referral management and revenue cycle software with DatStat’s digital self-service tools for pre-visit preparation, secure messaging, visit summaries and care plans, creates a complete patient access and engagement solution for patients to conveniently connect with their care teams
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Ascensia Diabetes Care and UnitedHealthcare Team Up to Provide Increased Access to Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems
Ascensia Diabetes Care, a global specialist diabetes care company, has established a new relationship with UnitedHealthcare. Specifically, this new relationship will give individuals enrolled in UnitedHealthcare commercial plans access to Ascensia’s CONTOUR NEXT portfolio of meters and test strips through their pharmacy benefit at a Tier 2 copay level.“We are working together with UnitedHealthcare to help their members with diabetes obtain the highly-accurate CONTOUR®NEXT test strips and meters
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