Cloudbreak Health, a Los Angeles, CA-based telehealth startup has been chosen to join the elite StartUp Health Academy for Health Transformers and digital health entrepreneurs. StartUp Health’s platform is focused on coaching and supporting entrepreneurs to foster digital innovation to transform health on a global scale. provide video remote interpreting services (VRI) and over the phone interpreting (OPI) to medical facilities around the countryFounded in 2003, Cloudbreak allows providers to
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Philips Unveils New OB/GYN Ultrasound Innovations Featuring Anatomical Intelligence
Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, this week announced new OB/GYN innovations, aBiometry AssistA.I, TouchVue and Tilt, as well as the eL18-4 transducer available on Philips EPIQ 7 and 5 and Affiniti 70 ultrasound systems. Philips' OB/GYN ultrasound solutions are designed to give clinicians more information earlier in pregnancy, making it easier to provide a confident diagnosis and overcome diagnostic challenges.The new OB/GYN solutions feature innovations such as anatomical
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Boomtown, National Health Council Launches Patient-Centric Startup Accelerator
Boomtown, a startup accelerator that nurtures selected startups through a 12-week mentoring program, and the National Health Council (NHC), a patient advocacy umbrella organization, have announced a three-year agreement to work in collaboration to select and accelerate approximately 20 early-stage digital health startups that are building patient-centric products and services related to healthcare.The NHC is a nonprofit association of national health-related organizations, including leading
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Cedars-Sinai Healthcare Accelerator Unveils Third Class of 10 Digital Health Startups
Techstars Healthcare Accelerator, in partnership with Cedars-Sinai, today announced the 10 digital health startups selected to participate in its third 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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New Study Finds Prompts, Social Networks, Philanthropy Keys to Engagement for Wearables
A recent innovation study found interaction with social networks and use of digital coaches via a smartphone app connected to a biometric sensor embedded in eyeglasses provided incentive for users to increase activity, including an average 20-25 percent spike in daily steps when prompted by a digital coach. Conducted by the University of Southern California (USC) Center for Body Computing (CBC) and VSP Global's innovation lab using a prototype of VSP's unique Level™ smart glasses, the study is
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Tempus, Cleveland Clinic Collaborate on Personalized Cancer Medicine Initiative
Tempus, a technology company focused on helping doctors personalize cancer care by collecting and analyzing large volumes of molecular and clinical data, and Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute will collaborate on a precision medicine initiative aimed at improving outcomes for patients diagnosed with cancer.As part of the research collaboration spanning multiple cancer subtypes, Tempus will provide molecular sequencing and analysis for patients enrolled in a precision oncology clinical
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Marketware Raises $4.5M for Physician Relationship Management Platform
Marketware, a Cottonwood Heights, UT-based provider of SaaS healthcare relationship management technology has raised $4.5 million in Series B funding led by EPIC Ventures. In addition to the Series B funding round, the company has appointed Alex Obbard as the company’s CEO.Obbard brings more than 25 years' experience in all areas of revenue and profit generation for technology organizations, with significant experience driving SaaS-based sales growth. Most recently, Obbard served as SVP of Sales
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AARP, Rock Health Launch 2017 Aging in Place $50K Challenge
AARP Foundation and Rock Health, a provider of full-service funding to promising entrepreneurs are launching the 2017 Aging in Place $50K Challenge. Digital health startups interested in the 2017 Aging in Place Challenge have the chance to earn a $50,000 cash prize and work with AARP Foundation to improve the lives of vulnerable seniors by addressing issues that help to reduce unnecessary healthcare services, costs, and hospital readmission rates—especially as described in the CMS 30-day
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Healthbox Unveils 2017 Healthbox Studio Cohort to Support Entrepreneurial Innovation
Healthbox, a Chicago-based healthcare innovation services firm, today announced the cohort of the 2017 Healthbox Studio program to support and advance entrepreneurial innovation. The Healthbox Studio is a five-day program dedicated to fostering relationships between emerging digital health startups and industry leaders through presentations, workshops, and mentor sessions from the Healthbox team and other industry leaders.Ten early stage digital health startups are selected from an
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Boston Children’s Hospital Launch $250k Pediatric Medical Device Challenge
The Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA) at Boston Children’s Hospital and the Boston Pediatric Device Consortium (BPDC) has announced the launch of Boston Pediatric Device Strategic Partner Challenge to advance the development of novel pediatric medical device innovations. This national Challenge will award up to $250,000 in grants and access for entrepreneurs and innovators with ideas and inventions that address the need for advances in pediatric medical device development.
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